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Inside Guest House in Alexandria
Challenges posed by Covid add to tough road to recovery
Kari Galloway, Executive Director of Friends of Guest House in Alexandria, says “It’s hard. Our clients feel like they just got out of prison and then they come here and get quarantined for two weeks in their room.”
Life Goes On, But Not as Usual in Arlington
Schools will remain closed through the end of the school year to help stop the spread of coronavirus.
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Schools Train Teachers, Install Narcan Emergency Kits
After multiple overdoses, APS takes action.
OD's in school
People At Work: Crafting a Floral Centerpiece in Alexandria
The art of flower arrangement
Scott Marchand puts hanging amaryllis in the green foam oasis rings. “See how it is giving it a kind of cascading look. I put my greens in first, “ he says. “This is going to be an open, airy floral arrangement in fall tones as a centerpiece for a table.
Low-Income Families Struggle as Benefits End
Food benefits
Sleep and Be Counted in Arlington
Sixty-five volunteer for Arlington Point in Time homeless count.
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A Pattern of Gas Smell Reports in Alexandria?
Clover-College Park residents concerned about multiple gas smell reports.
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Parents Rally to Fill Arlington Food Gaps
It began with the discussions at the regular Wednesday morning mom’s meeting at Kenmore Elementary and morphed into an effort to provide food to needy families in Arlington.
Miracle on Commerce Street Collects for Women’s Shelter
Women's Shelter
Home Sweet Home Only a Few Months Later in Arlington
Seniors ease back into newly renovated apartments.
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Serving People In Dire Need in Alexandria
Pop-up grocery moves from Christ Church to Personal Delivery Services with daily food deliveries to people falling between the cracks.
The regular Thursday morning pop-up grocery at Historic Christ Church has been closed for the last three months and transformed into a delivery service.
Alexandria: Faces of Hunger
Stories from a church’s “pop-up” grocery.
Third in a series on childhood hunger in Alexandria.
