Fifty years have passed since the “First Ride” on the Washington & Old Dominion Railroad Park Trail; commonly referred to as the W&OD Trail. NOVA Parks celebrated the anniversary on Sept 7, 50 years ...

People experiencing homelessness and living in a tent encampment in Reston, located in the woods behind the INOVA Emergency Room on Baron Cameron Avenue, need to leave the area by Sept. 10, according ...

The Connection asked Reasa Currier, the director of the Fairfax County Animal Shelter, to find out if the volunteers and staff there would be willing to share the places in the county they frequently ...

The original Comprehensive Agreement on Nov. 1, 2017, between the Town of Herndon and developer Comstock Herndon Venture LC “had notable gaps that heavily favored Comstock,” said Herndon Councilmember ...

Their eyes were piercing, their beaks razor sharp, their talons intimidating and their plumage intricately patterned. Even ...

As multi-ton garbage trucks roll in and out 24 hours a day to unload the never-ending detritus of modern life and mammoth forklifts rumble over the I-95 landfill at Lorton, just over the hill, a very ...

The Mount Vernon police station’s new commander, Major Matthew Luik, has a “sense of ownership” and a “sense of service,” he explained in a Sept. 9 interview at the Mount Vernon Government Center ...

Recently, Dominion Energy teamed up with Fairfax County Park Authority’s Natural Resources Branch and Laurel Hill Park volunteers to provide more potential nesting space for Ospreys (Pandion ...

The George Washington Memorial Parkway installed a new water fountain on the Mount Vernon Trail at the rest area near the Old Stone Bridge and Alexandria Avenue. The water fountain replaces the water ...

A few weeks ago, in this newspaper, I endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris to be our next President of the United States. Last night, during their first Presidential debate, Americans saw exactly ...