Sun Gazette News

02/02/2023

Editorial: Keep an archive of author library talks.

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Last week’s Sun Gazette brought coverage of the amounts of cash the Fairfax County library system has been paying to bring authors to speak at community events. Some of the costs are modest, others in the stratosphere. But that is not the direct thrust of our commentary today; others can decide if...

02/02/2023

Editorial: A choreographed dance on Missing Middle.

https://sungazette.news/editorial-a-choreographed-dance-on-missing-middle/

02/02/2023

Arlington students pick up full-ride scholarships.
https://sungazette.news/arlington-seniors-pick-up-full-ride-scholarships/

Nine Arlington Public Schools students recently were awarded full-year, full-ride scholarships to attend college through two programs. Amy Fabara of Arlington Tech will attend Lafayette College and Kamel Barghouti of Yorktown High School will attend the University of Virginia on four-year scholarshi...

02/02/2023

Arlington Tigers gymnastics team second in national tourney.

https://sungazette.news/tigers-second-at-national-gymnastics-meet/

The Arlington Tigers boys gymnastics team recently finished second in the Level 7 category at the 2023 Houston National Invitational. It was just the second year the Tigers have competed at the national level. For coach Mario Gorosito’s team, the Tigers were led by Evan Virtue’s second in the al...

02/02/2023

Potomac School repeats as swim-dive champs.

https://sungazette.news/potomac-school-repeats-as-swim-and-dive-champs/

The strategy of adjusting and maneuvering their lineup to maximize the number of team points paid off with another championship for the Potomac School Panthers. The boys high-school swimming and diving team won the Mid-Atlantic Athletic Conference championships for the second straight season by scor...

01/02/2023

Arlington County Council of PTAs honors Reflections recipients.

https://sungazette.news/county-council-of-ptas-taps-reflections-honorees/

The Arlington County Council of Parent Teacher Associations (PTAs) has honored the 2022-23 Reflections contest winners at the county level. Reflections is a nationwide contest and arts-promotion program that encourages students to create works in dance choreography, film production, literature, musi...

01/02/2023

Editor's Notebook: Right town, wrong state, but it's the thought that counts.


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One truly does learn something new every day sitting in this chair. Consider the fact that, until yesterday, I had no idea there was a town named “Arlington” in South Dakota. But there is; a hamlet of about 900 people toward the easternmost part of that state. How did I learn this? Because a nic...

01/02/2023

Our weekly roundup of crime news in Fairfax County.

https://sungazette.news/public-safety-notes-2-2-23-edition/

News of crime and punishment across Fairfax County. ARMED CARJACKING REPORTED IN VIENNA; VEHICLE RECOVERED IN BALTIMORE: A local resident walked into Vienna Police Headquarters on Jan. 28 at 10:30 p.m. to report he had been carjacked. The victim had been driving a Mercedes sport-utility vehicle near...

01/02/2023

Find our who made the dean's list and other achievements at our Schools & Military column for Arlington.
https://sungazette.news/schools-military-2-2-23-edition/

News of the achievements of local students and members of the Armed Forces. • The following local students earned degrees during fall commencement exercises at University of Maryland Global Campus: Shirley Xiaobi of McLean earned a master of education degree in distance education and e-learning. M...

01/02/2023

Tax break for purveyors of local news falls in Richmond.

https://sungazette.news/tax-break-for-purveyors-of-local-news-falls-in-richmond/

Should media outlets that commit to covering local news receive a tax break from the Virginia state government? A local legislator believes so, but he couldn’t get enough colleagues to go along. Del. Alfonso Lopez (D-Arlington-Fairfax) patroned a bill that would have given tax credits to news orga...

01/02/2023

Legislation would provide more state oversight of swimming pools.


https://sungazette.news/measure-would-expand-oversight-of-va-swimming-pools/

A proposal by a local delegate to give a state agency more power to regulate public swimming pools has moved forward in Richmond. The measure by Del. Patrick Hope (D-Arlington) to give the Virginia Department of Health oversight over the water quality in pools on Jan. 26 passed a subcommittee of the...

01/02/2023

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