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Fairfax Field Hockey Captures First Region Championship Since 1993
Rebels survive late goal from Chantilly, win in double overtime.
The Fairfax field hockey team defeated Chantilly 2-1 in double overtime on Thursday.
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Trying To Serve Over 1,600 Families in Fairfax County
WFCM’s Holiday Food Program needs community’s help.
Western Fairfax Christian Ministries’ Holiday Food Program helps those in need in Western Fairfax County. All year long, WFCM fights to end hunger in the community via its food pantry; and during Thanksgiving and Christmas, it provides local families with holiday meals.
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Urban Kayaking in the Mount Vernon District jump
Time To Expand Recreational Opportunities
On the north side of Cameron Run across from the Riverside apartments we decide to take a few minutes to explore a series of adjoining tunnels that go under the beltway into what Google Maps indicates to be Hooffs Run and Four Mile Run on the same stream.
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Letter: Addressing Metro Capacity
The following open letter was addressed to Aubrey Layne, Jr., Virginia Secretary of Transportation.
The following open letter was addressed to Aubrey Layne, Jr., Virginia Secretary of Transportation.
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U.S. 1 Multimodal Study Is Done
Now it’s time for action.
Last week, a long-standing debate in our community was finally resolved — what should the U.S. 1 Corridor look like? It was a long time coming.
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Keeping the Line Moving
Serving up pizza at TC.
A bell rings out, and students hustle to the cafeteria line at T.C. Williams High School for the first lunch period of the day. Stella Napper stands behind her pizza line ready to replace the large metal pans when the pizza has disappeared.
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Obituary: Andree Georgette Lecureux
Andree G. Lecureux, 90, restaurateur died October 24, 2014 due to cancer at Leewood Nursing home. She was an Alexandria resident for 52 years.
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Obituary: John R. Labovitz
John R. Labovitz, Washington lawyer and a leading constitutional law authority on Presidential Impeachment died peacefully in his sleep from natural causes on Oct. 3, 2014, at his residence in Washington, D.C. He was 70.
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Steady Voter Turnout at Fairfax's Greenbriar East
More than a third of those registered there voted Tuesday.
Most voters at Greenbriar East Elementary (GBE) didn’t want to reveal specifics about which candidates they voted for on Tuesday, but they did share their reasons for casting their ballots, in general.
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Letter: Waterfront Success
A recent letter to the editor claims that this City Council got it wrong, and that the “waterfront is about to be turned into one egregious redevelopment disaster.”
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Letter: Let Sun Shine In
Many Citizens of the City of Alexandria are not fully aware of what the "Sunshine Act" actually delineates.
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Letter: Playing Budget Ball
I have to tip my sweat-stained Alexandria Aces baseball cap to the city manager.
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Letter: Minimize Signage
Harris Teeter is a great addition to our community.
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Wicked Fun
ACPS students make Halloween visit to the White House.
Forget South Lee Street in Old Town. For 44 fifth-graders from Patrick Henry Elementary School, the White House was the place to be on Halloween.
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Boy Scout Food Drive Is Nov. 8 in Centreville and Chantilly
It’s tough being hungry – and especially in an affluent place like Fairfax County. So each year, local Boy Scouts conduct a food drive to so families in need will have something to eat.
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Langley’s ‘25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee’
Six of Langley High School’s thespians will participate in the 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee. This is no ordinary bee, though: it is an improvisation musical with hilarious hijinks that will be shown by Saxon Stage at 7 p.m. Nov. 13 to 15 at Mclean Bible Church, and audience members will not be expected to sit in their seats for this one.
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Veterans Day: Faces of the Fallen
Vietnam Memorial seeking photos of local veterans.
Along with more than 58,000 other soldiers, the name of Capt. Humbert Roque "Rocky" Versace is memorialized on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall in Washington, D.C.
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Herndon's Malaria Meltdown
Local teen educates peers on the disease.
Kritika Singh wants to eradicate malaria for good - one mosquito at a time. The 16-year-old McLean resident and CEO of Malaria-Free World hosted the inaugural Malaria Meltdown conference at Nysmith School of the Gifted on Sunday to educate her generation on the dangers third world countries face with the disease.

