
Make Raptors Welcome in Your Backyard
Simple tips from to help and protect our avian treasures
Tweety bird beware!

House Fires in Fairfax County Displace Many
Luckily no fatalities; total price tag is up near $1.5 million in damages.
Fires
Early Voting Early Voting Begins Friday, July 25, for Connolly’s Seat
Early voting for Sept. 9, 2025, 11th Congressional District Special Election
Early Voting Begins Friday, July 25, for Connolly’s Seat
Talk to Highlight Clandestine Past
Fort Hunt Park housed 4,500 prisoners of war 1942-45; many were Nazi naval officers and German scientists
Talk to Highlight Clandestine Past

Pathway to Freedom for Justin Wolfe?
After decades of ‘vindictive prosecution,’ court orders new hearing.
Chantilly High grad Justin Wolfe has spent the past 24 years in prison – 13 of them on death row – for a crime he always said he didn’t do.

The Background: Drugs, Money, Murder, Misconduct
Prosecutors, police coerced shooter to implicate another.
When 21-year-old, Centreville High grad Danny Petrole was slain in his car in front of his Bristow townhouse, March 15, 2001, it stunned the community and devastated his family. It also led police to discover a drug ring of major proportions operating in the Centreville/Chantilly area.

Nativity Catholic Church in Burke Donates $719,290 to Food For The Poor To Help Vulnerable Children and Families
For the parishioners of Nativity Catholic Church, supporting Food For The Poor (FFTP) and its mission is a spiritual quest, rooted in their desire to help vulnerable children and families in Latin America and the Caribbean.

H.R. 1: One ‘Big Beautiful Bill’ Act is Law
VA Gov.says H.R. 1 is ‘Rocket fuel for our economy.’
Virginia’s two Democratic U.S.Senators, Mark R. Warner and Tim Kaine, released a statement after they voted against the Republican budget megabill.

H.R. 1’s Key Components and Impacts
What lawmakers representing Fairfax are saying.
Eight key aspects of the bill, accompanied by comments and impact statements leaning toward Fairfax County.
Fatal Crash in Fair Oaks
Fatal Crash in Fair Oaks
From Mount Vernon to the U.S. Supreme Court
Marker recognizes unconstitutional racial discrimination in Northern Virginia
Marker placed in Mount Vernon

Placemaking Plans Put in Motion at Mount Vernon Town Hall Meeting
Two blocks that house the hospital, police, fire and supervisors’ office are under the microscope.
Mount Vernon placemaking
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