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Real Estate Prices and Salaries Top Non-Profit Help List
Enlisting support from businesses and community.
Real Estate Prices and Salaries Top Non-Profit Help List
Saving Elephants Connects Locally
Elephant awareness is the message at wine store in Belle View.
Save the Elephants event
Auto Train Still Chugging Along in Lorton
Amtrak’s service is the only of its kind in the nation.
Amtrak’s auto train
Cereal Is Not Just for Breakfast
New food place in the Springfield Town Center is all about cereal.
New food place in the Springfield Town Center is all about cereal.
HOV Lanes Closing on Weekends
Closures begin on Friday night, Sept. 13 and continue each weekend until late October.
To advance the fast track towards completion, the Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) will be closing the High Occupancy Vehicle (HOV) lanes every weekend starting on Friday nights and keeping them closed until Sunday afternoons in September and Monday mornings in October for 95 Express Lanes construction. These closures are scheduled to begin on Friday night, Sept. 13 and continue each weekend until late October. The lanes will be closed from just north of I-495 to Dumfries.
Village Hardware Built Community and Solid Reputation
Long time owner is retiring but new owner vows to keep it the same.
Hardware store owner is retiring
Workhouse Arts Center in Lorton Names New President and CEO
The Workhouse Arts Center in Lorton moved forward in the main office by hiring Leon Scioscia as its new President and Chief Executive Officer, bringing years of art center experience to the Workhouse.
Artifacts Tell the Nation’s Story at the New Army Museum
Museum showcases display cases, first hand accounts, newsreel footage and more.
Inside the Army museum
Archangels and Underworld Kings Make the Story for New Author
Former Mount Vernon resident delves into storytelling, acting, radio and business.
"Summerlands"
Archangels and Underworld Kings Make the Story for New Author
Former Mount Vernon resident delves into storytelling, acting, radio and business.
They say a writer uses their own persona to create the characters in their books, and in “Summerlands,” Susan Butler Colwell injects some of her own traits for “Sera Parker,” the protagonist in this recently released book.
Cardboard Boat Regatta Still a Hit at Springfield Days
Cardboard Boat Regatta Still a Hit at Springfield Days
Community Embraces DRP Pizzeria in Belle Haven
Second DRP in Alexandria offers Northern Italian cuisine specialties.
DRP Pizzeria
Artifacts Tell the Nation’s Story at the New Army Museum
The display cases, first-hand accounts and newsreel footage showcased in the museum.
In 1861, when the Civil War was just starting, Capt. Josiah Sawell was attacked by a pro-secession mob while passing through Baltimore with the 6th Massachusetts Volunteer infantry.
Intersection Improvements Planned in Springfield and Burke
Traffic calming efforts coincide with meeting ADA compliance.
Intersection Improvements Planned in Springfield and Burke
Medical Facilities Expand in the Kingstowne Area
Virginia Hospital Center cuts ribbon on new office alongside other Kingstowne additions.
Medical Center
Family Roots Fuel Fermentation in Mount Vernon
Woodlawn Press Winery entrepreneurs do it all on site.
Family Wine Business
Local Rock Band’s Original Song up for Award
With a handful of original songs and a show every weekend, the Mojo Aces have an ace in the hole this time around.
local band
Hunger Is Closer Than You Think
Food For Neighbors celebrates Its seventh anniversary and over 425,000 pounds of donations
Food
Bike Sharing Stations Open up Transportation Options
Capital Bikeshare expands to Reston, Tysons area.
Near the corner of Union Street and Prince Street in Old Town, Alexandria, there is a row of red Capital Bikeshare bikes for commuters, tourists and locals to rent, to offer biking as a transportation option without the hassle of congestion or parking that plagues the area.