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About the Connection

As your local, weekly newspaper, the Connection’s mission is to deliver the local news you need, to try to make sense of what is happening in your community, to gather information about the best things in and around your community, to advocate for community good, to provide a forum for dialogue on local concerns, and to celebrate and record achievements, milestones and events in the community and people’s lives.

Caring By Calling

PRS CareRing helps people aged 65 and over in Fairfax County to ‘age in place.’

Comedy with ‘Lots of Swashbuckling Fun’ in Chantilly

Westfield High presents ‘Peter and the Starcatcher.’

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Al Fresco Pandemic

Restaurants eye parking lots and sidewalks as potential outdoor dining spots.

In normal times, the parking lot behind the Del Ray Cafe gives the restaurant a competitive advantage. Drivers can turn off East Howell Avenue and pull into one of the dozen spaces behind the 1925 house that’s been repurposed into a thriving restaurant. These days, the parking lot is giving the restaurant a different competitive advantage, one that nobody saw coming a few months ago.

Stunning Finals Loss Can’t Negate Spectacular Season

Potomac Falls boy’s soccer was a statewide power over the season’s second half.

Stunning Finals Loss Can’t Negate Spectacular Season

Potomac Falls boy’s soccer was a statewide power over the season’s second half.

Stunning Finals Loss Can’t Negate Spectacular Season

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.

Fairfax: Recognizing 25 Years of Volunteer Work

Fairfax City Council honors resident Dorothy Sorrell.

Dorothy Sorrell’s been volunteering for a quarter of a century. And at the May 26 Fairfax City Council meeting, she was honored for her many years of service to her community.

Real Estate

New Shopping Center for Chantilly

People Notes

Honor Flight Network Brings 90 Veterans to WWII Memorial

On Saturday, Sept. 20, mostly on the spur of the moment, I drove out to Dulles Airport to join my daughter and 4 of her children to greet WWII and Korean War veterans flown to Washington by the Honor Flight Network. My daughter had received an email earlier in the week from a home-schooling friend to invite her to the event.

Welcome to the City of Fairfax!

Creative, historic and fun.

As a Fairfax native, I’ve seen many changes in and around the City of Fairfax. In my role as mayor, I’m delighted to have the opportunity to share my personal thoughts about our community—and what makes this a special place to live, work, play and raise and family.