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Should American Sign Language fulfill a foreign language requirement in Virginia schools?
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Girls on the Run Piedmont has announced the reimagining of its Wicked Bottom 5K into the Wicked Bottom Fun Run Festival.
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When American Legion Post 1799 Post Commander Carlos Collat learned there were 20 unmarked veteran graves at the Stonewall Memory Gardens Cemetery in Manassas, he had to act.
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Looking for the best and brightest neighborhood Christmas lights? Check out our annual list of some of Northern Virginia's most popular neighborhood holiday light displays, plus a few professional twinkling winter wonderlands.
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The North American Aerospace Defense Command is celebrating the 69th anniversary of tracking Santa’s yuletide journey around the globe.
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Perhaps anyone wearing a red suit and white beard could appear to be Santa from a distance, but for an authentic experience, people want the “real” Santa Claus. Tom Bailey is not Kris Kringle, but he is Santa, known as “Santa Tom” online.
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The Salvation Army’s 2024 Christmas Basket campaign received nearly $1,500 in donations in the past week to help local families have a happy holiday season.
Chef Brian Noyes will treat attendees at the town’s holiday potluck Sunday with samples of Martha Washington’s Great Cake — one of the few surviving recipes from her time at Mount Vernon.
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A Northern Virginia church’s weekly food giveaway — open to anyone, no questions asked — that started during the COVID pandemic in 2020 is still going strong.
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The Salvation Army’s 2024 Christmas Basket campaign received over $2,200 in donations in the past week to help local families have a happy holiday season.
What comes to mind when I say “cat toys”? Is it a laser pointer? Maybe a wand that you wiggle while your cat chases some feathers? Do you think of catnip mice? What about a simple paper bag? Have you thought about using food-releasing toys as enrichment?
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The city of Manassas hosted its 78th annual Greater Manassas Christmas Parade Saturday.
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A new restaurant is coming to Reston Town Center's new Marriott hotel when it opens in January.
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During the holiday season, dance companies and schools across the country perform “The Nutcracker” ballet.
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Dumfries police officer Brandon Couch didn’t know he had any biological siblings growing up. It wasn’t until he had children of his own that he became curious to dig into his ancestry. So he began his search online for his relatives a few years ago.
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“Caregivers have a job that they don’t sign up or train for,” said Jennifer Pauldurai, a neurologist at Inova Health's Parkinson’s and Movement Disorders Center. Caring for someone with dementia can be stressful because the caregiver doesn’t understand why their loved ones act the way they do.
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It is officially the most wonderful time of year in Culpeper.
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From Christmas tree lightings to parades and festivals, there are many ways to enjoy the holidays this season around Northern Virginia and the Washington area.
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Col. Douglas E. Moore of Haymarket considers himself a country boy from Arkansas, but there’s more to him. Not only did he serve his country honorably as a pilot and soldier, but he also wrote a book about his experiences in Vietnam and helped a famous author with her novel.
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Gov. Glenn Youngkin has announced 10 honorees in the 2024 Governor’s Volunteerism & Community Service Awards, including several Northern Virginia residents.
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Artist Anna Verdich has painted all over the world, but at age 92 she has now made her home in Woodbridge.
Performances by Mandy Gonzalez, Cirque Kalabanté and the vocal ensemble Chanticleer will highlight the Hylton Performing Arts Center’s schedule in November and December.
The Manassas Ballet Theatre will present “The Nutcracker” from Dec. 18-23 with the Manassas Ballet Theatre Orchestra live on the Merchant Stage at the Hylton Performing Arts Center.
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On a rainy Tuesday afternoon in September, Kyndal Shuler sits at the Starbucks, fully immersed in work. Tucked in a corner atop a stool, the Battlefield High School junior intensely scans her laptop.
ARTfactory’s Rooftop Productions presents “Miracle on 34th Street: A Live Musical Radio Play” through Dec. 8.
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Hope & Serenity Farm Sanctuary hosted its Pumpkin Smash fundraiser Saturday, where guests were invited to bring jack-o-lanterns and porch pumpkins to smash and feed to the animals. The Nokesville farm was created to foster a compassionate environment where rescued farm animals and humans…
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Thousands of local children have a new park at which to play in Prince William.
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