Fairfax Skaters Made the Cut for the 2022 Olympic Games
Local spotlight shines on the speed track and figure skating rink.
Local Olympians
Burke Teen Models for Louis Vuitton on the Runway in Miami
First show chipped away at the shyness shell for Ibrahim Sesay.
Teen model
Fairfax County Park Authority Recognizes Youth Volunteers
Two Springfield parks benefitted from the teens’ skills and efforts.
Park awards
Advancing Trust Between Police and Community
Police Civilian Review Panel seeks more authority, set to get an executive director.
Police and Community
History Tells How Burke, VA Almost Disappeared
Burke, Virginia, now an 11.5 square mile unincorporated section of Fairfax County with a population of roughly 41,000, was fated to disappear in 1951.
‘To Be Proud of Him Is Kind of an Understatement’
Lake Braddock School star baseball player Nick Balenger earns law degree, opens new chapter in life
Almost nine years ago in 2012, Lake Braddock Secondary School star baseball player Nick Balenger was vacationing in Maui, Hawaii with his family when he suffered a spinal cord injury that paralyzed him from the neck down.
Virginia State Candidates Seek Your Signature
With completion of the 2021 General Assembly session, the odd-year political election cycle is upon us in Virginia.
Questions Surround the Coffer Family Cemetery
Local historian’s investigation delves into Coffer history in Burke Centre’s Woods Community.
Cemetery in Burke
Conversation Started to Rename Lee District in Fairfax County
Supervisor Lusk opened the floor to constituents who had a few suggestions.
Seemingly, everyone in Lee District knows the district is named after Robert E. Lee, the head of the Confederacy in the Civil War that ultimately ended the practice of slavery when the southern states lost and the Union won the war.
Fairfax County Department of Public Works and Environmental Services Wins Eight Awards
The Noman M. Cole Jr. Pollution Control wastewater treatment plant was recently recognized for their “Tertiary Filters Rehabilitation Project,” and “Rehabilitation of Three Equalization Basin and Ancillary Facilities,” by the Mid-Atlantic Chapter of the American Public Works Association (APWA) in its annual Mid-Atlantic Region awards.