Youngkin Fails to Collaborate
Youngkin’s four-year total of vetoes: 437; surpasses McAuliffe prior record of 120.
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Handmade Art in Hospital Lobby Serves as Inspiration to Cancer Patients
Positive vibes are homemade at the Schar Center at Inova Fairfax.
Positive vibes are homemade at the Schar Center at Inova Fairfax.
Fairfax City Council Calls Timeout on Trails
New members upend plans with pauses and a cancellation.
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Zimmerman celebrates 15 years as Fairfax Symphony Orchestra’s conductor.
Zimmerman celebrates 15 years as Fairfax Symphony Orchestra’s conductor.
Director with ‘Kind, Witty and Insightful Leadership’
Zimmerman celebrates 15 years as Fairfax Symphony Orchestra’s conductor.
As the longtime conductor of the Fairfax Symphony Orchestra (FSO), Christopher Zimmerman has made his mark on the local music scene. And at the orchestra’s May 31 concert, he’ll celebrate 15 years as its music and artistic director.
Knowledge, Care, Help and Lifelines for Senior Citizens
The Home for Life Expo was April 4 at Fairfax City’s Sherwood Center.
Senior Living
Car Seat Inspections on May 22
Parents may get their children’s car seats inspected this Thursday, May 22, from 5-8:30 p.m., outside the Sully District Police Station.
Park and Bark Is this Saturday in Chantilly
On Saturday, May 10, from 1-4 p.m., Ellanor C. Lawrence Park Friends will hold a special, dog-themed event called Park and Bark at the Walney Visitor Center, 5040 Walney Park Drive in Chantilly.
Skatepark Feedback
Alexandria News Briefs
Primary Voters Head to Polls for Early Voting
There are no GOP candidates for 8 of 15 House of Delegates seats representing Fairfax County.
Early voting started Friday, May 2, at some locations in Fairfax County for the June 17 Democratic primary.
Springtime, Cool Band Concert and Food Trucks
‘A Night of Toons:’ Centreville High presents its annual ‘Bandemonium!’
Springtime and warm weather mean it’s time for Centreville High’s band concert under the stars. The Wildcat Band’s Fourth Annual “Bandemonium!” is set for Friday, May 16, at 6:30 p.m., in the school’s bus loop.
Banding Birds Brings Satisfaction and Data
During spring migration’s height, in April and May, from 6 a.m. to noon, volunteers catch and band birds in the Occoquan National Wildlife Refuge near Marumsco Creek three mornings a week, a project undertaken there every spring since 2001, except 2020, the “covid year.”
Fairfax County Must Stick to Trust Policy
I want to remind our county Sheriff and Board of Supervisors that Fairfax County must stick to our Trust Policy. They must not make any voluntary exceptions to work with ICE because doing so puts innocent people at risk.
The Mondloch House
Multiple Generations Give Back
Giving back to the community is a family affair for three generations of Mondlochs who came out on a sunny Saturday, April 19, to plant plants, paint the kitchen and spruce up the Mondloch House and grounds.
Stamp Out Hunger
Stamp Out Hunger is the largest one-day food drive in America, and letter carriers are proud to deliver for every food bank counting on us
Celebrating the Nation’s Semiquincentennial
Fairfax County begins the 250th birthday party at Mount Vernon
With the Declaration of Independence signed on July 4, 1776, this year starts a planned year-long celebration of the nation’s semiquincentennial anniversary.
Play It Forward Reaches Out to Change Lives
When Nicole Kovar gave up her weekly piano lessons and dreaded practices after five years, she never would have guessed where she would be today as the owner of her own business, Piano and More.
Censoring Students
School Board to consider policy that could shut down investigative reporting by student journalists.
All that news that's fit to censor. That might be the new policy at Alexandria City Public Schools, where members of the Alexandria School Board are considering a proposal that would allow the principal of Alexandria City High School to spike stories submitted by student journalists.
Ticket Sales and Donations Down for GLOBAL’s Annual AcceptAbility Gala May 21
NIH Funding Cuts Loom for Down syndrome research.
Michelle Sie Whitten, president and CEO of the non-profit organization Global Down Syndrome Foundation (GLOBAL), fears the impact of two impending financial blows to the foundation.
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