The Fairfax County Library Board of Trustees is preparing to dispense with overdue-materials fines to make the county’s library system more equitable and not discourage people from using the facilities.
A four-month effort by an ad-hoc committee formed this year...
Despite intensive efforts to get them back, Arlington Public Schools has about 4 percent fewer students in class than it did pre-pandemic, according to new figures.
Superintendent Francisco Durán on Oct. 14 said the school system’s official count for the...
A record total of more than $500,000 was raised during Community Foundation for Northern Virginia’s 2021 Raise the Region, its annual fund-raiser.The event was held online on Oct. 8 with the theme “Building a Community That Works for Everyone.”
The...
In recent seasons, it wasn’t uncommon when the Potomac School Panthers quickly trailed and eventually lost to the Flint Hill Huskies in high-school football action.
Things finally changed Oct. 16.
The host Panthers indeed again fell behind the Huskies, 6-0, in...
From a hanging picnic table and suspended red canoe to wooden barrels, car tires, zip lines and footpads marked with animal prints, the new ropes course at Upton Hill Regional Park in Arlington packs a lot of exercise opportunities...
Goodbye, “Columbia Pike Revitalization Organization.” Hello, “Columbia Pike Partnership.”
The Columbia Pike Revitalization Organization (CPRO) used its 35th-anniversary celebration on Oct. 14 to announce its new name, the culmination of a process several years in the making.
“We felt it was...
Despite a year-over-year drop, home sales across Northern Virginia last month were strong when compared to other Septembers over most of the past decade, although there are signs the previously overheated market continues to return to a degree of...
The host Bishop O’Connell Knights (4-3, 1-1) were a homecoming winner in Oct. 16 high-school football action.
O’Connell nipped the Bishop Ireton Cardinals, 15-14, in a Washington Catholic Athletic Conference Metro Division tilt. The win was O’Connell’s fifth in the...
The visiting Washington-Liberty Generals (2-5, 2-2) were a homecoming winner in Oct. 16 high-school football action.
The Generals downed the host Herndon Hornets, 49-35, in that Liberty District game for their second straight victory.
In W-L’s win, Herndon scored on a...
The past year’s frenzied housing demand likely has more to do with the demographic makeup of America than a one-time, pandemic-driven boom, a new Zillow analysis of the age, sex, race and income of home-buyers over a decade reveals.
Millennials...
