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Fairfax City Receives $1 Million Tree Grant

For 36 consecutive years, Fairfax City has been recognized as a Tree City USA by the Arbor Day Foundation. And now, a $1 million grant recently awarded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Forest Service will help the City continue to grow and maintain its urban forest.

Children’s and Teen’s Connection

Reentry Council Sponsors Winter Giveaway Event

Coats, hats, clothes and footwear were in demand at Walter Reed Community Center on Saturday, Dec. 2 at the Arlington Community Reentry Council’s Winter Giveaway Event.

Obituary: Ben Morris

Former sportswriter, restauranteur dies at 75.

“I think Ben Morris was one of the more important sportswriters we have had around here.” — Local historian Greg Paspatis

Local Park Hosts ASNV Conservation Event

ASNV

Capacity Challenge at McLean ES Forces Boundary Changes

Staff recommends Scenario B to school board.

Fairfax County Public School staff has recommended to the school board Scenario B for the boundary adjustment to provide capacity relief to Kent Gardens Elementary School in McLean.

How Not to Buy a Car: Men Arrested after Assault, Robbery

Car deal gone bad

Long Awaited Lidl Opens in Lorton

Store commits to bond with community.

Grocery store opens

Scholarships Awarded to Affordable Housing Residents

Scholarships

Future of Lake Accotink

Could a smaller lake provide most of the benefits?

Lake Accotink

SPARC of Vienna Competes in Reston’s Cardboard Boat Regatta

FVCbank donates to SPARC.

SPARC clients become successful boatwrights.

County’s Real Estate Tax Rate Advertised at 4 Cent Increase

Fairfax County Supervisors at its March 5 meeting approved advertising a 4-cent FY 2025 real estate tax rate increase for the County Executive's FY 2025 Fairfax County Advertised Budget. The advertised rate is $1.135 per $100 of assessed valuation.

Franconia District Holds Budget Town Hall

Public hearings on the budget April 16 - 18

Budget

Examining and Correcting School Funding Formulas

Funding

Bitter Pill in Fentanyl Response

Should severe penalties or drug education/treatment prevail?

Virginia’s General Assembly, which convened on Jan. 10, for a 60-day ‘long session’, is considering several fentanyl related bills to address the significant rise in synthetic opioid overdose deaths among Virginians. Fentanyl is now Virginia’s deadliest killer.

“Flourishing After 55” in Arlington

“Flourishing After 55”

Home Sick in Alexandria

Outdated apartment complexes gush greenhouse gas emissions.

Apartments outdated

Her Art Quilts Tell Stories

Affordable Housing For People with Serious Mental Illness

The Fairfax County Redevelopment and Housing Authority (FCRHA) plans to implement an increase in rental assistance to individuals with serious mental illness.

Mount Vernon Ladies Receive Spirit of Virginia Award

Governor and First Lady make presentation at the Estate.

“In rescuing America’s most historic home and pioneering the preservation space, the Mount Vernon Ladies’ Association embodies what it means to uplift the spirit of Virginia.” — Gov. Glenn Youngkin

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