A mysterious teal blue plastic bottle is nestled in the cattails and spatterdock plants of Dyke Marsh. The 28-ounce, blender-type bottle, with a Global Position System (GPS) tracking device inside ...

council has made no effort to respond to the statement passed by its own Human Rights Commission on March 20, without opposition, in support of a ceasefire resolution. Not one council member made ...

Earth Day 2024: So what’s in your creek? This is a view of Little Hunting Creek in Mount Vernon. Robert O'Hanlon receives a Senate of Virginia commendation for his Little Hunting Creek Cleanup ...

Marta Hill Gray, President of Culpepper Garden, reaches into colorful bags lined up near the entrance of Culpepper Garden and hands each person entering the event April 17 a shiny first responders ...

Earth Day celebrations large and small sprang up across Fairfax County last weekend. While there were large and well publicized events drawing hundreds, such as Earth Day Fairfax 2024, some were ...

The Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) is encouraging people to be on alert for a text message scam, also known as smishing, that is sending requests for payment of outstanding toll charges.

Septuagenarians and longtime friends Fran Murphy, Liz Molloy and Colleen Walsh traveled Italy last summer. This year they’re going to Switzerland. Three women, all retired, single and in their ...

If you are unable to get close to nature at Fairfax County’s extensive system of 420 parks, 324 trails, or five Nature Centers, it could be for a variety of reasons. It might be lack of ...

Spice Cake plays blues and jazz with Yaya Patterson on vocal and Miles Spicer playing acoustic guitar. Three-year-old Eila Halley enjoys her $4.95 popsicle at the Earth Day Festival. Sunday ...

The 2018 decision against the City of Boise, Idaho, in Martin v. Boise, by the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, found that when there is no option of sleeping indoors, “the government cannot ...

From peonies to peppers, milkweed to marigolds, bluebells to borage, the 47 vendors’ tables were bulging with greenery, crafts, treats and gardening know-how. By noon, wind gusts were ...

The Fairfax County Board of Supervisors, on behalf of all Fairfax County residents, expressed sincere appreciation and gratitude to the Springfield Woman’s Club (SWC) with an official Resolution.