Letter: West Springfield Coach Biddison Retires
Letter: For over 20 years Coach JT Biddison has been coaching football in the Northern Region, for the past four years he has been the head coach at West Springfield HS.
Column: No Free Lunch on Transportation Funding
Column: Next month, the General Assembly returns to Richmond, and transportation funding will be on the agenda.
Holiday Revels with a Safety Net
A serious backup, but seriously, make a plan ahead of time.
There is a little life in the economy this year, and that is quite likely to allow some to be the life of the party. You know the drill, the five-to-seven or six-to-eight drop-in happy hour, you've been invited to five of them, and you could attend an infinite number of these between now and the second day of 2013.
Letter: Hiking Taxes and Tolls
Letter: “Most political commentators,” Del. Plum (D-36) nebulously says [“Never Say Never,” Reston Connection, December 5-11], “would agree . . . that the no tax pledge has made it difficult . . . to get agreement on a financial plan that would reduce the deficit and help with economic recovery.”
Letter: Bill Developers for Tysons Infrastructure
Letter: The Fairfax County Board of Supervisors has just given the residents of Tysons Corner a lump of coal in their Christmas stockings.
Column: Preparing for the Holidays
Column: The holiday season is busy for most everyone regardless of faith and family traditions and the holidays we choose to celebrate.
Column: County Failing to Preserve Natural Resource Areas
Fairfax County has done a pretty good job of setting aside parkland for public use for athletics and recreation, but gives short shrift to preserving and protecting natural resource areas so vital to a healthy environment.
Letter: Saving the World, or at Least Fairfax County
Letter: I’ve lived here my entire life. I’ve ventured through trails all over Northern Virginia, I’ve gazed upon the majestic Blue Ridge Mountains, I’ve sat next to the awesome power that makes up the tidal region of the Potomac River, I’ve stalked trout lying in a stream bed, slowly making their way up to the surface and back down once again.
Making Their Voices Heard
Caroling about "fiscal cliff" at Tysons Corner Center.
On Monday, Dec. 10, a group of 30-40 residents of Northern Virginia and beyond met by the entrance of California Pizza Kitchen in Tysons Corner Center in preparation to go caroling.
Christmases Past
Neighbors share traditions and memories of the holiday season.
Some Vienna neighbors shared their recollections with Vienna-Oakton Connection readers.
Letter: Taking Chances On ExpressLanes
Letter: The way the ExpressLanes system is set up at this time, there is no way that we can know the traffic conditions on Route 495 prior to entering the highway.
Letter: Goals More Than Met
Letter: To the McLean, Vienna and Great Falls communities: The Woman’s Club of McLean would like to express its gratitude for your support of the club’s 46th annual Holiday Homes Tour and MarketPlace.
Opinion: Immigrants and Today’s Faith Response
The presence of increasing numbers of immigrants is a challenge to the Fairfax County faith community commitments. The challenge is to be a faith community with open arms. Historically the churches in the United States have been immigrant churches. Who among us cannot trace one’s ancestors back to a country outside the U.S.? The church’s care and concern for countless European immigrants is well known. Today, we the faith community are called to welcome immigrants with similar hospitality.
Editorial: Holiday Revels With a Safety Net
A serious backup, but seriously, make a plan ahead of time.
You know the drill, the five-to-seven or six-to-eight drop-in happy hour, you've been invited to five of them, and you could attend an infinite number of these between now and the second day of 2013. And there are many other varieties of holiday festivities, many involving more than a drink or two. So make a plan.
Letter: Another Look At Diversity
In reading “Embracing Our Diversity” by U. S. Rep. Gerry Connolly, in the Nov. 22, 2012 edition of The Connection, I nearly choked when I came to his third paragraph in which he made the following statement: “I tell them that America, a country of immigrants, is a place of opportunity where you can pursue your dreams and raise your families without fearing that somebody's government is going to tell you what to think, how to express yourself, what to believe or how to worship.” My question to the representative is this: What rock have you been living under for the past two years?