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Fairfax Hosts Shoestring Theatre’s Newest Production

See ‘Dispatches from Appalachia – an Evening of One Acts.’

Theater

March Home Sales Down from Prior Year, According to NVAR

Prices continue to rise as supply remains tight

NVAR stats


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Inova Schar Cancer Institute Reaches 5th Anniversary

Interview with John Deeken, MD, institute president

Inova Schar Institute

“Flourishing After 55”

Office of 55+ Programs

Spring Book Sale

Friends of the Arlington Public Library (FOAL) invite you to the 2024 Spring Book Sale.


Grant to Prevent Gun Violence

Alexandria News Briefs

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Make Fort Hunt Park House a Visitor Center

Letters to the Editor

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Houston to Feel Titan Robotics IMPACT

For the third year in a row, Alexandria City High School’s Titan Robotics team won the prestigious FIRST Impact Award on Saturday at the Chesapeake District Championships held in Petersburg, Va.


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In Tents Not by Choice, But Lack of Choices

Problems with data; police Encounters; shelter and housing.

People experiencing homelessness opt to sleep in areas ‘not designated for human habitation’ because of a lack of affordable housing, especially for those earning below 30 percent of the Area Median Income.

10 Ways to Take Climate Action

Earth Day, celebrated annually on April 22, is a global event to demonstrate support for environmental protection. You can join the effort to protect our planet – and support a healthier and more resilient Fairfax County – by taking these 10 climate actions.

Spring2ACTion 2024 Unites Alexandria Nonprofits

ACT for Alexandria, the community foundation, announces the return of Spring2ACTion, Alexandria’s community-wide Giving Day on Wednesday, April 24, 2024.


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Spring Flower Show in Mount Vernon

The Yacht Haven Garden Club held a National Garden Clubs Small Standard Flower Show, “Around the Sun Sixty Times,” April 4, 2024, at the Mount Vernon Yacht Club, Alexandria, Va.

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Prepare Now for ‘Extremely Active Hurricane Season’

Researchers at Colorado State University are forecasting an extremely active 2024 Atlantic hurricane season, which starts June 1 and lasts until Nov. 30.

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Pam St. Clair

King Street Gardens Park, local activist dies at 80.

Pam St. Clair, one of the driving forces behind the development of King Street Gardens Park on upper King Street, died April 7 at her home in Grand Junction, Colo. She was 80 years old.


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Addams Family, Spring Musical at Mount Vernon High

Don’t miss this musical, complete with pit orchestra.

Mount Vernon High School students are getting ready for their spring musical, “The Addams Family,” written by Marshall Brickman and Rick Elice, with music and lyrics by Andrew Lippa, orchestrations by Larry Hochman, and based on characters created by Charles Addams.

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Sometimes People Just Need Laughter in Their Lives

Chantilly High presents rollicking, romantic musical, ‘Anything Goes.’

Anything Goes

Community News at a Glance

Partial solar eclipse to a deflating tennis bubble.

Community News at a Glance


Senior Living Briefs

Senior Living Briefs