Two top administrators in Fairfax City’s government are leaving, and the chief of police is retiring. Deputy City Manager Valmarie Turner is heading for a more prestigious job in Roanoke, Police ...

A Chanukah celebration is planned for Wednesday, Dec. 25, from 5:30-7:30 p.m., in Old Town Square. Rabbi Sholom Deitsch of Chabad Lubavitch of Northern Virginia will light the menorah. Everyone is ...

The Daniels Run Elementary Singers and Fairfax Choral Society members perform “Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree.” The Da Capo Choir of the Fairfax Choral Society. Playing “An English ...

Cornerstones, the nonprofit organization and contracted provider based in Reston has “purposely worked to strengthen the local community and help individuals and families living in crisis.” ...

Change has been slow to come in Franconia but it’s picked up speed lately, with the Franconia Triangle Study, which is focused on a triangle of land bordered by Franconia Road, Beulah Street and ...

Northern Virginia Families for Safe Streets released its inaugural study on VDOT's Traffic Records Electronic Data System (TREDS) data of pedestrian and bike crashes in Fairfax, Alexandria, and ...

Forget Santa. This year it was the Grinch that was especially generous in giving out toys as part of the annual Firefighters and Friends toy drive Dec. 14 at Patrick Henry Elementary School.

Would you feel comfortable walking on any of these and others? Survey feedback and comments will be accepted through Dec. 20, 2024. Fairfax County is updating and combining its Bicycle Master Plan ...

For some gift givers this year, the quirkier the better so this gift guide is not just "gifts," it's quirky gifts. Sure, out on the frozen tundra, teams of husky dogs are pulling sleighs all over ...

The end of November's Fairfax County Board of Supervisors and School Board Budget Committee Meeting on the FY 2026 Budget Forecast did not bring holiday cheer. Held on Nov. 26, Chairman Jeff McKay ...

Santa, Mrs. Claus and volunteer elves from the North Pole were on hand as the Alexandria Redevelopment and Housing Authority hosted its 15th annual Santa’s Winter Wonderland Dec. 13 at the ...

>Local student performers, part of the NextStop Theatre Company’s The Festive Follies, add a bit of nostalgia dressed in their costumes and awaiting their moment at the 2024 Herndon Holiday Tree ...