News

A Fond Farewell

Visit Alexandria bids adieu to Patricia Washington.

The annual Summer Social hosted by Visit Alexandria was bittersweet this year as the event served as a farewell to Patricia Washington, who for 12 years has served as the organization’s president and CEO.

On new Department of Education guidance for individuals affected by joint consolidated student loans

For years, borrowers in joint consolidated loans have faced frustrating bureaucratic hurdles and dismal prospects for severing their loans, keeping them trapped in financial agreements with unresponsive or abusive ex-spouses and preventing them from accessing loan forgiveness programs.

Beyond Sustenance Farming in Northern Virginia

Only a few take on the challenge of marketing farmed products

Scorpion Rose Rocks the Block in Fairfax City

Warm Welcome for a Missed Friend: Old Firestation #3

Fairfax City residents are delighted at the reopening of an icon.

Mount Vernon and Alexandria Independence Day Festivities

And All That Jazz

City hosts 46th annual Jazz Festival.

Celebrating a Century

Lois Brooks turns 100.

‘I Have a Dream’ in Alexandria

MLK Jr. honored with bench dedication.

SUMMER FUN in Alexandria

SUMMER FUN

Workhouse Arts Foundation Appoints Keith Gordon as New President and CEO

Fairfax Ace Hardware Holding Community Celebration

News Briefs

Man Charged with Killing Fairfax Resident

Fairfax County police have arrested a Washington, D.C., man in connection with the May 21 murder of a Fairfax resident.

Police Charge Special Ed Teacher with Assault

A Fairfax woman who worked as a special-education teacher has been charged with assaulting three students at White Oaks Elementary in Burke.

Fairfax One Visits Burke CAP

Cadets learn search and rescue techniques.

On Thursday, June 20th, the Burke Composite Squadron of the Civil Air Patrol hosted the Fairfax County Police Department’s Helicopter, Fairfax One, at Irving Middle School.

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