Herrity Joins 2025 Race for Lt. Governor
Pat Herrity, the current Fairfax County Board Supervisor for the Springfield District and lone Republican on the board, posted a video on social media on Jan. 4 announcing his candidacy for Virginia lieutenant governor.
Age-Friendly Strategic Plan
The Alexandria Commission on Aging and the Division of Aging & Adult Services are working together to update the City’s Age-Friendly Strategic Plan.
Breaking: Water Emergency in Richmond!
By Monday afternoon, the City of Richmond was under a boil water advisory, and many residents and businesses throughout the central Virginia region began experiencing low water pressure or weren’t receiving water at all.
New Approach for 2025 for the Connection
Twice a month publication schedule with more digital delivery.
To begin 2025, the Connection Newspapers, along with the Mount Vernon Gazette and Alexandria Gazette Packet, are planning to publish on a new schedule, twice a month, first and third weeks of the month in most months.
County General Assembly Delegation Pre-Session Public Hearing
Surprising statements by County spokespersons?
General Assembly
Rideshare Driver Charged with Sexual Assault
Rideshare Driver Charged with Sexual Assault
Plastic Bag Tax Making a Difference
Adds up to big numbers for environmental clean-ups
Adds up to big numbers for environmental clean-ups
Fairfax Gift Guide 2024: Quirky is the Theme
Dog sweaters and crime scene toilet paper fall under quirky
Dog sweaters and crime scene toilet paper fall under quirky
Fairfax County Updates Its ActiveFairfax Transportation Plan
Would you feel comfortable walking on any of these and others? Survey feedback and comments will be accepted through Dec. 20, 2024.
Northern Virginia Families for Safe Streets Releases TREDS Study
VDOT's Traffic Records Electronic Data System
Northern Virginia Families for Safe Streets released its inaugural study on VDOT's Traffic Records Electronic Data System (TREDS) data of pedestrian and bike crashes in Fairfax, Alexandria, and Arlington.
Chanukah Celebration Is Planned in Fairfax City
A Chanukah celebration is planned for Wednesday, Dec. 25, from 5:30-7:30 p.m., in Old Town Square. Rabbi Sholom Deitsch of Chabad Lubavitch of Northern Virginia will light the menorah.
Virginia Tech’s Innovation Campus to Open Soon
For the last three years, many people zipping by on the Metro or driving on the George Washington Parkway have commented that the glassy, oddly-shaped building rising just north of Alexandria’s Potomac Yard Metro Station looks like a cruise ship.
Fear, Emotion Play Out in Herndon
Town’s immigrant residents plead for protection; others counter, ‘You break the law, you are deported.’
Fear, emotion
What Could Mass Deportation Plans Mean Here?
Local officials emphasize welcoming policies.
Local officials emphasize welcoming policies.
Merry Christmas
Editorial
“Truly I tell you, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did for me.”
Beveridge Brings Out the Best
Tom Beveridge sits at his Steinway piano with sunlight filtering through the corner window. He has agreed to play his first composition for piano, composed when he was 10 years old.
Residences at Government Center II Groundbreaking, Mon. Dec. 9
Residences at Government Center II Groundbreaking, Mon. Dec. 9
Cornerstones: Hope for Tomorrow for So Many
Thousands of individuals and families served.
Thousands of individuals and families served.