The Virginia Passenger Rail Authority, with U.S. Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg, U.S. Senators Tim Kaine and Mark Warner as well as U.S. Reps Gerry Connelly and Abigail Spanberger ...

Rachel McQuillen is moving from the Fairfax City School Board to a seat on the Fairfax City Council. In the Nov. 5 election, Mayor Catherine Read easily won re-election to her post. But in the ...

For the fifth consecutive election, Democrats swept Alexandria’s races for City Council and mayor. It’s been more than 15 years since the city has elected a Republican or independent candidate ...

Fairfax Presbyterian Church, at 10723 Main St. and Presbyterian Way in Fairfax City, has donated some 1.6 acres of its land for affordable homes, called Glebe View Townhouses, to be built there.

The Herndon Children’s Book Festival, by A Thousand Stories, was held at Arts Herndon on Saturday, Oct. 19. It featured 15 authors and their books on two stages, including event headliner Kwame ...

The United States Air Force got a foothold in the Mount Vernon area recently when they cut the ribbon on a recruiting office at 7828 Richmond Highway in the Gum Springs area. The location of the ...

Turkey Week was here at last. At 9 am on Monday, Nov. 18 when the Arlington Food Assistance Center (AFAC) food distribution center opened, the line of clients with shopping bags, rolling carts and ...

Long-time Mount Vernon resident Greg Rucker recently died after a battle with cancer, leaving behind family including two children, friends and the Mount Vernon community he called home for most ...

Mount Vernon High School students are going back in time for their fall production Radium Girls, written by D. W. Gregory, produced by special arrangement with the Dramatic Publishing Company of ...

Ed Arthur, center, founder of the Hearts of Love Foundation, presents a check Nov. 22 for $5,000 to John Porter and Educational Opportunities for Alexandrians to fund an annual scholarship for a ...

The Alexandria Fire Marshal's Office is investigating the cause of a fire that damaged three women-owned businesses Nov. 17 ...

Beautiful contemporary fashions by designer Sara Campbell in Alexandria were featured at the Yacht Haven Garden Club’s 40th ...