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Park Goers Take Advantage of Openings on Memorial Day Weekend
At parks along the Parkway, many enjoyed the sunshine as relief from the quarantine days.
Parks open in Mount Vernon
Police and Coast Guard Monitor Prior to the Inauguration
Fairfax County officials advised people to stay home and quarantined for the ceremony.
Inauguration Preparations
Community Gardens Are for Learning, Sweating and Reaping
Community Gardens Are for Learning, Sweating and Reaping
Museum of U.S. Army Coming Soon
Artifacts, personal accounts and Army history will be part of the museum’s attractions.
Army museum in Belvoir
Polls Were Busy in Mount Vernon
Parks, libraries and redistricting were small issues compared to the presidential contest.
election
Mount Vernon Chamber Highlights Crazy Good Mask
Webinar hosts science experts that tout the high-tech masks, screens and sanitizers that are available locally
With all that’s changing as a result of the pandemic, Mount Vernon now has a scientific mask company called Crazy Good Mask, and they are an offshoot of Castle Bio Security that does all the scientific development and testing.
NPS Shares Road Diet Plan for GW Parkway
Virtual meeting on May 10 gives road users a voice; more than 700 people have commented.
GW Parkway
South County Government Building Named for Gerry Hyland
Legendary former supervisor’s efforts to help people was his top achievement.
Hyland
Neighborhood Wildlife Falls Victim to Metro Mowers
Milkweed and other butterfly and bee friendly plants cut to ground level.
Milkweed and other butterfly and bee friendly plants cut to ground level by Metro mowers.
The Work of Bees, Birds and Butterflies Officially Recognized
National Pollinator Week notes the importance of pollination to the food chain.
Pollinator week
New Terminal Opens at Reagan National Airport
The new concourse is another step towards modernization for this urban airport.
New Terminal Opens at Reagan National Airport
Penn Daw Apartments Rising from the Parking Lot
The Belhaven by Fairfield finds a home close to traffic on this busy part of Richmond Highway.
Belhaven by Fairfield
Environment Expo Examines Local Challenges
Event gets participants involved.
Mount Vernon looks at environment
Orange Line Stations Closing All Summer
Metro’s platform project continues; riders urged to seek other routes.
Last summer it was the blue line’s turn; this summer it’s the orange line stations closing, part of WMATA’s Platform Improvement Project. The Vienna, Dunn Loring, and both East and West Falls Church Metro Stations, as well as all Silver Line service, will be closed from May 23 through Sept. 7, WMATA said. West Falls Church Metro Station will remain open as both Silver and Orange Line trains can pass through the closed stations but will not stop at them.
Land Acquired Near Springfield for New Inova Medical Campus
Changes coming to area close to the metro and town center.
Inova Medical Campus