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Putting ‘fun’ in reading fundamentals: Tyler Elementary School’s Family Literacy Night brings the classroom into the home By Emily Kuhl Staff Writer GAINESVILLE – Reading is not a problem for the students at Tyler Elementary School in Gainesville. In fact, school librarian Nancy Thaete said an average of about 300 books are checked out each…

/**/ Weaving a tapestry of life — Families or organ donors to assemble a quilt in memory of loved ones By Emily Kuhl Staff Writer The Washington Regional Transplant Consortium will honor area families of organ and tissue donors Sunday with the 10th annual Donor Family Gathering in Washington, D.C. Families have been asked to…

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/**/ Web site assists seniors: SeniorNavigator.com provides info for Va. elderly Chris Newman Staff Writer Alexandria A Web site devoted to helping seniors plug into Virginia’s 14,000 community-based services and health care systems was launched Tuesday by Democratic gubernatorial candidate Mark Warner and America Online Time Warner. The announcement comes a month before Warner is…

/**/ Haymarket suffers from improvements By Patrick Wilson Staff Writer HAYMARKET – Town government leaders and business officials knew the construction to revamp Washington Street in Haymarket’s downtown would be hectic. But they didn’t know it would be as troublesome as it’s been. The Haymarket Town Council scheduled a meeting for Monday night with Virginia…

Dumfries hires interim manager BY AILEEN M. STRENG p>It’s not a permanent solution for Dumfries, but it does help. Full Story Bank robbery suspect arrested BY DANIEL DREW e m/ms Prince William police charged a 44-year-old Dumfries woman in the March 14 robbery of the Marumsco Plaza First Union bank at 13891 Jefferson Davis Highway,…