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Letter: Take a Moment to Remember Fallen Troops

Letter to the Editor

I hope that Americans will take a moment from whatever they are doing this Memorial Day to remember our fallen troops.

A Candidate With No Baggage

To the Editor: Tom Rust has enthusiastically endorsed the entire Rupublican slate. He has done so because he is a Republican. It doesn't surprise me that he endorsed Cuccinelli, but I find it very difficult to accept that, in his heart, he could endorse the candidate for lieutenant governor, Rev. Jackson. Jackson's comments about gays and those who aren't strong Christians and other comments he has made, are of the kind that Rust would not, normally, accept.

Swimmers Take to Lake Audubon

Reston Masters Swim Team hosts 24th annual lake swim.

For 24 years, the Reston Masters Swim Team has hosted a lake swim Memorial Day weekend, 22 of them taking place at Lake Audubon. The event is one of the only times each year that swimming is allowed in the lake. Shirley Loftus-Charley has participated in every one of those swims, dating back to her time living in Reston. Despite her decades of experience, this year was a first for her.

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Potomac: Two Generations of Sidewalk Advocates

Completion of missing link on River Road allows for safe walking to Potomac Village.

We made lives safer, said Jim Schleckser. Keshav Gupta, 27, likes to be independent. Because of a community wide effort to build the last portion of a sidewalk on River Road around one of the most treacherous curves in the county, Gupta can now can walk to the bus stop instead of having his family drive him there.

How To Define — and Provide — Affordable Housing in Alexandria?

Revised Resolution 830 won’t require maintaining affordability levels for public housing redevelopments.

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Kong to Small?

DVD Review

Kong to Small?

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Win Two, Lose in Semi-Final: Raiders vs. Bulldogs

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Chantilly Snapshot: Now Open

The Joint Chiropractic is now open in Fairfax at the Greenbriar Town Center, 13037B Lee Jackson Memorial Highway.

From Marshall to Monaco

Site of an infamous tavern has been transformed into one of Alexandria’s most luxurious hotels.

From Marshall to Monaco

Mount Vernon: Good Shepherd Housing To Honor Jackson

Good Shepherd Housing and Family Services will honor Alphonso Jackson, former U.S. Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), with its inaugural Public Service Award at the annual Transforming Lives Gala on Saturday, April 9. The award honors public officials for outstanding and impactful public service actions that have furthered the mission of Good Shepherd Housing in combating homelessness and improving the lives of people in need.

Round One Goes to ARHA

ARC ponders appeal of judge's ruling

Round One Goes to ARHA

Painting Bugs Like Jackson Pollock

Painting Bugs Like Jackson Pollock

Arson, Burglary Charges Go to Grand Jury

Arson, Burglary Charges Go to Grand Jury

Arson is Charged in Newgate Townhouse Fire

Arson is Charged in Newgate Townhouse Fire

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Mount Vernon: FHYAA Names Scholarship Winners

The winners of the Fort Hunt Youth Athletic Association’s 2016 Jackson Casey Memorial Scholarships are Jessica Dorn and Henry Chastain.

Maury Makes Strides

Test scores show dramatic improvement; science scores remain low.

Maury Makes Strides

Choosing Lesser Evils

School Board wrestles with GT boundary questions.

Choosing Lesser Evils

Stroke of Midnight

"Cinderella" is the last musical for Woodson seniors.

Stroke of Midnight