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Fund-raiser To Support Shoe Collection
Teen’s bake sale at North Point Shopping Center to help underprivileged students.
Fund-raiser To Support Shoe Collection
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Churchill: Best of the Pits
Seventh annual Cappies gala honors best of the best in high school theater.
Churchill: Best of the Pits
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Former Great Falls Resident Killed in Iraq
Stephen Sherman, 27, served two years in Army .
Former Great Falls Resident Killed in Iraq
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Arlington Reacts to VT Shootings
County schools and universities mull their security policies after the shootings in Blacksburg.
Arlington Reacts to VT Shootings
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ECHO to Expand
ECHO to Expand
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Arlington Reacts to Tech Shootings
County schools and universities mull their security policies after the shootings in Blacksburg.
Arlington Reacts to Tech Shootings
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Memories Displayed at Chantilly Fire Station
Memories Displayed at Chantilly Fire Station
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Colvin Run in Top Six at Regional Science Olympiad
Colvin Run Elementary School (CRES) participated in the Regional Science Olympiad (SO) Tournament, Division B (grades 6-8) on Feb. 25. Twenty-four teams from several middle schools and elementary schools competed in each event.
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Local History Is in Her Heritage
Susan Hellman begins as new director of Carlyle House.
The Carlyle House on North Fairfax Street has a new director — Susan Hellman. She started on June 1 and settled in immediately. She may be new to this 260-year-old national landmark, but her knowledge of area history has allowed an easy transition.
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Pets
Little Orphan Annie No More
On the evening of Feb. 22, 2011 we let our standard poodle, Toby, into the yard for a last potty break before bedtime. We heard a dog bark at Toby. My husband Glenn went into the yard to investigate.
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Great Falls Resident Angie Officer Is Volunteer of the Year
Angie (Donnell) Officer, a ’88 Rochester Institute of Technology graduate who majored in graphic design, has always kept busy in her personal and professional life. She worked as an art director and handled public relations before joining Sprint Corp. in 1992 as an account manager for relay services in New Hampshire, Connecticut and Virginia. Today, she’s a senior implementation program manager for Sprint Relay, overseeing relay service in 32 states, as well as serving as chairperson of the National Technical Institute for the Deaf (NTID) Alumni Association Board of Directors.
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Advocating for ‘Placemaking’
Elizabeth Morton, president, McLean Revitalization Corporation (MRC) *Some 2013 highlights:
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Herrity’s Top Local Issues for 2014
Supervisor Pat Herrity (R-Springfield) talks about what he believes will be the top issues this year in Fairfax County.
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Entertainment Brief: Holiday Guys, Holiday Follies at Signature
Signature is pleased to announce the addition of Holiday Guys to this season's holiday programming.
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Week in Fairfax
Find out what is going on this week in Fairfax.
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Lee Field Hockey Hosts ‘Under the Lights’
After defeating Wakefield, 6-0, in its season opener, Lee hosted the 2012 “Under the Lights” tournament Aug. 24-25.
Meghan Cox scored a pair of goals for the Lee field hockey team during the "Under the Lights" tournament Aug. 24-25.
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A Legacy of Local History
It is with great sadness that the Great Falls Historical Society notes the passing of its founder, Milburn P. Sanders, who died Sunday, Sept. 2. Milburn founded the Great Falls Historical Society in the fifth decade of his life. He told me that he loved to archive and record things, and recording local history was a delight for him.
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Column: Home Grown
Growing up, Lucinda, the daughter of sharecroppers, lived on a plantation in the small town of Edgefield, S.C. Her family raised most of their own food, never having to buy meat, milk, eggs, potatoes, sugar …, Lucinda even became an expert butter churner as a small child. Even clothes were sewn by hand from cloth bought at a nearby cotton plantation.
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Week in Fairfax
The first-ever 5K walk dedicated to crime victims in Fairfax County will be held in honor of the 2013 National Crime Victims’ Rights Week. This free event is slated for Sunday, April 21, at 4:30 p.m., at Fairfax Corner. It’s hosted by the Victims Services Section of the county Police Department and the Fairfax County Law Enforcement Foundation. Area residents may join the professionals who support local victims of homicide, trauma, sexual and domestic violence, child physical and sexual abuse, stalking human trafficking and suicide as they walk together.