His passion for the natural world was sparked at age five in 1963 when he spent hours exploring the woods and creek behind his family home in Annandale. Scott C. Plein, chair of the Board of ...

030525 CNG Food for Neighbors Drive at North County Government Center/ Ensuring local middle and high school students don’t go hungry. Supervisor Walter Alcorn (D-Hunter Mill) is hosting a Food ...

Five academically talented Fairfax County Public High School students are awarded 2025 “Corporate-sponsored Scholarships” from the National Merit Scholarship Corporation. Two awardees are from ...

Just when the paranormal activity came to a rest in Mount Vernon, inklings of the Mount Vernon Monster have reappeared, bringing this urban legend to life again. This recently started with a new ...

The Cappies of the National Capital Area held its twenty-third Gala recognizing excellence in High School theatre. The sold-out event was held in the Concert Hall of the Kennedy Center. Hundreds ...

Mount Vernon is seemingly the center of George Washington’s legacy but it began with his mother Mary Ball Washington who was buried in Fredericksburg under a monument that resembles D.C.’s ...

Melwood, a leading national employer, advocate, and preferred provider for people with disabilities, and Wesley Housing, a leading nonprofit affordable housing provider located in Northern ...

It’s an old-fashioned game of musical chairs in central Springfield, and the rumors are flying around that no one seems to be able to officially confirm. There is one fact though, the old Giant ...

Culminating months of discussion, soul searching and public input, the Fairfax City Council last week approved the new names for 14 City streets originally named in honor of Fairfax’s past ...

The Battle of Ox Hill/Chantilly, on Sept. 1, 1862, was the only major Civil War battle fought in Fairfax County. It happened during a torrential rainstorm and, by the end, it took the lives of two ...

On May 2, approximately 100 individuals gathered in front of the Old Town Hall on Town Green in Herndon to celebrate Día Internacional de los Trabajadores (International Workers’ Day).

In an effort to prepare for a possible future water shortage, Fairfax Water is planning to add a reservoir in southern Fairfax County in a Vulcan Materials Company space currently in use.