Arlington Neighborhood Sends Off a New Midshipman
Pandemic precautions color Plebe summer
At 7 a.m. on Thursday, July 2, more than forty neighbors gathered to line North Abingdon Street to send off Shane Tomb as he left to begin his “Plebe Summer” at the U.S. Naval Academy.
Growing, Bagging, Donating—Community Comes Together in Arlington
It is Monday morning, and eight vegetable bagging work stations are located more than six feet apart in the Rock Spring United Church of Christ Carpenter Room.
With 25 Percent of Previous Appointments, PT Offered Outdoors
Join the birds and the sunshine for physical therapy.
Two ceiling fans move the pleasant afternoon air on the front porch of Lisa Shimberg’s house where she has set up a physical therapy bed.
Reston Hospital Center Receives Patient Safety Excellence Award™
Reston Hospital Center is a recipient of the Healthgrades 2020 Patient Safety Excellence Award™.
4th of July 2020 Reston Style
Picnics and fireworks continue.
Official Fourth of July festivities around Reston may have been canceled for Independence Day 2020, but homegrown activities continued.
Pathway Homes Presents Summer of the Arts Exhibit
Original works available for sale at Vienna Arts Society gallery.
Purple Piece, Organ, Lion Pride, City Lights, Violent Behavior. These are names of some of the 30 works of art presented in Pathway Homes' Summer of the Arts 2020 on display at the Vienna Arts Society gallery, located at 513 Maple Avenue West #1.
Opioid Overdose Prevention System-OOPS
Local students earn top award at global competition.
The Challenge: In Fairfax County, opioids are the number one cause of unnatural death. According to the Virginia Department of Health Office of the Chief Medical Examiner, the proportion of all overdose deaths that include fentanyl and fentanyl analogs is higher in Fairfax than all of Virginia.
Drive-thru Drama Performed in McLean
The Alden Theatre is putting on a Drive-Thru Drama production of ‘Small Change.’
After the end of live performances during quarantine, the Alden Theatre is championing a new form of theatre: the Drive-Thru Drama.
Great Falls Park Welcomes You to ‘New Normal’
Great Falls National Park is in full swing for the summer season, and the weekends as usual have been very busy with locals, especially eager this year for something to do after being cooped up from quarantine.
Q&A on Back to School for Fairfax County
Superintendent takes questions at Virtual Town Hall.
FCPS hosted a virtual Town Hall Meeting on July 6, to answer questions about its two Return to School Plans: Full-time Online Instruction or In-Person Instruction with Social Distancing.
Northern Virginia Parks Lure Vacation Campers
Low risk campgrounds open.
Though making safe vacation choices during the Covid-19 pandemic is challenging, area parks are ready to welcome vacationers with fresh air and de-stressing camping opportunities.
Community Market Opens in Lorton
Lorton Workhouse Arts Center hosted the first of its weekly Community Markets.
On the warm Saturday morning of June 27, the Lorton Workhouse Arts Center hosted the first of its weekly Community Markets.
COVID-19: Not a Fair Fight in Alexandria
Regional perspective: pandemic exposes health inequality leading up to discrepancies in life expectancy.
In Alexandria, the Latinx population, which comprises 16.8 percent of the City, accounts for 55.5 percent of Alexandria’s positive cases of COVID-19.