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Helping Women Progress Globally
Helping Women Progress Globally
Scouts Surprise Advisor with Award
It was billed as the Special Awards Ceremony for her Senior Girl Scouts, but Troop Advisor Linda Kelly got a surprise.
Viewpoints
How is new technology impacting community life?
Individuals talk about how technology effects their everyday routines.
GMU Rector Visits Penn State
Athletic program explored.
As the Pennsylvania State University community geared up for a busy home football weekend, a visitor from Fairfax was present in the stands: CDaniel Clemente, Rector of George Mason University’s Board of Visitors.
Letter: Letters to the Editor-Stand With Working Families
Saturday is “D” day for thousands of Alexandria residents living in the Beauregard neighborhood. In this case, “D” doesn’t just stand for “decision,” it also stands for “development” and “displacement.”
Area Roundups
The Fairfax County Police Department is looking for vehicles in working condition that people no longer want or need and would be willing to donate. They could help their public safety community and receive a tax deduction at the same time. Every year, the department uses about 20 cars to help train and prepare officers for the rigors of police work. Donated cars could be used as a faux suspect’s get-away car, helping officers with their precision pursuit driving techniques. Later, when the car is no longer in driving condition, it will be cut up (for training on how to cut into crashed cars), blown up (providing training for Explosive Ordinance officers) or shot (used as a prop in an active-shooter scenario).
Library To Host Local Author
Vaddey Ratner writes about escape from Khmer Rouge.
The Potomac Library will be hosting a discussion by Cambodian born and Potomac resident Vaddey Ratner about her debut novel “In the Shadow of the Banyan” on Feb. 13 at 7 p.m. “In the Shadow of the Banyon” details how Ratner and her mother escaped four years of “… forced labor, starvation, and near execution” during the Khmer Rouge revolution in mid-1970’s Cambodia.
Tempest in a Task Force
Public will be able to videotape task force meetings.
Tempest in a Task Force
Tempest in a Task Force
Public will be able to videotape task force meetings.
Tempest in a Task Force
Students Get Taste of Native American Culture
Green Hedges students learn about the different customs of different tribes.
Students Get Taste of Native American Culture
Letter: Obvious Choice
I look for a leader who offers fairness and integrity. I think I am representative of a large percentage of women voters in Virginia and in the United States.
Oakton Teen Gets the Nobel Experience
Interest in science and medicine leads to Stockholm trip.
Ekaterina Forkin, a sophomore at Oakton High School, spent several days in Stockholm Sweden learning about how Nobel laureates are selected.
Continuum of Care: How Do They Do It?
How Arlingtonians can help.
The organizations taking care of Arlington County’s homeless problem aren’t flush with cash.
City Council Mulls Traffic Changes
When the City of Fairfax reconfigured Main and North Streets from one-way to two-way streets in 2006, it did so in hopes that the change would benefit the downtown area. Now, though, the City Council is revisiting that decision.
95 Express Lanes, a Preview
All signs point to getting an EZ Pass.
Like a long-awaited summer blockbuster, signs on billboards along Route 1 and banners hanging on bridges that cross I-95, tease commuters about the coming of the nine-mile extension of the 95 express lanes.
Author Inspires Potomac Students To Write
Laura Krauss Melmed describes journey from idea to publication.
Students at Beverly Farms Elementary School learned about the writing process and how a book gets published from children’s book author Laura Krauss Melmed on Nov. 5 and 6. Melmed, who came to the school to read from her first picture book called “The Rainbabies,” is an award-winning author of 20 picture books including lyrical bedtime stories, original tales of magic, holiday books, and nonfiction books about cities and states.
Senior Services:Preparing for Important Conversations can Make all the Difference
As young adults, my brothers and I would always groan when our mother insisted on talking about her end-of-life plans.
Letter: National Priorities ‘Completely Skewed’
It doesn't seem possible that our national priorities--the relative importance of how we spend our tax dollars--could be so completely skewed.
Reflections on Graduating Class of 2012
I’ve been at a lot of graduations over the years–my own high school and college graduations, of course, as well as those of family, and friends.
Impasse over Medicaid Expansion
This week we enter what will hopefully be the last week of the 2014 legislative session. The Senate and House must agree on a budget before we adjourn, but Healthcare remains the issue where legislators are having trouble moving forward. Republicans are refusing to discuss any options that involve Medicaid expansion and they are turning around and accusing the Democrats of holding the budget hostage. It is one thing to have an honest debate on differences in opinion, but it is not acceptable to stonewall the other side of the aisle to score political points. I recently spoke on the House floor this week about the need to compromise on healthcare and the budget; video is available on my website www.krupicka.com. Mental Health has been another one of the big issues this year. I co-patroned several bills this year relating to emergency detention. There has been some disagreement on how long we should extend the time for an emergency detention order, but the General Assembly has shown strong resolve to make real progress with our state’s mental health system and I am confident we will find a compromise to this issue.