Stories for November 2018

Opinion: Letter to the Editor: Protecting Our Diversity

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Bringing People in from the Cold

This year, 36 churches will be host sites for the hypothermia program, with more than 50 churches and other faith communities providing volunteers.

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Opinion: Editorial: Call for Submissions to Children’s Edition 2018

Get creative and send art, poetry and more.

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Opinion: Column: Mow, Mow, Mow Your Grass…

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Santa’s Ride Celebrates 30 Years of Delivering Toys to Children

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Santa Welcomes Fans to His Tysons HQ

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Opinion: Editorial: Give Locally in Fairfax County

For tens of thousands of poor children and families in our area, uncertainty and need are distant from the celebrations and plenty that so many of us associate with this holiday period.

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Opinion: Column: Indeed, A Festivus Miracle

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Independent School Applications: The Essay

Admissions directors offer insight into what makes certain essays stand out.

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Helping Keep Homeless Warm in Fairfax County

Slightly higher numbers of residents in need face higher snowfalls forecasted.

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Fairfax County Remembers its Military Veterans

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Opinion: Letter to the Editor: A Broader Look at Immigrant Protection

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‘Real Work of Advocacy Begins Again’

Annual SALT conference celebrates 2018 achievements, outlines 2019 priorities.

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Vietnam Veterans Support Lamb Center

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Bill Woolf Receives National Honor for Anti-Trafficking Efforts

Volunteers needed to expand prevention effort.

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Opinion: Column: Airing of a Grievance

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Opinion: Letter to the Editor: A Price of Sleep Deprivation

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Vienna Orioles Win Championship

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Vienna Police Highlights Nov. 2 – Nov. 8, 2018

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Week in Vienna: Fatal Single-Vehicle Crash in Fairfax

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NOVA Relief Center Launches Refugee Blanket and Coat Drive

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Democrats Seize Control of Northern Virginia

Region once had its own brand of Republicanism; now that seems almost extinct.

The loss of two-term incumbent U.S. Rep. Barbara Comstock (D-10) means Republicans are down to one lone elected official in Northern Virginia, Del. Tim Hugo (R-40). The blue wave that started last year unseating Republicans like Del. Jim LeMunyon (R-67) and Del. Bob Marshall (R-13) continued this year, when state Sen. Jennifer Wexton (D-10) was able to flip a seat that had been in Republican hands since a young military lawyer named Frank Wolf beat incumbent Democrat Joe Fisher back in 1980.