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Friday, January 18, 2013

What's Open, What's Closed for Martin Luther King Jr. Day

Combination of holiday and Inauguration Day means mix of closed government offices, while other Fairfax County workers will be working.

Most of Fairfax County's government offices — including courts and schools — will be closed Monday for the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday. What will be open? Park Authority RECenters will be open with regular hours. Trash pickup will also be on a regular schedule. Fairfax Connector will operate on a modified schedule: Bus routes with weekday service will operate according to the weekday schedule, except routes 335, 394, 395, 585, 595, and 597 which will not operate. Routes 335, 394, 395, 585, 595, and 597 do not operate when a holiday weekday schedule is in effect. But because Monday is also Inauguration Day, many Fairfax County staff will be on duty, including public safety personnel, as well as staffing the county’s Emergency Operations …

Tuesday, January 18, 2011

MLK Blues n' BBQ Dinner at McLean Community Center

Annual MLK Day celebration brings entertainment and education

Barbecue and blues was on the menu Sunday night as the McLean Community Center celebrated its eighth annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day gathering, with over 200 people coming out to listen to Curtis Blues and feast on hickory smoked barbecue. “It’s the occasion of celebrating Dr. King, what he stood for and to continue honoring his legacy,” Sam Roberts, the Special Events director said of the event. “Most people like barbecue, and who doesn’t like the blues?” Tables filled the community room, lined the hallway and into an overflow room. The Martin Luther King celebration is always McLean's most integrated event of the year. Black folks and white folks, young and old moved their heads to keep time with the music. Folks talked to their …

Khama

8:01 am on Monday, January 24, 2011

This was great event, a befitting remembrance to MLK. Congratulations to the organizers.   more ›

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