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Opinion: Commentary: FY 2021 – The COVID-19 Budget
This is not the budget any of us were hoping to approve this year.
Tuesday, the Board adopted the County Executive's amended FY 2021 Budget proposal. While this is not the budget any of us were hoping to approve this year, it is necessary as we pivot to address the needs created by COVID-19.
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Appetite: How Are Restaurants Handling Phase 2 in Alexandria?
As Phase 2 of the state’s Forward Virginia plan nears the end of its first week in Alexandria, restaurants are settling into the new rules in different ways.
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Remote or In-School Learning in Fairfax County
County families should respond by July 10.
School reopens for Fairfax County Public Schools students in eight weeks. That means that families in the 10th largest school division in the United States have until Friday, July 10, to respond with their enrollment choice for the entire 2020-21 school year.
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Opinion: Commentary: Working to Save River Farm
As you may have heard around the community, and in this newspaper last week, the American Horticultural Society (AHS) has announced that it is putting its headquarters, historic River Farm, the 27-acre property which represents the northernmost of George Washington’s five farms, up for sale on the open real estate market.
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Friends Group Performs Bike Trail Repairs on Mount Vernon Bike Trail
Gunk Removal and Plank Replacement is the Work of Volunteers
Mount Vernon Bike Trail work
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Will Montgomery County Circuit Court Demand More?
Duncan Socrates Lemp was killed by police serving a no-knock warrant on March 12, 2020.
Duncan Lemp, 21, was killed by police in the bedroom of his Potomac home on March 12, 2020, after police attempted to serve a no-knock warrant at approximately 4:30 a.m.
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Early Voting This Week in Montgomery County
On Election Day, only 39 of the usual 240 polling places will be open; better vote early this week
George Fenster arrived at Potomac Community Recreation Center at 5:20 a.m. Monday morning to get ready for the first day of Early Voting.
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Appetite: Hangry Panda, Food Trucks Navigate New Avenues
It’s no secret that times are tough across the restaurant industry nationwide.
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Music Connects in Herndon
Virtual recitals strengthen stretched ties.
Will Meinert (bass) and Emily Misch (soprano) of Herndon are opera singers performing and streaming recitals and short productions with a mix of discussions.
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Opinion: Independent Progressive: Walker Nature Center Delivers Halloween Trail 2020
2020 has been a brutal year.
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Appetite: Wooboi Chicken Sizzles Into Old Town Alexandria
The first thing you need to know about Wooboi Chicken: The restaurant takes its spices seriously.
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Herndon Mayor Asks for Integrity and Respect
Councilmembers' purported harsh rhetoric impacts morale and governing.
Jolted by an escalating trend of interruptions and statements by Town of Herndon Councilmembers, most recently at the Council Discussion of Strategic Initiatives on February 9, Mayor Sheila Olem intervened.
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The In-Person and At-Home Class is One Community in Reston
Lake Anne ES Welcomes Kindergarteners, Pre-K, and Special Ed Students in the Building.
On Tuesday, Feb. 23, Fairfax County Public Schools continued to welcome additional grade levels and groups to school buildings for in-person learning as part of its Return to School plan.
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Appetite: Plant-Based Cottage Bakery Coming to Del Ray
Ah, the smell of pastries – there’s really nothing like it.
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A Roller Coaster Ride for the Langley High Grads
Saxons learn life lessons during the pandemic.
Langley High School held its Commencement Exercises on June 2 at Jiffy Lube Live in Bristow, Va.
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Saying Good-bye at Herndon High
Cheers loud and proud honor HHS grads.
Herndon High School held its "Class of Two Thousand Twenty-One Commencement" on June 2 at Jiffy Lube Live in Bristow, Va.
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Clifton Day Was a Go, Come Rain or Shine
50th anniversary event featured trains and tie-dyes.
Clifton Day 2017
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Professionals Prepare Local Nutcracker Dancers
Performances at West Potomac High School.
Nutcracker in Mount Vernon
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Springfield BridgeWalk Highlights Community Spirit
Neighbors, Military come together in an annual event that’s ‘getting better every year.’
As the group of Springfield residents, Fort Belvoir troops, cheerleaders and dogs on leashes crested the rise on the Springfield Veteran’s Bridge, the annual BridgeWalk event was all about community, just as it has for the 15 years the walk has taken place.