‘At What Price and At What Cost’ in Great Falls
Plan C comes to light for Marmota Farm.
Development plans are in the works for Marmota Farm in Great Falls.
A Summer Like No Other at Riverbend Park
While Riverbend’s visitor center remains closed, the park’s visitation levels are up, and it has resumed services including boat rentals, boating tours, and virtual online programming.
Neil Stern has been coming to Riverbend Park for decades to meditate, enjoy nature, or work under the park’s canopy of trees.
Youth-owned Business Thrives in Great Falls
Product innovation and service expansion underpin growth.
Only thirteen years old, Joey Newton of Great Falls is already an entrepreneur and a savvy one.
Starting A New Chapter: Great Falls Library Staff Reflect One Month Into Reopening
Library has ‘gotten creative’ in ways to engage the community, offering portable craft kits, online programming, and a new book recommendation service for young readers.
Ebook readership up, print circulation down, online Live Chat services up 200 percent: in an era of social distancing, the Great Falls Library is adapting to countywide trends in reader involvement as it welcomes patrons back into the library.
Pío Pío Rebounds from Financial Squeeze in Great Falls
An outpouring of support from the community helps the Peruvian restaurant through the aftershocks of the COVID-19 economic impact.
Salsa music fills the air inside the newly reopened Pío Pío Pollo, where customers dig into ceviche, lomo saltado stir fry, and other staples of Peruvian cuisine.
Herndon Harbor House Seniors Embrace the New Norm
Masked, socially distanced and loving the life they make.
Seniors at Herndon Harbor House in the Town of Herndon pursue active lifestyles even though they have quarantined since March, according to resident Janice Watson.
Opinion: Letter to the Editor: No to Belle View Shopping Center Redevelopment Proposal
The Belle View Shopping Center is located in a Community Planning Sector, a Suburban Neighborhood, according to Fairfax County.
Celebrate Women’s Suffrage Month at Workhouse Arts Center in Lorton
Drive-in movies, Girl Scout virtual event and Suffrage art exhibit planned for August.
With the upcoming Centennial of the Ratification of the 19th Amendment guaranteeing women the right to vote in the United States, the Workhouse Arts Center is holding special Thursday evening Drive-In movies, a Girl Scout Gold Award Project virtual event and a suffrage-related art exhibit, all planned for the month of August.
Opinion: Letter to the Editor: First Homicide of the Year
This article is most notable for what it omitted.
Senior Services of Alexandria ‘Shout Out’ to its Volunteers
Senior Services of Alexandria would like to give a special “shout out” to its volunteers who have delivered Meals on Wheels, Frozen Meals, Groceries to Go, and served as Friendly Visitors to isolated seniors during the last several months.
Opinion: Letter to the Editor: Witnessing Worship, Converging Paths
My husband and I had a wonderful experience recently at Alexandria History Museum at The Lyceum here in Old Town Alexandria.
Opinion: Letter to the Editor: If Not Now, When? Rename Alexandria’s High School
On behalf of the membership of the Departmental Progressive Club which includes many T.C. Williams High School alumni, we strongly and urgently request that the Alexandria School Board adopt and unanimously pass a resolution to remove the name of T.C. Williams from Alexandria’s public high school effective immediately.
Opinion: Commentary: August COVID-19 Update
Cases here in Northern Virginia have remained steady on a downward trend; the same cannot be said about the rest of the country.
As we head deeper into summer, I wanted to provide you with the latest news with respect to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Blood-Stained Hands in Alexandria
City marks 1899 lynching of Benjamin Thomas, who was 16.
It happened just after midnight. On Aug. 8, 1899, 16-year-old Benjamin Thomas was attacked at the city jail on Saint Asaph Street and dragged half a mile by an angry mob of white citizens in what would become the second lynching of an African American man in two years.
A Life Well-Lived, Not Long Enough
Dave Evans devoted his time to help schools, athletic associations and needs-based organizations; helping the neediest, youngest and hungriest.
With deep sadness, I have to share the news of the sudden loss of one of our finest community members, Dave Evans.
Obituary: Bob Calhoun
Former vice mayor, state senator dies at 83.
Bob Calhoun, a political statesman who represented Alexandria in elected office for 20 years, died Aug. 6 at his country wildlife preserve in Berryville, Va., following a battle with prostate cancer. He was 83 years old.
Appetite: The Chewish Deli Almost Ready to Open in Alexandria
Bagel lovers, rejoice. Soon, a new bagel shop will be opening its doors in Old Town Alexandria, providing a bit more chew to the morning meal.
Alexandria Tutoring Consortium Launches Fundraiser to Purchase Books For Elementary Virtual Tutoring Program
The Alexandria Tutoring Consortium is launching a $22,000 fundraising campaign to purchase books for its virtual literacy tutoring program this school year.
The Other Alexandria: From Firefighter to Poet: Kendall Thompson
After graduating from T. C. Williams in the Class of 1984, Kendall Thompson embarked on a career as a firefighter in 1986.
Opinion: Letter to the Editor: Helping Children Achieve Their Dreams
As a community, it is safe to say that we value youth development and empowerment.