Opinion: Letter to the Editor: In-Person Class: More Focused, Engaged
I am writing in response to the article titled “Addressing the Demands of Virtual University Classrooms ” published in your newspaper on Wednesday, Nov. 18, 2020.
Land Acquired Near Springfield for New Inova Medical Campus
Changes coming to area close to the metro and town center.
Inova Medical Campus
Helping Families in Need this Holiday Season in Reston and Herndon
Cornerstones combines Thanksgiving Food Drive with Gifts for Kids.
Cornerstones was back at it again, ready to assist 1,000 Reston and Herndon families struggling to make ends meet this holiday season.
’Be The Good Project’ Ramps Up for The Holidays
Mount Vernon community effort spreads to the schools.
Be The Good Project
Opinion: Commentary: Legalizing Pot
When settlers to the Virginia colony in the seventeenth century discovered that they would not be able to walk about and pick up gold as some had been led to believe, they had to look around to find a way to make the colony economically sustainable.
Herndon, Reston Viewpoints: What Are You Grateful For on Thanksgiving 2020?
Herndon, Reston Viewpoints.
Planting for the Future in Great Falls
GFCA works with Fairfax County Park Authority for new trees
The new maple and white oak are not the same.
Great Falls Resident Wins a Nationally-prestigious Mitchell Scholarship
Great Falls resident and Harvard University graduate Kiran Hampton was awarded a nationally-prestigious George J. Mitchell Scholarship.
Vienna Holidays with Touch of History
Decorated Freeman Store and Museum a perfect backdrop for holiday photos
Members of Ayr Hill Garden Club and Historic Vienna, Inc. decorated the Freeman Store and Museum for the holidays.
Opinion: Letter to the Editor: Too Often Blaming the System
Re: “Matrix, Sunlight Discussed at Public Safety Committee,” Connection, November 18-24
Vienna, McLean, Great Falls Viewpoints: What Are You Grateful For on Thanksgiving 2020?
Vienna, McLean, Great Falls Viewpoints.
Area Light Shows Brighten the Holidays
This season, NOVA Parks offers an opportunity to literally “brighten’”spirits with three holiday shows.
Express Lanes May Link to American Legion Memorial Bridge
Last stretch may be express lanes next with “495 NEXT.”
Last stretch may be express lanes next with “495 NEXT.”
Mount Vernon Lee Chamber Restaurant of the Week: La Prima Catering
La Prima Catering is your source for safely prepared fresh food.
Talking Turkey, ‘Respectable’ Birds
Virginia has around 180,000 turkeys, elusive in the woods and fields.
Alan Warburton did a double take when he spotted a wild turkey ambling across his Mount Vernon yard in the Tauxemont community in April.
Opinion: Letter to the Editor: “Forest-in-a-Can?”
Regarding post-construction stream project plantings, boasting "2,300 new trees and thousands of new shrubs" along post-construction Taylor Run, of various species that collectively bear no fidelity to a known natural community let alone the habitat it is replacing, does not constitute a functional natural forest community.
Hometown Heroes
Veterans Day ceremony honors veterans, Gold Star families
It was the war to end all wars.
Alexandria Shop Small Week Nov. 27-Dec. 6
Holiday promotion supports local businesses.
Small Business Saturday, a movement that began 10 years ago in an effort to drive holiday shoppers to small businesses on the Saturday after Thanksgiving, has expanded into the first Alexandria Shop Small Week.
‘Honoring Those Who Have Served’
Commonwealth Academy honors veterans
Students at Commonwealth Academy paid tribute to veterans Nov. 11 by placing American flags outside the school in Del Ray.
100 Miles for Hope
American Legion marks Veterans Day, celebrates virtual challenge
Members of American Legion Post 24 gathered Nov. 11 to mark Veterans Day and celebrate the completion of the 100 Miles for Hope challenge, a virtual 100-mile walk/run/ride that began Aug. 3 and ran through Veterans Day.