A surface parking lot in Fairfax City’s Northfax area will be replaced by the N29 Apartments – a seven-story, mixed-use building with up to 260 units and some 5,000 square feet of ground-floor retail.

A small group is gathered around the Migratory Bird Habitat at Culpepper Garden on a recent sunny Friday afternoon for the dedication of the new project. This garden was made possible from a grant ...

The Alexandria Sportsman’s Club October Athletes of the Month from all four City of Alexandria High Schools will be honored as the tradition continues at the ASC Washington Commanders Night Oct. 16 at ...

When the leaves start changing color and the weather cools down, it’s time for the Fairfax Fall Festival. This year’s event, the 48th annual, is Saturday, Oct. 12, from 10 a.m.-5 p.m., in ...

Victim’s mother Melissa Johnson at the Fairfax NAACP Rally for Justice [File photo 2023] Photo by Mercia Hobson .

More than 50,000 visitors flooded the streets of Del Ray Oct. 5 for the 29th annual Art on the Avenue multicultural arts festival on Mount Vernon Avenue. Considered one of the top arts events in ...

Mohamed Abdalla, 25, of Herndon, Va. was arrested without incident Monday, Oct. 7, 2024, in the 1000-blk of Kings Court and charged with four felonies stemming from a shooting in the Worldgate ...

Voters, get your ballots ready. In-person absentee voting starts Friday, and all six seats on the Alexandria City Council are up for grabs. In a series of interviews with the Alexandria Gazette ...

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 appointment, ...

Remember when helicopters were scrambled to deal with a runaway balloon that floated away with a six-year-old boy inside? What about documenting the melting glaciers in Iceland, an Afghan ski club ...

On Monday, Sept. 30, from 7:30 to 9 p.m., Cornerstones and the Dulles Regional Chamber of Commerce will host the Town of Herndon Mayoral Candidate Forum at Trinity Presbyterian Church, 651 ...

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 ...