News that was making news in years gone by.
December 4, 1942:
•• The Arlington-Fairfax chapter of the Izaak Walton League is sponsoring a feather drive for the war effort.•• A new state law requires nurseries for children to obtain licenses...
Three players from the district and region-tournament champion and state runner-up Yorktown Patriots girls field hockey squad were selected to the Virginia High School League’s Class 6 all-state first team.
They were senior forward Emily Stafford, junior forward Alexis Williams...
Arlington County Board members on Dec. 6 will confab with the county’s delegation to the General Assembly, with a number of those taking part doing so for close to the last time.
The annual work session with legislators is slated...
It’s not even December 2022, and already Arlington’s 2023 election season has gotten interesting.
Josh Katcher, an Arlington County Democratic Committee leader and former deputy commonwealth’s attorney, on Nov. 29 launched a bid to unseat first-term Commonwealth’s Attorney Parisa Dehghani-Tafti,...
The next “On Deck with Mercury” program featuring Vienna Town Manager Mercury Payton will focus on the town government’s winter-weather-preparation efforts.
The event will be held on Tuesday, Dec. 13 at 6 p.m. on the town government’s cable channels and...
The McLean Citizens Association (MCA) will hold a virtual public meeting Nov. 30 at 7 p.m. with Fairfax County Department of Transportation Director Tom Biesiadny, who will give a presentation and take questions on pending and planned transportation projects...
McLean High School’s Thais Rolly finished sixth at the Champs Sports Cross Country South Region girls championship race on Nov. 26 in Charlotte, N.C.
Her time was 17:18.2 on the 5,000-meter McAlpine Greenway course. The winning time was 16:58.9.
By finishing...
With a time of 14:56, Liam O’Casey of Arlington led the pack at the 17th annual Turkey Trot 5K, a community-outreach effort of Christ Church that supports social-safety-net organizations in Arlington.
Chris Rom of Fort Collins, Colo., finished second at...
Parisa Dehghani-Tafti, the commonwealth’s attorney for Arlington and Falls Church, has announced plans to seek a second term in 2023.
“Three years ago, when I first sought our community’s support, I promised that our community would become a model for...
The Vienna town government traditionally continues its fall leaf-collection efforts through the end of December, but officials have opted to extend the effort through January.
“Town crews are currently working longer shifts to keep up with falling leaves, and aim...
