Opinion: Editorial: Give Locally in Fairfax County
For tens of thousands of poor children and families in our area, uncertainty and need are distant from the celebrations and plenty that so many of us associate with this holiday period.
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Independent School Applications: The Essay
Admissions directors offer insight into what makes certain essays stand out.
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Teaching Gratitude and Giving
Child development experts share suggestions for helping children develop a sense of altruism.
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Helping Keep Homeless Warm in Fairfax County
Slightly higher numbers of residents in need face higher snowfalls forecasted.
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‘Real Work of Advocacy Begins Again’
Annual SALT conference celebrates 2018 achievements, outlines 2019 priorities.
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Lighting Up the Season
Event teams young patients with designers and artists to create holiday decor for charity.
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Bill Woolf Receives National Honor for Anti-Trafficking Efforts
Volunteers needed to expand prevention effort.
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Democrats Seize Control of Northern Virginia
Region once had its own brand of Republicanism; now that seems almost extinct.
The loss of two-term incumbent U.S. Rep. Barbara Comstock (D-10) means Republicans are down to one lone elected official in Northern Virginia, Del. Tim Hugo (R-40). The blue wave that started last year unseating Republicans like Del. Jim LeMunyon (R-67) and Del. Bob Marshall (R-13) continued this year, when state Sen. Jennifer Wexton (D-10) was able to flip a seat that had been in Republican hands since a young military lawyer named Frank Wolf beat incumbent Democrat Joe Fisher back in 1980.