Eleven local high-school students have received scholarships for their success in the 2023 James C. Macdonald Performing Arts Scholarship Competition, sponsored by the McLean Community Center.
The competition began with a preliminary audition in February and culminated with final competitions on stage at the Alden Theatre at the community center on April 19.
By Brian Trompeter
Great Falls lost one of its most accomplished residents March 28 when Charles Olin, a retired U.S. Marine who spearheaded creation of Turner Farm Observatory Park in Great Falls, died at age 89.
By Brian Trompeter
Betsy May-Salazar has served as executive director of the McLean Community Center for just four months, but the job has been invigorating so far.
Fairfax County’s jobless rate stayed steady in March, according to new data, mirroring a trend across most of the region.
With 645,382 in the civilian workforce and 16,012 looking for jobs, Fairfax’s March unemployment rate of 2.4 percent was unchanged from February while being up from 2.3 percent in a year before.
By Brian Trompeter
Butterflies, balloons, fishes, town scenes, group logos, houses, dogs, dragons, birds, flowers, words, bridges – you name it and it’s probably gracing an artistically painted bench somewhere in Vienna right now.
A slightly larger percentage, among those Virginians who could vote, participated in the 2022 mid-term elections than their counterparts across the nation, according to new Census Bureau data.
The federal government compares states using the percentage of the “CVAP” (citizen voting-age population): those who are eligible to register and vote.
After more than three years, COVID-19 will officially cease to be a federal public health emergency in the U.S. tomorrow (Thursday), bringing an end to the days of free testing and vaccinations.
The Fairfax County Health Department will still provide free services by appointment to people who don’t have insurance or otherwise can’t pay, but private insurance companies and health providers will be allowed to start billing patients, the department explained in a May 5 announcement.
A data analytics and intelligence firm is the latest tenant to sign a lease at Comstock’s massive Reston Station project.
Having recently signed several new retail and experiential brands including VIDA Fitness, Puttshack, and Ebbitt House, the first ever expansion of the iconic Old Ebbitt Grill in Washington, D.C., we continue activating the Reston Station neighborhood to be a dynamic mixed-used and transit-oriented neighborhood that provides exciting dining, fitness, and entertainment options for our growing list of corporate office tenants and residents alike.
Fairfax County police officers are searching the Culmore area for a man who reportedly shot a person near the 7-Eleven on Glen Carlyn Drive.
The victim has been transported to a hospital with serious injuries, the Fairfax County Police Department said just before 2 p.m.
Sunrise of McLean Village has officially opened.
As anticipated, residents began moving into the new senior living community at 1515 Chain Bridge Road this week, following a ribbon-cutting ceremony on April 27, Sunrise Senior Living announced today (Wednesday).
