School Board Meet-and-Greet. Thanks to all who joined us on October 9 for our meet-and-greet with School Board District B candidates.  Four of the five candidates were in attendance (Cindy Anderson, Jewelyn Cosgrove, Margaret Lorber, and Veronica Nolan); Abigal Wacek was unable to join us due to work commitments.  For some photos from the event (taken by the Zebra), please visit https://www.facebook.com/TheZebraPress/posts/1907908269248019.

Metro Disruptions. The shut down of service between Braddock Road and Pentagon City has been rescheduled for Veterans Day weekend, from Friday, November 9 until Monday November 12. Additionally, there will be no Yellow Line service across the Potomac between Monday, November 26 and Sunday, December 9. For information, please visit https://www.wmata.com/service/track-work.cfm.

Fall Is Here. The Thanksgiving Turkey Trot will be held through the streets of Rosemont and Del Ray on Thanksgiving Day (November 22).  For information, please visit https://www.alexandriaturkeytrot.com/. Fall leaf collection also has begun.  For information, please visit https://www.alexandriava.gov/LeafCollection.

Keeping Informed. We try to provide regular updates on local news, Rosemont history, and general happenings in Alexandria via our Facebook page (https://www.facebook.com/RosemontCitizensiation/), cross-posted to Twitter (https://twitter.com/RosemontCitizen) and our web page (http://RosemontCitizens.org/facebook/). Please consider following one or another (as well as the independent Rosemont email list, https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/rosemontva/info, and the community forums at https://nextdoor.com).

Membership. Please renew!  (See http://RosemontCitizens.org/join/.)

Jol Silversmith