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The Town of Vienna, Va.’s preeminent historian Mayo Sturdevant Stuntz, aged 97 years, has died. Stuntz was a lifelong resident and co-author of the book “This Was Vienna, Virginia” that was published in the late 1980s. He visited my social studies class and shared with us his memories of the town.
My brother Christopher, who provided [...]

Booming sales prompts Port City Brewing’s expansion – The Alexandria Times
Good news for beer drinkers, particularly those that like the hoppy stuff, my hometown brewery Port City is going to expand for a second time:
Owner Bill Butcher, a native of the city, is waiting for a trio of 120 barrel tanks to finish making their [...]

Last week, I was pretty happy to learn from WTOP that the Fairfax County area was not likely to get hit hard by the Brood II cicadas this year. However, today I heard a report that said we’re going to get them though mostly in the suburbs – Billions of cicadas to emerge this season.
Which [...]

This Sunday at Gunston Hall near Lorton, Va. is Britain on the Green (BOG) a celebration of British cars. It looks like it will be a nice day, so if you love Triumphs, Jaguars, MGs and so on like I do, stop on by. The Capital Triumph Register description:
Past shows have featured nearly 200 [...]

Antares rocket launch aborted
— Capital Weather Gang (@capitalweather) April 17, 2013

NASA rocket launch this evening at 5 p.m. viewable from Washington, D.C. – Capital Weather Gang, The Post
Wow, this could be cool:
Assuming good weather, Washingtonians will be able to catch a view of the most spectacular rocket launch from NASA’s Wallops Island, Va. flight facility [...]

After 81 years, landmark Memorial Bridge is in dire need of renovation | GRAPHIC: Memorial Bridge: A crumbling landmark – The Post
Arlington Memorial Bridge, which connects Arlington Cemetery and Northern Virginia to the Lincoln Memorial and Washington, D.C. needs significant renovation that could cost $250 million and take several years. The 81-year old span [...]

Beneath the surface, the Beltway crumbles – The Post
The core infrastructure of the Capital Beltway (Interstate 495 and between Springfield, Va. and Beltsville, Md. also Interstate 95) is approaching the end of its usable life.
Under the surface of all but some recently restored segments, fissures are spreading, cracks are widening and the once-solid road bed [...]

But Ol’ Man Winter, he just keeps trollin’ along.
TYSONS, Va. — Just outside the Capital Beltway, 4 inches of spring snow have accumulated.
Travel between Alexandria’s West End through Arlington (Ballston in particular) to Tysons was fine. Slushy on occasion, but not icy.

PREVIOUSLY: Alexandria, Va. March 25, 2013 snow fall total at 8:35 a.m.

But Ol’ Man Winter, he just keeps trollin’ along.
ALEXANDRIA, Va. — Technically, it is spring. It has been since 7:02 a.m. on March 20. Yet, in this strange winter, “conversational snow” keeps falling down around the Nation’s Capital. Schools are delayed, even inside the Beltway.
As shown above 2 1/4 inches were measured at 8:35 [...]

ALEXANDRIA, Va. — Ever since the crushing storms of 2009-2010, Snowpocalypse and Snowmageddon BeltwayLand has been in a snow drought. Other than a nasty p.m. rush storm in 2011, we’ve had nothing significant. Despite lots of meteorological hype this week for Snowquester, the trend has continued. It may have snowed all day yesterday, but it [...]