Living Legend: Nelson Greene Jr.
A voice against injustice leaves a legacy of service.
Living Legends
The Ultimate Sacrifice in Alexandria
VFW Post 609 kicks off fundraising campaign for War Dead Monument.
VFW
Christmas in Camp
Fort Ward program highlights Civil War traditions.
Photos by Janet Barnett/Gazette Packet
Rep. Don Beyer Meets with Small Business Owners
Small Business Saturday reminders to shop small year round.
Small Business
Heartfelt Chanukah Celebration in Fairfax City
Menorah lighting, speeches, children’s activities and festive food.
Menorah lighting, speeches, children’s activities and festive food.
Burke Family Goes All Out with Toys for Tots
Tradition spreads to embrace the holiday spirit with a lesson of empathy.
Toys for tots
Fairfax News Briefs
News Briefs
Man Charged with Murder
News Briefs
New Police Officers Graduate
New Arlington police officers graduated from the Northern Virginia Criminal Justice Training Academy on Dec. 11, 2023.
Franconia Shooting, Woodbridge Man Dead
Detectives from FCPS Major Crimes Bureau are investigating a shooting that left a Woodbridge man dead.
Dementia Care Consortium
37th annual conference supports caregivers.
Hundreds of attendees turned out for the Northern Virginia Dementia Care Consortium’s 37th annual caregivers conference, the largest dementia conference in the region specifically for family members and professional caregivers of those with memory decline.
Looking for Miracles- Public Menorah Lighting
Five oil pots lit commencing the 5th day of Chanukah.
One of the traditions that is widespread among people of faith is celebrating the holidays with light.
Cornerstones Opens Food Hub
Other nonprofits can supplement their resources.
A challenge existed for Cornerstones: wasted food, tons of it destroyed in the communities the nonprofit organization served, yet people were going home and going to sleep at night hungry.