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Despite Failing Grade on Transparency, Law Enforcement Officials Resist Opening Access

Advocates for public access remain frustrated by persistent lack of transparency.

Back in March, Virginia received a failing grade from the State Integrity Investigation as the result of a systematic lack of transparency.

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Fun Fundraising

Fundraising event pictures.

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H-B Woodlawn Graduation 2012

Graduation 2012.

Rappellers raise $60,000 for Special Olympics.

Rose Pleskow is not one to shy away from a challenge. The 23-year-old athlete competed in the Special Olympics World Summer Games in Athens, Greece, last summer, earned multiple medals in the 2012 Virginia Special Olympic Summer Games and recently competed in an 800-meter race in the waters around the Cayman Islands. But on June 22, she did something most people wouldn't dare: rappelling down the side of a 15-story building.

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Decision Reached on Jamestown Trailers

Option with most votes from community used

Following community feedback, Arlington County Public Schools has decided to move the trailers at Jamestown Elementary to the same side of the building on the far side of the field on 38th Street North .

Powering Down Oil?

Environment America advocates for electric cars this summer.

Near an electric charging station in Arlington recently, Environment America, an environmental advocacy organization, urged citizens to use cleaner, more fuel-efficient cars to help the environment and cut costs for households during a press conference.

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Wakefield Seniors Move On

Graduation ’12

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Washington-Lee’s Commencement

Washington-Lee Graduation 2012.

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Brief- Summer Campfires at Nature Centers

Families are invited to the Gulf Branch fire ring or Long Branch Amphitheater for old-fashioned fun — including s'mores.

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Farewell to Yorktown High School

Yorktown Graduation 2012.

Northern Virginia’s Role in the War of 1812

200-year perspective.

To most Americans, the War of 1812 is the "forgotten war." Its mention conjures images from a short list: The burning Capitol; Francis Scott Key writing poetry during the bombardment of Fort McHenry, Baltimore; or Dolley Madison fleeing the White House with George Washington's painting under her arm.

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Summer Campfires at Nature Centers

Families are invited to the Gulf Branch fire ring or Long Branch Amphitheater for old-fashioned fun — including s'mores.

Big Weekend of Music Set For Lubber Run Amphitheater

Weekend of Music Set for Lubber Run Amphitheater

The Lubber Run Amphitheater presents a full three-night weekend of free live entertainment under the stars of Arlington this week.

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U.S. and French Dancers Compete

Dance battle at the Artisphere concludes weeklong hip-hop festival.

For one week, people in the Washington area saw the result of combining French and hip-hop. The Urban Corps hip-hop festival showcased the different styles of U.S. and French hip-hop dance and ended on Friday, May 25 at the Artisphere in Rosslyn with a dance battle pitting three dance crews from France against two local crews.

Seeking Next ‘Signature Idol’

Signature Theatre is looking for the next “Signature Idol” with the return of its Signature Idol Competition being held during this year’s annual Open House on Aug. 4.