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Alexandria Students to Attend Thomas Jefferson

School Board votes to allow two Alexandria students to attend the Fairfax County school. next year.

Alexandria Students to Attend Thomas Jefferson

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Chamber Helps Businesses Connect

BusinessAdvantage Tradeshow highlights local businesses.

Chamber Helps Businesses Connect

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Brief: Springfield Area Roundups 5/15

Six Month Investigation Nets Several Suspects and Cycle Fest Ride on Sunday, May 19

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Letter to the Editor: Well-Balanced Decision-Making

In the March 14 Gazette, we read "... once again Alexandria's libraries are on the hit list" in a letter about a proposed 4 percent cut in operating hours for three of five of the City's libraries.

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Recognized for Helping Others

Community members to be honored at FISH Fling on April 20.

At the FISH (Friendly, Instant, Sympathetic Help) Fling Gala and Fundraiser, Reston and Herndon's "Star Fish" will be honored. The Star Fish are women whose volunteer work enables the volunteer, non-sectarian, non-profit to meet needs like requests for rent, transportation to medical appointments, help with furniture, utilities, medical items (including prescriptions) and other short term emergency needs.

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Letter: City Needs To Explain Budget

Although City Council reportedly instructed the city manager to submit a budget that does not raise taxes (it is an election year), he submitted a budget that does take more money from us.

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Week in Reston

Week in Reston

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Arlington: Hausler Honored as Visionary

The Arts Council of Fairfax County presents 2015 Arts Awards.

On Friday, Oct. 30, from noon to 2 p.m., the Arts Council of Fairfax County will present the annual Arts Awards at the Fairview Park Marriott, located at 3111 Fairview Park Drive, in Falls Church.

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Seniors Struggling with Hunger

Senior Hunger is real, and, according to information provided by the Meals on Wheels Association, 8.8 million of America’s seniors or nearly 1 in 6 may not know where their next meal is coming from. Programs like Meals on Wheels are critical to solving this national crisis. In the State of Virginia over 124,000 seniors are struggling with hunger and only 22 percent are receiving help through Meals on Wheels.

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Democrats Gather for Petersen’s Fundraiser

They weren’t all young, and they weren’t all lawyers, but they were most definitely all democrats at State Sen. Chap Petersen’s annual "Young Lawyers" party held at ICONS in downtown Fairfax on Thursday, March 31.

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Herndon High to Host STEM Boot Camp

New STEM Academy hopes to squash dropout rates.

After growing more concerned with Herndon High School’s dropout rate, Gustavo Pacheto decided he was going to help change it.

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Letter: West Potomac Crew in Jeopardy

A letter to the editor

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Fairfax: Our Daily Bread Receives a $30,000 Grant for Food Bridge Program

Fairfax-based nonprofit Our Daily Bread (ODB) received a grant in the amount of $30,000 from the Walmart Foundation’s State Giving Program.

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Help Plan Future of Public Housing in Alexandria

ARHA seeks public comment.

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Editorial: Demand Increasing, But Not Resources

Suicide prevention efforts need more funds, volunteers.

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Fairfax Homeless Help Decorate the City

New program pays for a days work to Lamb Center ‘Guests.’

New homeless program in Fairfax.

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The Sign of Times for Toys R Us

Toys R Us in Kingstowne goes the way of other big box stores in the area.

Toys R Us closes

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Food Pantry Shelves Near Empty in Herndon

Demand is greater than supply.

The Northwest Federal Credit Union Foundation, the philanthropic arm of Northwest Federal Credit Union, is out to fill empty tummies.