Serve on the Community Oversight (of Police) Board
Arlington Oversight Board
Invest in Early Childhood Education
Early education
Is It Safe To Trick-or-Treat This Year?
Some COVID-19 mandates have been lifted, some precautions are still urged.
Trick or treat safety
Teen Center Opens, Offering Options for Learning and Recreation
County saves historic structure and land from the development monster.
MVHS Teen Center
Offer to Buy River Farm Inches Up, But Declined by Seller
NOVA Parks is still part of the future at River Farm.
River Farm
Features and Issues in Mount Vernon Today
A look into some Mount Vernon issues that are important to residents and newcomers
Mount Vernon newcomers
Contaminated Legacy
From slave plantation to industrial pollution, a hidden history of North Old Town.
The shuttered power plant dominating the landscape in North Old Town has layers of industrial pollution, a hidden history buried under the contaminated soil of the Potomac River Generating Station. Even before the coal-fired power plant was constructed in 1949, the property was home to the American Chlorophyll Company and Potomac River Clay Works. That means the long and complicated task known as "remediating" the property could mean removing everything from coal ash and mercury to industrial fertilizer and hazardous metals.
Welcome to the Lee District
Lee District