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1 week ago | 
connectionnewspapers.com | Bonnie Hobbs
Featuring 45 performances spanning six days, the 40th annual Fairfax Spotlight on the Arts Festival promises entertainment for everyone. Over two weekends, April 25-27, and May 2-4, people can choose from a wide variety of live theater, music and dance performances. There’s even a fashion show, as well as an evening of music from film and television performed by the Mason Community Arts Academy.
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1 week ago | 
connectionnewspapers.com | Bonnie Hobbs
Sophie wants her father to walk her down the aisle at her wedding on a small Greek island. Trouble is, she doesn’t know who he is – and neither does her mother. After reading her mother’s diary, she discovers there are three possibilities. So unbeknownst to her mother, she invites them all.
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1 week ago | 
fairfaxconnection.com | Bonnie Hobbs
PFC Jackson Russell is the Sully District Police Station’s 2024 Officer of the Year. He was honored at the March 12 meeting of the station’s Community Advisory Committee (CAC). His nomination was written by the station commander, Maj. Jane Russell (no relation to Jackson Russell). "PFC Jackson Russell has served with the Fairfax County Police Department for over two years, all of which have been spent at the Sully District Station,” she wrote. “He is currently assigned to the Sully Midnights A-Squad.
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1 week ago | 
fairfaxconnection.com | Bonnie Hobbs
When Fairfax City Council approved the George Snyder Trail project in January 2024, it seemed as if it was a done deal. City staff and consultants went forward with their plans to make it a reality. Yet while many residents were happy about the trail, many others weren’t. They objected to the hundreds of trees that would be cut down to make way for it, didn’t want a paved path in the woods, and decried the disturbance of the birds and wildlife it would cause.
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3 weeks ago | 
connectionnewspapers.com | Bonnie Hobbs
The $20 million George Snyder Trail has been in Fairfax City’s plans for more than a decade and was approved by City Council more than a year ago. Spanning almost two miles – and including asphalt and concrete boardwalks – this shared-use path would join Chain Bridge Road to the Wilcoxon Trail at Draper Drive, south of Fairfax Boulevard. It would also connect to VDOT’s shared-use path being built along Route 123 as part of the I-66 Outside the Beltway improvements.
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3 weeks ago | 
connectionnewspapers.com | Bonnie Hobbs
During last Saturday’s Vietnam veterans’ commemoration ceremony, various community members spoke about people close to them who’d served in that war. Below are the speeches of a few of them. Linda Thompson with the DAR said her ex-husband, Roger Stollings, served as a Marine corporal in Vietnam and still suffers from multiple health problems because of his exposure there to Agent Orange. She then talked about her brother, Walter Duncan, who was drafted at age 18.
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3 weeks ago | 
connectionnewspapers.com | Bonnie Hobbs
Few Americans realize the significance of March 29, but all those touched by the Vietnam War do. It’s National Vietnam War Veterans Day; and last Saturday, it was commemorated with a remembrance ceremony in Fairfax City. Gathering at the Veterans Amphitheater outside City Hall were the Fairfax County Chapter, National Society Daughters of the American Revolution (NSDAR); Fairfax Resolves Chapter, Sons of the American Revolution (SAR); VFW Post 8469 and American Legion Post 177.
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1 month ago | 
fairfaxconnection.com | Bonnie Hobbs
In February, Fairfax City’s Acting City Manager Bryan Foster presented his FY 26 budget proposing a residential real-estate tax hike of 9.5 cents – increasing it from its current $1.03 per $100 assessed valuation to $1.125. But during a March 11 City Council meeting, Council decided to set its advertised tax rate at 2.5 cents higher. Usually, Fairfax adopts a residential real-estate tax rate at or below what its city manager recommends.
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1 month ago | 
fairfaxconnection.com | Bonnie Hobbs
Fairfax City kicked off Women’s History Month in style last week with speeches, a proclamation and a reception in the City Hall atrium. Catering the event were three, women-owned, businesses in Fairfax. Bisnonna Bakeshop brought cannoli, Liberty Baking offered cupcakes and brownies, and Fair City Cookies brought cookies decorated with the month’s logo. In addition, a fashion student from the Fairfax Academy (see sidebar) displayed a dress she made.
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1 month ago | 
connectionnewspapers.com | Bonnie Hobbs
Fairfax City kicked off Women’s History Month in style last week with speeches, a proclamation and a reception in the City Hall atrium. Catering the event were three, women-owned, businesses in Fairfax. Bisnonna Bakeshop brought cannoli, Liberty Baking offered cupcakes and brownies, and Fair City Cookies brought cookies decorated with the month’s logo. In addition, a fashion student from the Fairfax Academy (see sidebar) displayed a dress she made.
