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Protest Against Pet Store, Student Names Mars Rover | Top News

Top VA, DC news last week includes coronavirus concerns close school, cat ready for adoption after surgery and cherry blossom peak bloom.

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Cupid, the orange tabby cat who had an arrow removed from is head, is currently up for adoption.
Cupid, the orange tabby cat who had an arrow removed from is head, is currently up for adoption. (Chelsea Jones | AWLA)

Patch has 32 sites in communities in northern Virginia and Washington, D.C. Here are some of the top posts from the past week.

Cherry Blossoms In DC: When Blooms Will Be At Their Peak

Since warm or cool weather impacts when the blossoms will open, it's a tough task to predict when the trees will reach their peak.

VA Super Tuesday Results: Biden Beats Sanders Amid Record Turnout

Virginia voters have overwhelmingly given former Vice President Joe Biden a sizable win over Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders in Tuesday's primary election.

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VA School Closes As Students Self-Quarantine After Italy Trip

Wakefield Country Day School in Rappahannock County is shutting down until Monday over coronavirus concerns after two-dozen students, teachers and friends traveled recently to Northern Italy, ground zero for the coronavirus in Europe.

Lake Braddock Student Names NASA's Next Mars Rover

NASA's next rover to Mars will bear the mark of a local seventh grader when it is launched in summer 2020. Alexander Mather of Lake Braddock Secondary School chose the name Perseverance for the rover.

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Cat Shot In Head With Arrow Recovered; Now Available For Adoption

Two weeks after undergoing emergency surgery to remove an arrow from his head, Cupid is ready to find a new home.

Pet Store Protest In Chantilly Worries Neighboring Businesses

Woofie's LLC, a pet services company with locations in Loudoun and Fairfax counties, is partnering with an animal welfare group on March 14 to hold a protest outside the Woofys store in the Chantilly Crossing Shopping Center.

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