The $20 million George Snyder Trail has been in Fairfax City’s plans for more than a decade and was approved by City Council more than a year ago. Spanning almost two miles – and including asphalt and ...

On November 25, nine Alexandria deputy sheriffs graduated from the Northern Virginia Criminal Justice Training Academy’s inaugural Deputy School. Deputy Amaya, Deputy Jones, Deputy Koroma, Deputy ...

We’re here just hanging out, connecting with people,” said Brandie Allen, the Mount Vernon Station’s Community Outreach ...

The 2026 Fairfax County Advertised Budget underfunds the public schools by $150 million, according to FCPS. Dr. Michelle Reid, superintendent of Fairfax County Public Schools says she cannot manage ...

Normally, during Fairfax City’s annual proposed budget presentation, its city manager recommends raising the real estate tax rate by a few cents. But when Acting City Manager Bryan Foster unveiled his ...

On Thursday, May 23, Mateo Dunne, the Mount Vernon District Representative on the Fairfax County School Board, launched an effort to amend the superintendent’s proposed FY 2025 Approved Budget. Dunne ...

“We had about 160 guests,” said SSA executive director Mary Lee Anderson. “This was the 15th annual SSA Oktoberfest and we ...

The Connection Newspapers invited candidates on the ballot for Virginia’s 11th Congressional District race — Democratic incumbent James R. Walkinshaw, Republican challenger Arthur G. Purves and Green ...

The bodies of all 67 victims of the Jan. 29 plane crash along the Potomac River have now been recovered. Among those were Alexandria residents 12-year-old Olivia Eve Ter and her mother Olesya Taylor.

When the new Franconia District Center building opened this past spring, a new regional library was part of the facility that houses the latest information technology that provides a needed asset to ...

Family and friends gathered to celebrate the 100th birthday of Margaret Johnson, Alexandria’s newest centenarian. Born in 1926, Johnson witnessed a century of historic change, from advances in ...

Welcome to the Connection Newspapers 2026 Voter Guide, a nonpartisan election resource designed to help prepare readers for the Nov. 3 general election, and early voting. We composed questions focused ...