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Local Real Estate: May, 2014 Top Sales in Vienna, Oakton, Reston and Oak Hill

Local Real Estate: May, 2014 Top Sales in Vienna, Oakton, Reston and Oak Hill

Column: Preventing Gun Violence

The total number of people killed by guns, suicide and accidental deaths between Newtown and December 2013 is 12,042.

Grace Wolf appointed to state commission.

Town Council Member Grace Han Wolf was appointed to the Virginia Commission for the Arts.

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Seahawks Take Flight

Over 500 students graduated from South Lakes High School Wednesday, June 18.

In their signature royal blue caps and gowns and Kelly green sashes, over 500 South Lakes High School seniors crossed the Patriot Center stage and joined the ranks of high school graduates Wednesday, June 18.

Column: Gov. McAuliffe—Please, Not the Richmond Way

Let’s hope that this rare potential hero figure in a leadership role isn’t expanding health care mainly for insurance industry profit and vetoing ethics legislation only to kill sorely needed reform just so that he can somehow fit in down there by doing things “the Richmond way”!

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Home Depot Builds “Cruise Bridge” for SLHS

When Home Depot paint department manager Autumn Barkley was asked the best way to create a walkway for South Lakes High School’s senior all-night graduation party, she decided the Reston store would take care of the project - and cover all the costs.

Cabaret to Brighten Herndon Summer

Summer Cabaret Series to open July 11.

This summer audiences can cozy up to a delightfully bold Summer Cabaret Series at Herndon's Industrial Strength Theatre.

Thousands Watch World Cup Match in Reston Town Center

Leidos and D.C. United viewing session.

More than 4,000 squeezed into the pavilion area Sunday evening to watch the United States play against Portugal in the FIFA World Cup game they thought was a U.S. win.

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Seahawks Urged To Be Creators

South Lakes graduates 576 at Patriot Center.

Antonia Nagle urged her classmates - all 575 of them - to go out and be creators.

Reston Home Sales: May, 2014

In May 2014, 105 Reston homes sold between $1,575,000-$110,000.

Reston Home Sales: May, 2014

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Patchwork of Approaches to Affordable Housing in Northern Virginia

Jurisdictions use a variety of strategies to prevent homelessness.

Affordable housing means different things to different people at different times. For government officials, it's a phrase that means that a family spends no more than 30 percent of its income on housing costs, including rent or mortgage as well as taxes and utilities

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Reston Swim Team Association Opens 42nd Season

RSTA opens the 2014 season.

Take a Break Concerts Return to Lake Anne Plaza

Once the rain clouds cleared last Thursday evening, the Barretones took the stage at Lake Anne Plaza to kick off the annual Take a Break concert series.

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Tastes So Good

Visitors take a bite out of the town during the 24th annual Taste of Reston weekend.

Thousands of people braved high wind gusts and ominous storm clouds at Reston Town Center over the weekend.

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First Chalk Festival Held In Reston

Art event showcases local talent at Lake Anne Plaza.

Reston’s Lake Anne Plaza hosted its first ever chalk festival titled Chalk on the Water, the weekend of June 7-8.