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Published May 3, 2021 at 5:00AM

Virginia Raises Minimum Wage on May Day — Effective Saturday (May 1), Virginia’s minimum wage went up from $7.25 per hour to $9.50, the state’s first increase since 2009. Wages could rise to $15 in 2026, if approved by the General Assembly in 2024. Localities now also have the authority to adopt ordinances allowing collective bargaining with public employees. [DCist]

Twin Sheep Born at Frying Pan Farm Park — “Frying Pan Farm Park’s Suffolk ewe, Bristol, delivered the last of the sheep births that the farm will see this spring. Her twin ewes arrived April 11.” [Fairfax County Park Authority/Twitter]

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Cows Will Race to Raise Money for Frying Pan Farm Park

By Sydney Hawkins

Published October 5, 2020 at 1:15PM

Friends of Frying Pan Park, a local park in Herndon, will host its first NASCOW race next Friday (Oct. 16)

This event will race 11 of the park’s cows in efforts to replace revenues lost by the COVID-19-related cancellation of the park’s annual Farm Harvest Days fundraiser, the event ad said.

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Restonian Heading to World Aquabike Championship Next Year

By Ashley Hopko

Published November 22, 2019 at 10:45AM

Paul Hartke (Photo courtesy Paul Hartke)

A Reston resident is headed to the Netherlands next fall to represent Team USA at the World Aquabike Championship.

By coming in sixth place at the Triathlon Multisport National Championships earlier this month, Paul Hartke earned his spot in two upcoming competitions. He will participate in the National Olympic Triathlon Championship in Cleveland next August before he heads to Almere, Netherlands in September to represent the U.S. at the World Aquabike Championship.

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Registration Now Open for 16th Annual Nature Center 5K Race

By Catherine Douglas Moran

Published March 29, 2019 at 9:45AM

Mark your calendars for April 13 if you plan to break a sweat in the Nature Center 5K Run and Walk.

Registration for the annual run — now in its 16th year — recently opened. The price increases by $5 for kids and adults on Monday, April 1. (Currently, it is $25 for adults and $15 for kids.)

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Wednesday Morning Notes

By Catherine Douglas Moran

Published February 27, 2019 at 8:45AM

Reston-Herndon Toastmasters — The communication skills-building group will host an open house from 7-8:30 p.m. tonight at the Herndon Neighborhood Resource Center (1086 Elden Street). [District 29 Toastmasters]

Candid candidates — The candidates running unopposed for five seats on the Reston Association’s Board of Directors will take part in a candidates’ forum tonight at 7 p.m. Restonians who can’t make it to the RA’s headquarters can stream the debate online. [Reston Association on YouTube]

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Cardboard Boat Regatta Returns to Lake Anne in August

By Fatimah Waseem

Published June 22, 2018 at 2:30PM

Image via Nova Labs on Facebook

For the second year, homemade cardboard boats will compete in the popular regatta at Lake Anne. All proceeds from the event on August 11 will go toward the Reston Historic Trust & Museum.

Participating teams of all ages will construct and decorate a life-size cardboard boat, which will compete in timed heats. Team members will row to a designated buoy and back to the docks.

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Saturday: Susco 8K Honors Late SLHS Grad

By Karen Goff

Published September 16, 2016 at 12:30PM

The race is an annual event that honors Tim Susco, a 1999 South Lakes High School graduate who died of a bran aneurysm in 2007.

The race benefits both brain aneurysm and organ donor awareness. Susco was an organ donor, and his parents have, over the years, met several recipients of Tim’s otherwise-healthy organs.

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Sunday: 10-Miler Runs Through Reston

By Karen Goff

Published February 26, 2015 at 1:00PM | Updated February 26, 2015 at 1:20PM

Spring running season is nearly here. If you have been training all winter, challenge yourself to the Reston 10-Miler Sunday at 8 a.m.

Here is what you need to know: