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Summer School

ARHA-SRG Scholars Program debuts.

The Alexandria Redevelopment Housing Authority kicked off a partnership with Northern Virginia Community College that allows ARHA residents to earn college credit.

Friendship Firehouse Festival 2023: Aug. 5

The Friendship Firehouse Festival to celebrate Friendship’s 249th year is Aug. 5.

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To the Rescue!

Help save trees from alien killers.

Trees


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Keeping It All Connected

Plein Is Recharging the American Horticultural Society

American Horticultural Society


Death Investigation in Mount Vernon

Death Investigation

New Laws Now In Effect

New laws

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July 4 Holiday Featured a Ship Announcement at Mount Vernon

New Navy ship will be named for French general Marquis de Lafayette

Navy Ship


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Fort Hunt Little League Players Fill the Stands

Field trip to Ace’s Game is a learning experience.

Baseball's lessons

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Local Writers Win Virginia Press Association Awards

Connection and Gazette garner awards for work published in 2022.

Newspaper wins awards.

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Fund Public Schools and Virginia Budget Impasse

Budget


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Keeping It All Connected

Plein Is Recharging the AHS

Plein Is Recharging the AHS

Broadening Internal Threat to Our Democracy

Commentary


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Litzenberger Receives Delayed Award

Litzenberger honored: Fairfax County Citizen of the Year.

Litzenberger honored: Fairfax County Citizen of the Year.

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‘Familiar Show and Incredibly Relevant Story’

Westfield Summer Stage presents musical, ‘Footloose.’

Shocking changes are in store for a big-city teen who moves to a small, rural town in the 1980s and discovers rock music and dancing have been banned there.

Overdose Leaves One Youth Dead, One Critical

Detectives from Fairfax County Police Major Crimes Bureau, Crime Scene Section, and Opioid Investigation Unit are investigating a fatal overdose that left one juvenile dead.


Independence Day 2023

Local communities celebrate

Town of Herndon home goes up in flames.

Recreational Cannabis Legal in Maryland as of July 1

Effective July 1, 2023, adults 21+ can purchase cannabis from licensed dispensaries.