Historic Huntley Seeks Docents and Program Assistants

Docents will be trained in leadership and tour guidance.

Historic Huntley is hosting a meeting for anyone interested in volunteering as a docent or historic program assistant. Historic Huntley is seeking docents to be trained in program leadership and tour guidance. Volunteers will lead tours and assist with interpretive programs for all age groups at the federal period villa built for Thomson Francis Mason in 1825. Historic Huntley was renovated and reopened to the public in 2012. The meeting will take place in the visitor center auditorium at Huntley Meadows Park on Sunday, February 10, 2013, from 1:30 to 3 p.m. For more information, contact Site Coordinator Geoffrey Cohrs at Geoffrey.cohrs@fairfaxcounty.gov or Volunteer Coordinator Kathleen Lowe at Kathleen.lowe@fairfaxcounty.gov. Both may …

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Historic Huntley Victim of Vandalism, Theft

Multiple historical items were stolen from the house during a break-in reported Aug. 3.

Route 1 Dispatches: Preserving Historic Huntley and WPHS Artists Shine

A roundup of this week's top headlines from the Route 1 corridor.

From Huntington-Belle Haven Patch Former West Potomac football coach Eric Henderson’s sons have transferred to Lake Braddock Secondary School and will play football for the Bruins this fall. The Fairfax County Board of Supervisors has found the $250,000 in its budget to continue funding the Fairfax County Police Department’s Marine Patrol unit. From Fort Hunt Patch Four West Potomac High School students will have their works of art displayed at the Workhouse Art Center’s 2012 Congressional Art Exhibition. Historic Huntley has been restored to its original glory. It will open to the public on May 19. From Mount Vernon Patch Residents have joined forces to form Save Woodlawn Stables, a grassroots group dedicated to preserving Woodlawn …

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