Trees for McLean Neighborhoods
McLean Community Foundation supports tree program.
The McLean Neighborhood Tree Program, a new initiative of MTF, is funded in part by the McLean Community Foundation and encourages homeowners to become actively engaged in the selection, planting, and care of their trees.
Arielle Mewou Receives Regirer Nurse Scholarship
Mewou is a certified nursing assistant at Vinson Hall Retirement Community.
Students Keep Bows Moving
Summer Strings Camp preserves students’ musical skills.
This is the 26th year of the camp, which is and has been attended by students from different Fairfax County elementary schools.
McLean Chef Hosts ‘American Grilled’
David Guas takes on television.
On Wednesday, July 2, McLean’s own Chef David Guas took on television as host and co-judge of the Travel Channel’s new show “American Grilled,” in which he travels around the country hosting grilling competitions every Wednesday at 9 p.m.
Winning the Spirit Award
Langley Crew honors graduating senior Tyler Seckar.
Tyler Seckar, Langley rower and graduating senior, has won the Hillary J. Fein Spirit Award for the “athlete who best embodies the true spirit and passion for Crew.”
Performing in a Buskapade
Larry Rice teaches fiddle/violin, guitar, mandolin, banjo, electric bass, and ukulele at his studio in Falls Church City.
Herrick and Conrad Named ‘Friends in Deed’
Conrad and Herrick are the 2lst and 22nd persons to receive this recognition “with gratitude for outstanding leadership and support of the McLean Community Center.”
Locker Cleanout Day Longfellow Middle
Longfellow Middle School conducted its annual locker cleanout day on Tuesday, June 24.
Herrick and Conrad Named ‘Friends in Deed’
The Friends of the McLean Community Center (FMCC) organization has named McLean residents Carol Conrad and Carole L. Herrick the recipients of its 2014 “Friend in Deed” award.
A Perfect Attendance
McLean High graduate Catherine Overberg clocks in perfect attendance K-12.
Graduating from McLean High School on June 17, Catherine Overberg sealed in her perfect attendance record for thirteen full years of school. That’s right—not a day missed, not even an hour.
What’s Offensive about Redskins Pride?
Absolutely nothing, if you’re state Sen. Chap Petersen.
A lifelong Redskins fan, Fairfax state Sen. Chap Petersen (D-34) has had it up to here with all the talk about the need to change the name of his beloved football team. He vented his frustration and indignation on his blog — Ox Road South — but said he was leery of tackling what he deemed the forces of political correctness in the "War Against the Redskins" until June 18, when the Federal Patent Office blocked the team’s Redskins trademarks, declaring that the name was "disparaging" to Native Americans at the time the trademarks were registered — as far back as 1967. That action pushed Petersen off the sidelines to lead an offensive attack.
Sounds of Summer in McLean
Summer exercise and concert series for those in the know.
Peace, love and rock ‘n roll meet at the corner of Laughlin and Lowell avenues once a week.
McLean Church Welcomes New Minister
On June 29, The Hunger Church, Charles Wesley United Methodist, will welcome a new minister, Rev. Livingstone S. Dore.
McLean High Juniors Receive Awards from AAUW McLean Area Branch
Eliza Price and Hye In (Lauren) Yeom, both juniors at McLean High School, were recognized at an awards ceremony on May 20 by the McLean Area Branch of American Association of University Women (AAUW).
McLean Trees Foundation Honors Joyce Crandall
During a recent volunteer workday, the McLean Trees Foundation (MTF) planted two native Fringetrees and one American Hornbeam tree along Chain Bridge Road in Lewinsville Park in memory of McLean resident Joyce Crandall.