Climb aboard the Holiday Express for a train ride, spin on the Carolers Carousel, play Gingerbread Man Golf and savor s’mores by the fire. Meet Santa, sip hot chocolate and enjoy the season’s warmth.

Alexandria’s iconic holiday weekend. Taste of Scotland.Friday, Dec. 6. The 53rd Annual Alexandria Scottish Christmas Walk ...

Great Falls Holiday Art Fest. Friday from 6-8 p.m. Saturday and Sunday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Explore three festive locations ...

* Arlington Partnership for Affordable Housing (APAH). As of last year, nearly 4,600 people, including 1,600 children, lived in an APAH property. Donations help APAH create new affordable homes and ...

There are literally thousands of ways to give locally. Here are a few ideas. Please let us know what we have missed and any corrections. Send corrections or updates to [email protected] ...

* United Community, Mount Vernon, 703-768-7106, 7511 Fordson Road, Alexandria, VA 22306 assists low-income families and individuals living along the Route 1 Corridor, Make a Financial Contribution to ...

Members of the community joined ALIVE! in celebrating the donation of a 26-foot refrigerated delivery truck from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints with a ribbon cutting Nov. 12 at ...

The United States Air Force got a foothold in the Mount Vernon area recently when they cut the ribbon on a recruiting office at 7828 Richmond Highway in the Gum Springs area. The location of the ...

Turkey Week was here at last. At 9 am on Monday, Nov. 18 when the Arlington Food Assistance Center (AFAC) food distribution center opened, the line of clients with shopping bags, rolling carts and ...

Long-time Mount Vernon resident Greg Rucker recently died after a battle with cancer, leaving behind family including two children, friends and the Mount Vernon community he called home for most ...

Mount Vernon High School students are going back in time for their fall production Radium Girls, written by D. W. Gregory, produced by special arrangement with the Dramatic Publishing Company of ...

Ed Arthur, center, founder of the Hearts of Love Foundation, presents a check Nov. 22 for $5,000 to John Porter and Educational Opportunities for Alexandrians to fund an annual scholarship for a ...