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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE For more information, please contact: Alison Bibb-Carson, External Affairs Manager alison .bibb-carson@amwater.com 703-706-3871 Virginia American Water Extends Water Line in South Old Town Alexandria Extension represents $350,000 investment in city's aging infrastructure ALEXANDRIA, Va. (August 16, 2017) - Virginia American Water is extending a water line at S. Washington and Church Streets in the City of Alexandria. The company will install 750 feet of new 12- inch water main to improve water reliability and fire hydrant flow capacity to Bridgeyard Apartments (formerly Hunting Point on the Potomac) and Porto Vecchio Condominiums . Currently, only one existing 12- inch water main supplies water to these complexes. The water line extension will help to ensure that the apartment and condominium homes do not lose water in the event of a main break or fire. "The $350,000 investment the company is making will allow us to help ensure that the thousa...

B est for: Families with pre- school children , families with special access needs Worst for: luxury seekers A sunny morning in July and the sea was glistening gently beyond the rooftops. I was drinking my coffee on the balcony when my eldest daughter, Maya, arrived to survey the scene. “I feel,” she observed, ever the aesthete, “like we’re in France.” But this was not Biarritz. Welcome to Butlin’s, Bognor-sur-mer. With the plummeting pound forcing European villa holidays out of our budget this year, we have turned to a British holiday village to bridge the post-Brexit-vote gap. For a generation raised on low-cost flights and multi-lingual instructors at the kids club, it’s a change of pace. Butlin's marked its 80th anniversary last year, and its aesthetic and activities have changed significantly over the years Credit: © Chronicle / Alamy Stock Photo/Chronicle / Alamy Stock Photo For me, however, a mid- week break offered an airport-free, off-peak-value escape, plus a chanc...

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