
Shirley Ruhe
Freelance Photographer and Columnist at Alexandria Gazette Packet
Freelance Photographer and Columnist at Arlington Connection
Articles
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1 month ago |
connectionnewspapers.com | Shirley Ruhe
Spring gardening season is here, and donations of fresh vegetables crowd the table at Rock Spring United Church of Christ on Monday, May 12 as the produce bagging session gets underway. Radishes as large as golf balls, fresh lettuces, kale and a number of herbs as well as a package of broccolini and cherry tomato plants have been donated by Arlington gardeners as part of the Friends of Urban Agriculture (FOUA) program to provide fresh produce to local food pantries.
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1 month ago |
arlingtonconnection.com | Shirley Ruhe
Spring gardening season is here, and donations of fresh vegetables crowd the table at Rock Spring United Church of Christ on Monday, May 12 as the produce bagging session gets underway. Radishes as large as golf balls, fresh lettuces, kale and a number of herbs as well as a package of broccolini and cherry tomato plants have been donated by Arlington gardeners as part of the Friends of Urban Agriculture (FOUA) program to provide fresh produce to local food pantries.
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1 month ago |
connectionnewspapers.com | Shirley Ruhe
Step into Ten Thousand Villages on King Street, and you have stepped into another world. The store is filled with jewelry from India and Guatemala, baskets from Uganda and Rwanda, evil eye earrings and bracelets from India to ward off negativity and Happy Elephant eyeglass holders from Peru, kitchen essentials from Egypt, turtle earrings from Colombia.
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1 month ago |
connectionnewspapers.com | Shirley Ruhe
In early May Walker Chapel UCC preschool announced a “pause” in their preschool to take effect this spring at the end of the school year due to declining enrollment. The preschool has been in operation for 50 years. Suzanne Romness, the current director of the preschool says, “They call it a ‘pause’ but it’s really a closure. Even if they were to reopen the preschool again, it wouldn’t be the same. They haven’t asked any of the teachers to stay.
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1 month ago |
connectionnewspapers.com | Shirley Ruhe
The apparatus bay of Fire Station Number 8 was packed with descendants of the original Black volunteer firefighter department that started in 1918, members of the local neighborhood, friends and local officials. As Arlington County Fire Chief David Povlitz observed, “The amount of smiles and hugs here today is off the charts, amazing.
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