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Residents: ‘Why Would We Want This?’

Huge data center is proposed in Chantilly.

Unbeknownst to most residents, when the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors recently re-adopted its revamped zoning ordinance, zMOD, it quietly added a provision allowing data centers to be built, by right, on industrially zoned land within a quarter mile of residential homes.

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Sully Governmental Center Celebrates Two Decades

The Sully District Governmental Center in Chantilly celebrated its 20th anniversary, June 24, with public-safety displays, music and children’s games.

Fatal Accident In Fort Belvoir

Detectives from the Fairfax Police Crash Reconstruction Unit are investigating a fatal vehicle crash that occurred Tuesday night, July 18, at 10:51 p.m. on Jeff Todd Way and Telegraph Road in Fort Belvoir.

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Fairfax County Police Use of Force

Police shooting incidents by chief tenure.

Ongoing series about the Fairfax County Police Department and its policies and history on use of deadly force.

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Celebrating Seniors

Mount Vernon At Home marks 14 years.

Gala

Roundups

Roundups

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Chantilly Man Dead; Suspect Is In Custody

A Chantilly man is dead – and his suspected killer is in custody – after a shooting, last Thursday, July 6, in a parking garage in the McNair neighborhood of Oak Hill.

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Vienna Teen Intends to Plead Guilty

Cruz Colindres accused in Fairfax man’s death.

Vienna teen charged with killing a 20-year-old Fairfax man waived his right to that hearing.

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Attacks: ‘Bold, Brazen, in Broad Daylight’

Police arrest man believed culpable in Chantilly sexual battery.

Following some intense investigation, plus collaboration with local residents, Fairfax County police have arrested the man they believe sexually assaulted a Chantilly woman last Monday, July 3.

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Historic Districts Divide Residents

National Register of Historic Places staff weigh in with facts.

The fate of the federal Herndon Historic District, a 115-acre area listed in 1991 on the National Register of Historic Places, and the local Historic District Overlay (HDO) is generating public and councilmember comments leading up to the Herndon Town Council’s Strategic Planning Meeting on Thursday, July 13.

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To the Rescue!

Help save trees from alien killers.

Important Rescue Call for Trees

Annie E. Harper Memorial Marker Unveiling

Bethlehem Baptist Church and the New Gum Springs Civic Association will unveil the historical marker in honor of Annie E. Harper Saturday, July 22, 2023.

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Coming Home and Preaching in His Father’s Footsteps

On Sunday, July 23, Aldersgate United Methodist will welcome a young visiting Pastor — Jason Duley — who will deliver the sermon at both 9:30 and 11:00 services. But he will not be the first Pastor Duley who has preached from that very same pulpit.

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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