Varsity Letter: Virginia teams face a common opponent, Robinson's court
Stonewall Jackson forward Joy Caracciolo could not immediately discern if a teammate was cutting to the basket or if a student was making a beeline for a Snickers.
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With Necole Sterling on board, Stonewall Jackson has taken off
The day Necole Sterling walked into the Stonewall Jackson gym, the team's hopes for another playoff run brightened. The day she almost walked out? Well, that's another story.
View ArticleMetro rider: I'm paying for this?
Dear Dr. Gridlock: Is there an average number of offloadings that Metro finds tolerable? I've always been disgusted with how much I pay for a train ride. I pay the same price whether I arrive without...
View ArticleFairfax County community calendar, March 10 to 17, 2011
Springfield bingo, for age 16 and older. Youths 16 and 17 must be accompanied by an adult. No smoking, sponsored by the Veterans of Foreign Wars. 7 p.m. Thursdays-Fridays, Greater Springfield...
View Articlereligion notes
St. Francis Episcopal Church, 9220 Georgetown Pike, Great Falls, will present four performances of "Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat," a musical written by Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim...
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Fairfax County volunteer opportunities
Venture Into Volunteering Fair, older adults will learn about various opportunities from representatives of local nonprofit groups and Fairfax County. The fair will be 10 a.m.-noon Thursday,...
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Fairfax County is expected to implement a pilot program in Mount Vernon next fall that could serve as a model for how the county provides social services to children.
View ArticleFairfax City hosts 20th annual chocolate festival
Cities such as Geneva and Hershey, Pa., might be more familiar to chocolate lovers everywhere but, according to council member Daniel F. Drummond, Fairfax City is just as sweet.
View ArticleGeorge Mason students learn about history with visits to graveyards
George Mason University history professor Mills Kelly, by his own admission, always has liked cemeteries, in part for what they tell us about the past.
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8 ways to survive spring break with kids
I'm moving back to California this summer. (You will be relieved or annoyed to learn I am not leaving The Post.) This will be my last spring, at least as I define the term.
View ArticleMarch madness? A basketball league that doesn't keep score
I recently spent a couple of hours at the Jewish Community Center in Fairfax watching women in their 40s, 50s and 60s play two games of full-court basketball. These were rec-league ballplayers, but...
View ArticleRanch dressing: How good is it for you?
I'm willing to bet you have a bottle of ranch dressing in your fridge right now. I know I do.
View ArticlePlanting and eating Indian corn
They're as beautiful as jewels and often just as precious and rare. The seeds of Indian corn, lined up in rows on their cobs, explode with every known color in fanciful combinations. This variability...
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How to fix click-together wood flooring that slides
QI had a three-eighths-inch-thick, click-together wood floor installed over two layers of vinyl in my kitchen less than a year ago. The wood is sliding lengthwise in two areas. It has unlocked in one...
View ArticleFamily-friendlier, eye-friendlier
Hang a bookshelf and a floating shelf to add visual interest to the large wall.
View ArticleQ&A with designer Karim Rashid
New York designer Karim Rashid , creator of more than 3,000 products, would love to get a chance to talk to President Obama, not only about design in this country but about what suits Obama should be...
View ArticleD.C., Maryland and Virginia health code violations
Don Juan Restaurant 1660 Lamont St. NW Closed Friday for operating without a license. Reopened that day.
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