Stories for June 2018

Vienna Wins Middle School Rugby National Championship

Respect for Law Awards Presented in Vienna

PFC Jason Mizer and MPO Tim Seitz win Optimist Club of Greater Vienna annual award for outstanding police officers.

Stories, Songs, and Sprinklers on the Green in Vienna

Children and parents enjoy the first of this weekly summer event.

Opinion: Letter to the Editor: David vs Goliath in Vienna

Vienna Wireless Society Holds Field Day

About 50 people take part in the 24-hour national amateur radio event at Burke Lake Park.

Recipes for Healthier Lives in Vienna

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?

Young Vienna Pianist Earns Paderewski Medal

Madison High School graduate Jonathan Schwartz wins prestigious piano award.

‘Going Everywhere’ in Local Libraries

Public libraries offer a variety of summer programs.

Oakton High Holds Fiftieth Commencement Exercises

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

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.

Our Lady of Good Counsel Kicks Off the Summer in Vienna

Troop 40 of Oakton Takes a Trip to Virginia Beach

Jammin’ Java to Host Anniversary Benefit for the Shepherd’s Center

OLGC Boy Scout Troop 976 Participates in Memorial Day Flowers Event

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

A New Neighborhood Market Opens in Tysons

Virginia Governor Signs the Bill Against ‘Lunch Shaming’

Madison High School Softball Wins State Title

Removing Garlic Mustard, Preserving Nature in Oakton

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.