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Hats for Ellie
Local organization collects hats for children with cancer.
When the school year began in 2013, Jay Coakley, a physical education teacher at Woodburn Elementary School in Falls Church noticed that one of his kindergarten students had an affinity for brightly colored hats.
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Letter: Term Limits? Elections Matter
Letter to the Editor
Years ago when term limits were all the rage, the national President of the League of Women Voters, Becky Caine, said on one of the Sunday talk shows, “We have terms limits. They’re called elections.”
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Letter: Keep Ticketing The Bicyclists
Letter to the Editor
I enthusiastically support the City of Alexandria Police Department’s stepped up enforcement of our local traffic laws as they apply to bicyclists.
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Letter: Change Status Quo
Letter to the Editor
Politics as usual is failing us on both the local and national levels.
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Letter: Council’s Role In Enrollment?
Letter to the Editor
Board’s failure to build enough school capacity several decades ago with the result that today’s schools are overcrowded.
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Letter: Two Are Too Old Town-centric
Letter to the Editor
In relation to Mr. Wood and Mr. van Fleet’s position on the Waterfront Plan, two issues stand out in regards to their viewpoints.
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Richard ‘Dick’ Moose, At Home Alexandria Co-Founder, Dies
Helped launch At Home Alexandria.
The idea was hatched over breakfast at The Royal Restaurant. In 2008, Dick Moose had just read a news article about an organization in Boston called Beacon Hill Village.
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Recalling Life of ‘Dr. Bob’ Wineland
WW II veteran Robert Wineland dies at 91.
When 20-year-old U.S. Army Medic Robert Wineland arrived in the village of Laudersfeld, the wooded countryside of far eastern Belgium was relatively peaceful, a quiet buffer zone disrupted only by occasional artillery fire and brief skirmishes between opposing infantry patrols.
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Alexandriava.gov 2.0
City reveals redesign for its website.
City Manager Mark Jinks remembered a time when the City of Alexandria was considered the leader in its municipal website.
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Alexandria: City Offers Plans To Resolve Cyclist and Pedestrian Concerns
City hopes to reconcile longstanding feud between pedestrians and cyclists.
The Mount Vernon Trail runs 18 miles, from Arlington to Mount Vernon in Fairfax.
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SFDC’s Role: 30 Years Later
Growing priorities for Richmond Highway corridor.
The unanswered question is whether or not Southeast Fairfax Development Corporation (SFDC) has the tools, independence, and support to achieve its mission of economic development and revitalization.
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Alexandria: Aldersgate Church Community Theater Presents ‘The Miracle Worker’
Tells the classic story of blind and deaf Helen Keller and Annie Sullivan.
Aldersgate Church Community Theater (ACCT) is presenting "The Miracle Worker," the story written by William Gibson about the blind and deaf Helen Keller and her teacher Annie Sullivan, from Oct. 2-17 at the church located at 1301 Collingwood Road in Alexandria.
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In the Kitchen: Carluccio’s Chef Celia Keeps it Simple, Fresh, Italian...
Carluccio’s Chef Alfio Celia juggles an industrial stove full of boiling kettles, one for the eggs that will go in the Nicoise salad and one for the chicken that will be brined for the chicken salad.
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MetroStage in Alexandria Presents ‘Uprising’
Show is part of the Women’s Voices Theater Festival, now through Oct. 25.
MetroStage in Alexandria will open its 2015-16 season with the premiere of “Uprising” by Atlanta playwright Gabrielle Fulton as part of the Women’s Voices Theater Festival, now through Oct 25.
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Centreville Farm Hosts Fall Festival: Hayrides, Baby Animals, Fields of Fear at Cox Farms
The 43rd annual Fall Festival is now opened at Cox Farms in Centreville and promises to be fun for the entire family.
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Weekend Fun in Fairfax County - Oct. 2-11, 2015
A roundup of entertaining things to do this weekend.
A roundup of entertaining things to do this weekend.
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Marsh Leads Fair Oaks District Police Station
Keeping officers happy and the community safe.
The Fair Oaks District Police Station running smoothly, due to its officers as well as the man at the helm, Capt. Chris Marsh.
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‘We Made a Difference’
Girls raise money for animal shelter.
Take two girls, add in compassion, determination and a love for animals, and the result is a successful fundraiser for the Fairfax County Animal Shelter.
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Chantilly Snapshot: Officer of the Month
PFC Brian Rochefort (on left) receives the Officer of the Month certificate from 1st Lt. Matt Owens.
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Centreville Brief: Leak Cleanup Continues
More than a week after a gasoline leak was reported in Centreville...