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Arlington: Bill Neikirk Launches Novel, ‘The Copperhead Club’

Spinning a tale of “sex, money, intrigue, and Washington politics.”

William (“Bill”) Neikirk says he has always wanted to write a novel, ever since he was an 8-year-old.

Arlington County Board Approves 173-Unit Affordable Housing Complex

Some residents question socio-economic segregation.

For the Arlington County Board, 2015 ended on a high note. With construction scheduled to begin in 2017, the current Arlington Presbyterian Church will soon be transformed into Gilliam Place, a home for 173 families at various levels of affordable housing needs.

Arlington Snapshot: What Month Is This?

Temperatures seemed more like June on Sunday afternoon, Dec. 13, at Potomac Regional Overlook Park. Parents sat on picnic benches chatting as their children climbed the playground pegs, played hide and seek and ran around the park, some in their summer shorts and T-shirts.

Arlington Snapshot: Lighting of the Menorah

"Dreidel, dreidel, dreidel, I made it out of clay." Children balanced on their ice skates sing traditional Jewish songs at Chanukah on Ice held at the Pentagon Row Ice Skating rink in Arlington on Dec. 8.

Burke: Freshman James Provides Spark for Undefeated Lake Braddock

Guard scores 12 points, Bruins beat Robinson to improve to 4-0.

The Lake Braddock boys' basketball team beat Robinson 66-54 on Friday.

Potomac: Whitman Girls’ Talented Roster Returns

Vikings have won two of last three region titles.

The Whitman girls' basketball team opened the season with a loss to Neumann-Goretti.

Chantilly: Westfield Beats South County for Region Championship

Bulldogs take home title after losing in four straight region finals.

The Westfield football game will face Oscar Smith on Saturday in the 6A state championship game.

Great Falls: Newman Enters Third Season as Langley Boys’ Coach

The Langley boys' basketball team lost its first two games of the season.

Alexandria: TC Boys Drop Fourth Straight to Wakefield

Titans motivated by 2015 season-ending loss.

The T.C. Williams boys' basketball team started 1-1.

Mount Vernon: Alice’s Kids Donates Items to Enhance Student Self-Esteem

As a seventh grader growing up in Long Island, current Mount Vernon resident Ron Fitzsimmons missed 60 days of school because he was too embarrassed to go. After his father abandoned them, Fitzsimmons’ family survived on welfare, but only just.

Mount Vernon: Police Make Arrest In November Shooting

Fairfax County Police arrested Andre Curtis Wilkins, 21, of Waldorf, Md. on Dec. 4 and charged him with malicious wounding related to the Nov. 18 shooting death of Marquel L. Davis, 21, of Audubon Avenue.

Lorton: Breaking Ground on Mixed-Use Laurel Hill “Village”

The last prisoner at Lorton Reformatory was transferred away in 2001. In 16 months, the aged red brick walls that once housed criminals in the hopes of rehabilitating them through various work projects could be housing people on the other side of the penal system.

Springfield Businesses Help Bundle Up

The back of the house at Springfield’s Ecumenical Community Helping Others resembles the staging area for Santa’s all-nighter. Aisles upon aisles of assorted clothing, toys, kitchen equipment and other home goods wait in orderly fashion to be stocked in the nonprofit’s shopping area serving clients with low or no income.

Burke: Marsden Speaks on Future of Local Transportation

State Sen. Dave Marsden (D-37) reminded the audience at the Church of the Good Shepherd in Burke that even though their lifestyle and relationships with gasoline, cars and roads may be different than people in more rural parts of Virginia, most counties in the state must play by the same rules in terms of paying taxes and seeing transit maintenance and development come back from Richmond.

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