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Children, Bicycles and Patriotism Galore in Centreville

Small-town Americana: To help their residents celebrate the Fourth of July together, Centreville's Newgate community held a children’s bike parade through the neighborhood.

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Send Photos for the Pet Almanac

The Pet Almanac, a twice-yearly special edition, will publish the last week of July, and photos and stories of your pets with you and your family should be submitted by Thursday, July 23.

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Safe Shopping at Potomac Village Farmers Market

Masks and social distancing are the order of the day on Thursday afternoons 3-7:30 p.m. at the Potomac Village Farmers Market.

BikeMatchMoCo: Bikes to People Who Need Them

The Montgomery County Department of Transportation has created a new “BikeMatchMoCo” program that is a free service enabling people with extra, unused bicycles to donate them directly to individuals who need a bike.

Montgomery County Councilmember Evan Glass Introduces LGBTQ Bill of Rights

Councilmember Evan Glass introduced the “LGBTQ Bill of Rights,” which would broaden and strengthen Montgomery County’s legal protections for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer residents.

Arlington Announces Compliance with Virginia Community Policing Act

The Community Policing Act, Virginia House Bill 1250, takes effect July 1, 2020.

Arlington Police Investigate Fatal Motorcycle Crash

The Arlington County Police Department’s Critical Accident Team is investigating a fatal single vehicle crash involving a motorcycle, that occurred on the evening of July 3, 2020.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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Reston Hospital Center Receives Patient Safety Excellence Award™

Reston Hospital Center is a recipient of the Healthgrades 2020 Patient Safety Excellence Award™.

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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.

Opinion: Commentary: Not Over Until It Is Over in Virginia

Hundreds of new laws went into effect last Wednesday. A total of 1,289 new laws passed the General Assembly in its regular session in January and February and were signed into law by Governor Ralph Northam.