The calendar says June, but it seems more like April showers this week. Nonetheless, high school graduations and community picnics are filling schedules as summer gets a foothold in Mason District. Falls Church and Annandale High Schools graduate today, followed by Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology on [...]

Tuesday, June 11, is primary election day in Virginia. The ballot this time is fairly short: two Lt. Governor candidates and two Attorney General candidates are running for the Democratic nomination. The victors will face the closed convention-chosen Republican candidates in November. One House of Delegates seat in western Fairfax [...]

The Lords and Ladies of Fairfax County have been selected, and the 20 outstanding recipients will be honored by the Board of Supervisors at its meeting on Tuesday, in advance of the Celebrate Fairfax! Festival, to be held on June 7, 8 and 9 at the Fairfax County Government Center. [...]

When I was a little girl, I remember going with my mother and grandmother to decorate graves on what was then called Decoration Day. It was more a respectful, than a solemn, occasion. Using roses and lilacs clipped from bushes in our front yard, we would join other families in [...]

It looks like a new restaurant may be coming to Bailey’s Crossroads. Longhorn Steakhouse has submitted a site plan to build on a pre-existing pad site in the Crossroads Place shopping center on South Jefferson Street. The property is zoned C-6, which permits restaurant use by-right. The new restaurant would [...]

One of the beauties of springtime in Northern Virginia is the profusion of mature azaleas that provide gorgeous color to neighborhood yards. We are fortunate in Mason District to have many older homes that have fostered and sustained decades of azalea maturity. The pinks and purples especially pop this year, [...]

It seems that nearly everything about the Boston Marathon bombings, and subsequent search for the perpetrators, was captured on security cameras, in hand-held videos, or on network television. Innocent bystanders were deeply affected, whether on the racecourse or in their homes when Boston and surrounding communities were shut down for [...]

April is National Volunteer Month, an official time to honor and thank the many volunteers who add value to the quality of life in our communities. We could not do all that we do in Fairfax County without the contributions of volunteers in, and from, all walks of life. Volunteers [...]

The Fairfax County Board of Supervisors completed its three nights of public hearings about the proposed FY 2014 county budget last Thursday. It was a marked contrast to my first budget process in 1996, when more than 800 people signed up to speak, and the Board added a full Saturday [...]

Now that we are truly into Spring, with attendant blossoms and warmer weather, local celebrations and outdoor activities are on many calendars. The past weekend was full of such events, and the coming weekend continues the trend. The Annandale Clean-up on Saturday drew Boy Scout Troop 150 and members of [...]