Tarrick McGuire, currently the Assistant Chief of Police in Arlington, Texas, has been named the new Alexandria Chief of Police effective Nov. 25. City Manager Jim Parajon announced the ...

It was one year ago that the APD Suicide Memorial was dedicated in front of APD headquarters. The names of Jason Kline and Steven Pagach IV, best friends who served together on the force, are ...

Fairfax City’s mayoral and City Council candidates spoke directly to the voters during a Candidates Forum last Wednesday, Sept. 25, at the City’s Sherwood Center. Then, after brief speeches ...

The Alexandria Sportsman’s Club kicked off the fall 2024 sports season with its annual High School Football night Sept. 18 at the Old Dominion Boat Club. A roundtable with the varsity head ...

The 829 registered participants from 156 teams in Sunday's Walk to End Alzheimer's Northern Virginia, held at Reston Town Center, understood that each dollar they raised and each step they took ...

Recently Good Shepherd Housing and local officials cut the ribbon in the Terrace Towne of Gunston apartments in Lorton, marking the 100th housing unit Good Shepherd has acquired for their clients.

It is the season for fall festivals in Arlington including Clarendon Days, St. Ann’s Fall Festival and Calloway United Methodist Church Family Fun Days on Saturday, Sept. 28. The yard outside ...

The Great Falls Grange Foundation and the Rotary Club of Great Falls will present the Great Falls Oktoberfest on Friday, October 4, from 6 to 10 p.m. The evening event is held at the charming ...

For the school year 2024–25, a cell phone pilot program will launch at select Fairfax County Public Schools middle and high schools. The pilot tightens previous school board policy. Middle ...

Kicking off Hispanic Heritage Month, the Centreville Immigration Forum held its annual dinner fundraiser celebrating diversity and a night of community at the International Country Club Fairfax on ...

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 ...

The Fairfax County Sheriff’s Office announced on Sept. 19 that former deputy Robert T. Sanford Jr., 37, received a 78-month prison sentence for smuggling drugs and contraband into the Fairfax ...