Seniors take the stage in dance recital. Seniors take the stage in dance recital.

As anyone who has walked through Virginia’s beautiful rivers, streams, and hiking trails can attest, there is plastic litter everywhere. It damages our waterways, harms our wildlife, and ...

Fairfax County police officers arrested a man after he recklessly discharged his gun in a Lincolnia neighborhood, according to police reports. On Jan. 17, at 1 p.m., officers responded to the 6400 ...

Just about everyone in Mount Vernon that’s been around for a few years has some memory of the Dixie Pig restaurant that used to sit on Beacon Hill across from the Beacon Mall shopping center.

Jim Wescoat was born on Dec. 7, 1921, in Atlantic City, N.J. Exactly 20 years later, after Pearl Harbor was bombed on Dec. 7, 1941, he joined the Marine Corps. Now 103, he’s the only Marine ...

Unless it’s an uncontested race, most elections pit one side against another. But when the dust settles, and the winners are chosen – especially in local, municipal elections – it’s ...

Supervisor Walter Alcorn’s reading of his board matter marks what could be defined as Act Three of the Crescent Property saga. Like any storytelling tool, Act One is the setup; Act Two is ...

Fairfax Water responded to gushing water at 11459 Washington Plaza, Lake Anne, Reston, on Jan. 13. According to eyewitness and impacted customer John Lovaas, who lives in a townhouse nearby, seven ...

Even as a student at McLean High School six years ago, Katherine Kelly demonstrated a strong commitment to the well-being of others. She took on leadership roles in McLean's chapters of Sources of ...

This week’s snowstorm not only brought a winter wonderland and slippery conditions, it also brought salt. Many homeowners and building, parking lot and highway managers apply salt to prevent ice ...

Last Monday, the Virginia Senate Gaming Subcommittee advanced Senate Bill No. 982 in a vote of 5-2 to the Senate General Laws and Technology Committee, despite community opposition “lined up ...

For the snow lovers among us, it’s been a wonderful week, if you could take the time off and enjoy the snow. Some find it a bit of a rude awakening, cold weather combined with snow that just ...