All results / Stories / Bonnie Hobbs
Woodson High Ushers in the Holidays with “White Christmas.”
Ringing in the holiday season is Woodson High’s production of Irving Berlin’s “White Christmas.” It features a cast and crew of 65, plus a 25-person pit orchestra, and Director Terri Hobson says it’s spectacular.
Petting Zoo, Food Trucks, Children’s Games
Earth Day Fairfax is Saturday, April 22.
Earth Day Fairfax is Saturday, April 22.
Centreville: ‘I’m Doing OK; No One’s Hurt’
Two-alarm, Centreville house fire does $82,810 damage.
A two-alarm house fire in Centreville last week displaced a family of three and caused nearly $83,000 damage, according to fire officials.
A Powerful Event that Touches All the Emotions
Women’s Storytelling Festival is March 14-17 in Fairfax City.
Women's stories
Another Death-Row Victory for Wolfe
Federal judge vacates murder and drug convictions, plus sentences.
Message from the court system to Prince William Commonwealth’s Attorney Paul Ebert: Be fair and play by the rules, or convictions you’ve obtained by skirting the boundaries of what’s right may eventually be overturned.
Four More Months in Jail for Cruz Colindres
Vienna teen sentenced for Fairfax man’s death.
“It was a tragic accident that no one anticipated.” — Public Defender Dawn Butorac
Quilt Show Displays ‘Sacred Threads’
Some 231 handmade quilts exploring themes of spirituality, joy, inspiration, peace/brotherhood, grief and healing were displayed during the biennial Sacred Threads exhibition, July 10-28, at Floris United Methodist Church in Oak Hill. Linda T. Cooper of Burke had one quilt in the show.
Remember and Honor That Sacrifice
Fairfax City’s Memorial Day ceremony pays tribute to the fallen.
Fairfax Memorial Day
‘Live in a Way that Honors our Veterans’ in Fairfax
Fairfax City celebrates Veterans Day.
Veterans Day
Warm Welcome for Lucy Loves in Fairfax City
A fun place for handmade items, vintage clothes, original art.
Lucy Loves
A Time of Remembrance
Memorial Day ceremony held at Ox Hill Battlefield Park.
The Battle of Ox Hill was fought Sept. 1, 1862 in a torrential thunderstorm. When it ended, two key Union generals were dead and more than 1,500 soldiers had been killed or wounded.
Bates Is Named Sully District’s Officer of the Quarter
His “Experience, dedication and hard work” paid off on patrol.
MPO Scott Bates has been named the Sully District Police Station’s Officer of the Quarter for the third quarter of 2020.
Britepaths’ Emergency Pantry Needs Community Support
Since hunger in Fairfax County never takes a vacation, Fairfax-based nonprofit Britepaths works hard, all year ’round, to feed local individuals and families in need. But it can’t do it alone; it needs the community’s help to stock its Emergency Pantry...
City Council Honors PVI Hoops Teams
The Fairfax City Council recently recognized Paul VI’s boys and girls basketball teams for winning both the Washington Catholic Athletic Conference (WCAC) and Virginia Division 1 titles. It was only the second time in WCAC history that both the boys and girls teams won the conference title in the same year.
Fun, Feel-Good, Energetic in Fairfax
The Fairfax Academy presents ‘Legally Blonde, the Musical.’
Theater
‘These Citizens Are the Heroes’
‘These Citizens Are the Heroes’
A mother allegedly high on drugs — and driving 70 mph in a car containing an infant and a 6-year-old without a seatbelt — led to a three-car crash on March 11 that could have ended in tragedy. As it was, it sent five people to the hospital, resulted in the mother’s arrest and brought out the best in public-safety personnel and ordinary citizens who came to the rescue of the children and of police PFC Rockie Akhavan, who was trapped in his cruiser.
Fairfax Shopping Center being revitalized; Whole Foods 365 coming.
‘It’s Not Perfect, but a Good, Solid Project’
Fairfax Shopping Center