Though the federal government is still closed, that won’t stop the National Park Service from tackling tree maintenance along the southern portion of the George Washington Memorial Parkway.
The agency resumed work to evaluate and trim trees along the roadway south of Alexandria last week, requiring lane closures starting today (Monday) through Friday, Nov. 21.
A new sculpture garden will be on display at Fort Hunt’s River Farm until late October.
The sculpture garden installation was initially showcased at a gala for the American Horticultural Society at River Farm on Sept. 30 and will remain on the site until Oct. 20, exhibit curator Nepenthe Gallery said in a release.
Time is running out to weigh in early on the future of Fairfax County’s Mount Vernon District facilities.
County staff and Mount Vernon District Supervisor Dan Storck’s office are soliciting input on potential improvements to the governmental center, fire and police stations, and public library through a community survey that’s scheduled to close after tomorrow (Friday).
The National Park Service is upgrading 14 of the water fountains along the Mount Vernon Trail and George Washington Memorial Parkway.
The newly upgraded fountains include new water bottle fillers, an amenity that the park services hopes will encourage more trail users to bring reusable bottles.
Fairfax County Public Library’s annual Summer Reading Adventure is back.
Kids and adults alike will be able to start logging books and activities tomorrow (Wednesday), though registration for the program has been open since June 4.
The storms passing through the D.C. area this evening (Friday) have claimed two lives as a result of trees falling on cars, police say.
Frye Road has been closed between Manor Drive and Pole Road in Woodlawn after a tree fell on a car, killing a woman, according to the Fairfax County Police Department.
At its core, “Frankenstein” is not a pretty story, and new artwork on display in Fort Hunt doesn’t shy away from highlighting the darker, uglier side of the groundbreaking novel.
A new exhibit at the Nepenthe Gallery and Frame Shop at 7918 Fort Hunt Road shows off the artwork in a new, illustrated edition of “Frankenstein” from publisher Bond & Grace.
The U.S. Park Police officers who shot and killed McLean resident Bijan Ghaisar in 2017 are seeking to get out of the employment limbo they’ve been stuck in since the shooting almost seven years ago.
Officers Alejandro Amaya and Lucas Vinyard filed a lawsuit against the Department of the Interior (DOI) in the U.S. District Court for D.C. on July 10, seeking to force their employer to make a final decision on their job status.
A Groveton Elementary School teacher is facing indecent liberties and child pornography charges after allegedly exposing himself to a child this weekend — an incident that police say may not be his first.
James William Nugent II, 27, of Alexandria “lured” a juvenile into his Toyota Sienna van in Fort Hunt’s Stratford Landing neighborhood early in the afternoon on Saturday (Oct. 21), the Fairfax County Police Department said in a news release yesterday (Wednesday).
The federal government has agreed to pay $5 million to settle a civil lawsuit brought by the parents of McLean resident Bijan Ghaisar, who was shot and killed by two U.S. Park Police officers in Fort Hunt more than five years ago.
The settlement will allocate up to 25% of the total — or $1.25 million — to the family’s lawyers with the remaining money going directly to James and Kelly Ghaisar, according to court documents.
