Editor: The resistance highlighted in the Jan. 5 Sun Gazette article regarding the Fairfax County government’s staff proposal to upgrade Hickory Hollow Lane in Oakton includes many more than the two residents identified in the piece.
The Fairfax County Road...
At a recent dinner with other women my age, we hit on a hilarious topic: our childhood aspirations.
Two women said they wanted to be high-school majorettes. One said she took “marching lessons” so she’d be ready when it came...
Having bagged themselves a superintendent out in Loudoun County to end 2022, Gov. Youngkin and Attorney General Jason Miyares appear ready to go hunting even bigger quarry.
Youngkin on Jan. 3 called for Miyares to investigate allegations that information about...
This week marks the 81st birthday of my oldest friend here in Arlington, Maggie Kellogg.
She will not be happy with that phrasing, so I’ll restate it. She is the first friend I made when I moved to Arlington in...
Those who live in the 35th House District (Vienna and environs) have a special election coming up next week to fill the seat vacated in late 2022 by Del. Mark Keam.
Both the Democratic and Republican nominees have been running...
Back in the early fall of 2021, we on this page made an early request of Santa. No matter how you do it, we asked St. Nick, please deliver us divided government in Virginia in the upcoming state elections.
The...
Editor: Kudos to the Sun Gazette for tackling the sensitive issue of real estate taxes and a recent editorial .
However, the editorial’s important input should be considered contextually. Virginia is considered by experts to be better than average when...
You may remember my earlier column about my teenage slumber parties, but those weren’t the only ones. Two are pictured from my elementary-school years – New Year’s Eve parties in 1956 and 1957.
The photos from the first party, when...
The Fairfax County Board of Supervisors acknowledged it – tacitly – a couple of weeks before, and on Dec. 17, equally tacitly, the Arlington County Board did the same.
Homeowners can expected to get hammered at tax time next year.With...
Editor: If I had thought “it would be a good idea to wait until the Friday 10 days after Election Day to accept ballots,” I would agree with your editorial of Dec. 22. However, that is not the...
