Stories for June 2018

July 4 Fireworks at Churchill Road Elementary

McLean Community Foundation Grants $20,000 to Historic Pleasant Grove Church

Week in McLean: Fundraiser Supporting Falls Church-McLean Children’s Center

InterFaith Bridge Builders Honored in McLean

Three people recognized for selfless work at the event held at Saint Luke Catholic Church.

Logan Festival Returns to 1st Stage in McLean

Festival showcases some of the nation’s notable solo performing artists.

Viewpoints: What do you think of the current immigration border crisis and how is your community reacting to it?

Langley Graduates Encouraged to Conquer Challenges of Life

‘Mistakes Will Teach You the Most About Life’: Speakers share words of wisdom with Marshall High graduates

Graduating from The Potomac School

The Madeira School Celebrates Graduation in Outdoor Amphitheater

Fairfax County Schools Launch Summer Meals Program

Opinion: Column: What Are Friends For (Not a Question)

Opinion: Letter to the Editor: Sour and Unpleasant

Opinion: Letter to the Editor: The Clock Is Ticking; Calls for New Approach

Opinion: Commentary: When the Dangerous Unknown Is Preferable

We must recommit ourselves to being steadfast in our compassion for and dedication to assisting those fleeing violence, terror, and oppression.

Falls Church-McLean Children’s Center Names New Executive Director

Kim Greer is New Langley High Principal

Former AP at Marshall High has 25 years as an educator.

Letter to the Editor: Deafening Silence

SoberRide Offered on Independence Day

Talking to Children about Suicide

Creating safe environment is key to opening a discussion.

Opinion: Column: Watching Some More and Wondering No Less

Opinion: Commentary: The Art of a Deal with the Devil

Letter to the Editor: Board, in 10-0 Vote, Approves More Inclusive Policies

Letter to the Editor: Disappointed By Changes

Honoring Military on Memorial Day in McLean

Longfellow Middle School Student Competes in National Spelling Bee

McLean Area Students Receive STEM Awards

People: Wayne Winston Sharp of McLean Re-elected As Chairman of the National Council For Adoption Board

Why Let Kids Have All the Fun?

Adult Summer Reading Bingo at Dolley Madison Library.

New Members Appointed to the McLean Community Center Governing Board

Great Falls Home Sales: May, 2018

In May, 2018, 31 Great Falls homes sold between $2,250,000-$499,000.

Great Falls Home Sales: May, 2018

A New Neighborhood Market Opens in Tysons

Letter to the Editor: Pride of Being Americans

Virginia Voters Choose Firebrand

Corey Stewart to lead Republican ticket this fall.

Conservative firebrand Corey Stewart was denied an opportunity to be the Republican nominee for lieutenant governor in 2013. And then he came within striking distance of being the party’s standard-bearer in the gubernatorial campaign last year. Now, finally, the chairman of the Prince William County Board of Supervisors has secured a spot at the top of the ticket, bringing his brand of anti-immigrant, pro-Confederate Trumpism to the race against incumbent U.S. Sen. Tim Kaine.

Wexton to Take on Comstock

Moderate state senator did not get pulled to the left in primary.

State Sen. Jennifer Wexton (D-33) made a name for herself in Northern Virginia as a tough-as-nails prosecutor, including one case that grabbed national headlines involving a woman who persuaded her boyfriend to kill her father with a samurai sword. During her campaign for the Democratic nomination in Virginia’s 10th Congressional District, she never lost that sense of law-and-order grit, refusing to be pulled to the left as other candidates were calling for President Trump to be impeached.