Most residents in Mount Vernon are familiar with the grounds at Fort Hunt Park off the George Washington Parkway. Besides the old fort and acres of picnic sites, there is a farm house that started ...

White’s Ferry has operated since 1786, recently as an $8 cable ferry service that carried vehicles across the Potomac River from Poolesville to Loudoun County. But a few days before the New Year ...

Centreville — With balloons, two cakes and a bench-dedication, residents gathered Saturday afternoon, April 21, in the town park to celebrate Clifton’s 110th birthday. Attendees included state ...

Even during these stressful times of COVID-19, the theater adage “the show must go on” remains true. But how? In response to the pandemic, students from Fairfax County and Falls Church high ...

Major Jeffrey Mauro, the new Commander of the Mount Vernon District Police Station, sees policing as a “noble profession” ...

Virginia’s state legislators have returned home to their districts after reconvening on April 2 for the 2025 legislative session. But action on some of their House and Senate bills is not complete.

The Pozez Jewish Community Center of Northern Virginia awarded Dr. Robin Rinearson the Eleanor Sue Finkelstein Inclusion and Disabilities Award for Service to the Disability Community' last ...

A quaint village in Western Fairfax County enjoyed anonymity until the day former first lady Nancy Reagan came to town. It was the mid-1980s and Clifton hasn’t been the same since. Northern ...

In his 29th year with the Fairfax County Police Department, Capt. Mike Shamblin has headed the Helicopter Division for a year. And he recently addressed an online meeting of the Sully District ...

On the eastern edge of Kingstowne, a piece of property once owned by the Banks family is the center of local attention recently. A Fairfax County Park Authority plan is emerging to demolish the ...

The Lorton area saw another significant opening on Oct. 28. Government officials, police, animal shelter employees, volunteers, and residents celebrated the new South County Police and Animal Shelter.

The Home for Life Expo was April 4 at Fairfax City’s Sherwood Center. Photos By Bonnie Hobbs/The Connection Technology coach Amy Burk of TechWise Coaching teaches technology skills to older adults.