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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

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‘Immigrants Are Action Heroes’

Schwarzenegger welcomes new citizens at Mount Vernon.

I'll be back!

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Happy Birthday Alexandria!

Thousands turn out for 276th birthday celebration.

Thousands turn out for 276th birthday celebration.

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Operation Overlord

City marks 81st anniversary of D-Day invasion.

D Day

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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

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Ospreys May Be in Trouble Again

Ospreys May Be in Trouble Again

Man Charged in Crash that Killed Michelle Davis, 33, of Lorton

Man Charged in Crash that Killed Michelle Davis, 33, of Lorton

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PJ’s Coffee Brings Taste of New Orleans in Mount Vernon

Owners will add a taste of Ethiopia to the mix in Penn Daw.

PJ's

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ArtsFairfax, Call for Art

Community News at Glance

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‘It’s about Radical Kindness and Standing Up to Oppression’

Local man performing in ‘The Hunchback of Notre Dame.’

Calling this show both crucial and challenging to put on in the context of current ICE raids in Northern Virginia, Moffett said it demonstrates how “absolute power corrupts people absolutely – especially when the person wielding that power is motivated by hatred, prejudice and fear.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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