Have you ever wanted to know more about who and what make Fairfax County such a unique place to live? Each year, the County produces demographic reports and puts them on the County website with ...

On Sept. 17, during its Budget Policy Committee meeting at 3 p.m., the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors will hear County Executive Bryan J. Hill review information on all existing taxing ...

Recently, Dominion Energy teamed up with Fairfax County Park Authority’s Natural Resources Branch and Laurel Hill Park volunteers to provide more potential nesting space for Ospreys (Pandion ...

Labor Day is coming up next Monday, allowing us a time to pause and honor the immense contributions of the laborers who have and continue to drive the prosperity of Virginia and our nation. I plan to ...

What are you supposed to do if you find an injured raccoon in your yard? Or, what is the best course of action when there is a bird's nest in a tree on your property that your dog or cat just won’t ...

The Farmers Markets in Arlington have a rich history going back to the establishment of the first market at Courthouse parking lot in 1979. Kimberly Haun, just retired as Arlington County Urban ...

“When you have this much history in a community it needs to be shared.” —Michael Johnson on the preservation of Douglass Cemetery Michael Johnson is a life-long Alexandrian, born and raised at a time ...

The Alexandria Gazette Packet, our flagship paper, is perhaps the oldest continuously publishing paper in the United States, beginning in 1784. At the Gazette and Connection, we still answer the call ...

I thought I knew everything about Arlington. And I did know most of what is in Barbara Noe Kennedy’s book “100 Things to do in Arlington Virginia Before You Die.” But it did take me 30 years of living ...

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Toni Zollicoffer has been appointed chief equity officer for Fairfax County, effective Monday, Sept. 30. This role is a key component in advancing the One Fairfax policy, a racial and social equity ...