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Tuesday, February 19, 2013

Nominate Vienna Volunteers for Mayor's Award

Mayor M. Jane Seeman seeks names for 12th annual volunteer recognition day.

Know someone who has made a difference in Vienna? Now is your chance to put their name forward for Mayor Jane Seeman's 12th annual volunteer recognition day. The deadline is March 1. Seeman started the awards when she became mayor in 2000. Since then, hundreds of residents have been recognized, from those that give time to local organizations and nonprofit leaders to local business owners or neighbors making a difference in their corner of Vienna. You can see honorees from 2012 here. Award winners from 2011 can be found here. To nominate someone you know (perhaps someone on this list of possible Vienna Residents of the Year), fill out the nomination form on the town's website here. Need more information? Call (703) 255-6304 or email the …

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Mayor Candidate: Jane Seeman, Photos: A Night For Volunteers, Viewfinder: Vienna Honors Volunteers, and 1 more ›

Friday, January 4, 2013

Vienna Police Chief Bob Carlisle Retires

After 35 years in law enforcement across Fairfax County, Bob Carlisle stepped down Jan. 1.

If it wasn’t for a failed eye exam years ago, Vienna Police Chief Robert Carlisle might never have entered law enforcement and today might be looking back on a career flying fighter jets for one of the military services. Instead, Carlisle said goobye to Vienna on Tuesday, capping a 35-year career in law enforcement that began in 1978 when he joined the Fairfax County Police Department as a patrolman. Becoming a cop, however, wasn’t his first choice. “I had to choose and I wanted to fly; it was a sort of dream of mine,” Carlisle said. Though he had perfect vision, the doctors said he wasn’t fit to fly because he was going to need glasses sometime in the near future. “I wasn’t so much crushed as it was a question,” Carlisle said. “Am I …

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