Have you noticed there are a lot of dogs in Fairfax County? Whether you have lived in Fairfax County for a while or are new here, many of the 880,416 adults in the county view their dogs as family ...

A project that impacts thousands of commuters a day is the Fairfax County Parkway Widening Project on the northbound lanes in the Fairfax Station area. The project adds another lane each way for about ...

Our county seen through the eyes of our dogs. Our county seen through the eyes of our dogs. What are you supposed to do if you find an injured raccoon in your yard? Or, what is the best course of ...

On the anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks, the Patricia A. Henriques Charitable Foundation made a $75,000 grant to McLean Volunteer Fire Department. This, the single largest donation in the 103 ...

Cornerstones seeks volunteers to prepare nutritious hot meals and bagged lunches for guests at the Temporary Overnight Shelter in Reston. To cook or donate, send an email to ...

More than 600 area Food For Neighbors volunteers stepped up to tackle student hunger in Fairfax County Saturday, Sept. 14, by collecting and sorting over 19,600 pounds of food and toiletries for ...

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The Connection asked Reasa Currier, the director of the Fairfax County Animal Shelter, to find out if the volunteers and staff there would be willing to share the places in the county they frequently ...

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 ...

There are four Reston Community Center (RCC) Preference Poll candidates vying for three open positions on its Board of Governors. Voting continues until Sept. 27 at 5 p.m. Mail-in ballots must be ...

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 ...

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