Simon Chang never had any difficulty getting along with other people.

Fairfax County Public Schools students likely had a lot on their minds when they woke up on Monday for the first day of a new school year, from anxieties about new classes and teachers to the anticipation of reuniting with friends after the long summer.

Police have arrested Kevin Norton, 50, of Springfield, in a suspected indecent liberties case that occurred on Aug. 14, at the Springfield Town Center.

This year marks a historic year for the country’s first weightless flight company, Arlington-based Zero Gravity Corporation (ZERO-G), as they celebrate 15 years of offering extraordinary experiences.

As Fairfax County makes progress toward embracing solar energy, some local environmental advocates have turned their sights to a new front in the battle against climate change.

The Wiggles put everything your child needs to learn into capsules of preschool songs that stay with you forever. Very little analysis has been done to understand the magic of their songwriting and their music. At least, their original members, Anthony Field (Blue), Greg Page (Yellow), Murra…

A Fairfax County Public Schools music teacher has been convicted on three counts related to the solicitation of a minor, Virginia Attorney General Mark Herring announced on Monday.

You’re never too young to make a difference in this world; anyone can make a huge impact.

Two hours after undergoing a Cesarean section to give birth to her fourth child on July 8, Tasha Nelson found herself on the phone with Rep. Jennifer Wexton’s office (D-Va.) discussing the Affordable Care Act.

The seeds of Laura Ramirez-Drain’s campaign to represent Hunter Mill District on the Fairfax County School Board took root after her son was diagnosed with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder.

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The Fairfax Surf Shop has always been a special place to Adam Turrisi.

On July 31st, a group of families from Fairfax's Mantua community hosted a supply drive to collect items for immigrants crossing the U.S. border. Over 40 boxes of supplies were donated, sorted and shipped to the Catholic Charities of Rio Grande Valley by the volunteers.

Fairfax County Public Schools has not conducted a full-scale school boundaries review in about 35 years, and a work session that the Fairfax County School Board held on July 22 to discuss possible changes to the boundary adjustment policy illustrated why officials have been reluctant to tack…

To Wilfredo Torres, Midieast Studios represents opportunity, a place for people to escape and express themselves through music.

Vinson X. Palathingal is proud to be Asian American.

A Great Falls nonprofit has spent the last decade helping bring clean energy to rural homes in Africa, and that work has now earned it global recognition courtesy of an international award for projects and organizations dedicated to reducing greenhouse gas emissions.

Wayne Lopez-Jimenez still remembers how it felt to lose his mother.

April 7 might not have been a day that many of us saw as significant, but for New York Times best-selling author, Immaculée Iligabiza, and the millions living in the country of Rwanda, it marked the 25th anniversary of the start of something truly tragic; the Rwandan genocide, a mass murderi…

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By the end of June, three unique, visually charming and functional works of permanent public art are scheduled to be installed on the grounds of two Reston elementary schools—two birdhouses at Sunrise Valley and a birdbath at Terraset. The artistic creations of fifth-grade students at Sunris…

Given the frequency with which it occurs, gun violence has become a near-constant topic of discussion in U.S. national politics, but it is particularly urgent in Virginia right now as state legislators prepare to convene on July 9 for a special session to address the issue.

Former Virginia Secretary of Education Anne Holton will serve as George Mason University’s interim president this fall while the public university’s board of visitors searches for a permanent appointee.

In 1942, as World War II raged across the globe, a Navy destroyer christened with the moniker the U.S.S. Herndon departed from Norfolk and charted a course for the embattled waters of Europe.

The ants are marching all the way from Portland to Wolf Trap in Vienna, carrying songs for “not only the kids in our lives but the kid in all of us,” with nods to The Beatles and other great songwriters. After all, "Love Is All You [we] need."

Seven northern Virginia students are national winners in the 2018-19 National PTA Reflections arts contest after winning first-place awards in every other tier of the multi-level competition. The Parent Teacher Association (PTA) celebrates their 50th anniversary of hosting the Reflections pr…

Rising Oakcrest Senior Megan Meehan won first place in the Tenth Annual Gabriela Mistral Youth Poetry Competition with her poem “Guardian Angel.” She also received an Honorable Mention for another work entitled “Silent Ones Are Waiting.”

A lawsuit arguing that Fairfax County Public Schools officials failed to efficiently and properly respond to a student’s allegation of sexual assault will go to trial after a federal judge denied the county school board’s motion for summary judgment on June 10.

On June 15, ArtSpace Herndon will present a special fundraising program to help Karim Maggio, a young talented cellist, participate this summer in a music study program at the Tanglewood Institute.

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Recent Juniata College graduate Sydney Spicer’s experiences living and learning while developing a deep appreciation of place culminated in her recently-published work, “Bloom.”

On June 1, the New Horizon Bass Anglers Youth Foundation Inc. hosted its annual Kids Fishing Derby at Lake Fairfax. Connor G. Liu, a 7th grader attending Rachel Carson Middle School won the age 7-15 division. Connor caught a total of 17 fish. There were two awards divisions, Ages 1-6 and 7-15.

As more than a hundred veterans and eyewitnesses arrived at the doors of Rocky Run Middle School in Chantilly it proved that this was going to be another successful oral history day.

Sid Thakker’s award-winning science fair project began as many science fair projects do: with a basic observation and a burning desire to learn more.

Ryan McElveen is perfectly fine, proud even to be described as “a school board member who has antagonized supervisors he now seeks to lead.”

The Gum Springs Community Center is a second home to Elias Anwar.

On the weekend of May 24, Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology joined 331 of the top high school quiz bowl teams at the Atlanta Marriott Marquis for the 2019 High School National Championship Tournament to determine which team was the best.

On this day in 1819, Walt Whitman was born. Happy 200th Birthday, Walt Whitman!

Fairfax County saw fewer violent crimes in 2018 compared to 2017, a survey by the Major Cities Chiefs Association found.

Raise your feet to raise hope on May 19

Smith’s mother, Margaret Fleegal, had a choice to make.

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Last fall, Sara Porjosh, a 14-year-old 8th grader at Kilmer Middle School, was a winner in her school’s talent show for singing “The Doll Song” from the opera, “The Tales of Hoffmann.”