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Old Town Run Club Hosts July Charity Fundraiser

Food, Drinks, and Community Support for 9/11Commemorative Run

Fundraiser

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‘Immigrants Are Action Heroes’

Schwarzenegger welcomes new citizens at Mount Vernon.

I'll be back!

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Happy Birthday Alexandria!

Thousands turn out for 276th birthday celebration.

Thousands turn out for 276th birthday celebration.


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Operation Overlord

City marks 81st anniversary of D-Day invasion.

D Day

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Talk to Highlight Clandestine Past

Fort Hunt Park housed 4,500 prisoners of war 1942-45; many were Nazi naval officers and German scientists

Talk to Highlight Clandestine Past

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Ospreys May Be in Trouble Again

Ospreys May Be in Trouble Again


My Summer as Your Delegate

My Summer as Your Delegate By Delegate Paul Krizek

Man Charged in Crash that Killed Michelle Davis, 33, of Lorton

Man Charged in Crash that Killed Michelle Davis, 33, of Lorton

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PJ’s Coffee Brings Taste of New Orleans in Mount Vernon

Owners will add a taste of Ethiopia to the mix in Penn Daw.

PJ's


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‘Freedom House, Morrison House and Spite House’

One of a kind event on Sunday, July 20

A special free event benefiting the Freedom House Museum Rehabilitation Project will take place at the Morrison House Hotel on Sunday, July 20, from 1-3 p.m., featuring historical discussions about Freedom House and readings from ‘Spite House,’ a modern day mystery set in Old Town Alexandria.

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Housing 2040 to Discuss Housing Affordability Targets on July 30

Members of the community are invited to join the Alexandria Housing Affordability Advisory Committee (AHAAC) for a virtual discussion on Housing Affordability Targets and Considerations for the Housing 2040 Master Plan on Wednesday, July 30 starting at 7 p.m.

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H.R. 1: One ‘Big Beautiful Bill’ Act is Law

VA Gov.says H.R. 1 is ‘Rocket fuel for our economy.’

Virginia’s two Democratic U.S.Senators, Mark R. Warner and Tim Kaine, released a statement after they voted against the Republican budget megabill.


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H.R. 1’s Key Components and Impacts

What lawmakers representing Fairfax are saying.

Eight key aspects of the bill, accompanied by comments and impact statements leaning toward Fairfax County.

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The Background: Drugs, Money, Murder, Misconduct

Prosecutors, police coerced shooter to implicate another.

When 21-year-old, Centreville High grad Danny Petrole was slain in his car in front of his Bristow townhouse, March 15, 2001, it stunned the community and devastated his family. It also led police to discover a drug ring of major proportions operating in the Centreville/Chantilly area.

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‘It’s about Radical Kindness and Standing Up to Oppression’

Local man performing in ‘The Hunchback of Notre Dame.’

Calling this show both crucial and challenging to put on in the context of current ICE raids in Northern Virginia, Moffett said it demonstrates how “absolute power corrupts people absolutely – especially when the person wielding that power is motivated by hatred, prejudice and fear.


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Pathway to Freedom for Justin Wolfe?

After decades of ‘vindictive prosecution,’ court orders new hearing.

Chantilly High grad Justin Wolfe has spent the past 24 years in prison – 13 of them on death row – for a crime he always said he didn’t do.

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ArtsFairfax, Call for Art

Community News at Glance

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Nativity Catholic Church in Burke Donates $719,290 to Food For The Poor To Help Vulnerable Children and Families

For the parishioners of Nativity Catholic Church, supporting Food For The Poor (FFTP) and its mission is a spiritual quest, rooted in their desire to help vulnerable children and families in Latin America and the Caribbean.


Flourishing after 55 in Arlington

After 55

Letter: Devastating Consequences in Arlington

Letter to the Editor

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