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Route 1 Dispatches: Dancers Perform 'The Nutcracker'
Take a look back at this week's top headlines from the Route 1 corridor.

Fort Hunt Patch
The West Potomac Academy and Alexandria Community Dance production of The Nutcracker opened Thursday night. The show will run through Dec. 1.
Local dancer Natalie Edwards is touring with “Billy Elliot: The Musical," performing at the Hippodrome Theater in Baltimore in December.
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Mount Vernon Patch
A fire engulfed a home on Fielding Street Thursday afternoon, which caused two adults and two children to be displaced by the fire.
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George Washington’s Rye Whiskey went on sale on Wednesday. The un-aged and aged varieties were made at George Washington’s restored distillery.
Huntington Belle Haven Patch
Renovations on the Belle View Safeway are on track for the store to reopen in March 2013.
Possible redevelopment at Cityside Huntington Metro has some residents in the Huntington and Belle Haven areas concerned about parking and traffic.
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