Opinion: Letter to the Editor: Don’t Waste Your Vote
Maybe Joe Biden was not your preferred Democratic candidate and you would rather have supported Warren, Klobuchar, Sanders or Buttigieg.
Opinion: Letter to the Editor: The Friends of Riverbend Park Strongly Support Park Bonds
The Friends of Riverbend Park, Inc. (FORB) is an independent non-stock, non-profit corporation, established in the Commonwealth of Virginia on Aug. 5, 1999, with the purpose of protecting, enhancing, and preserving the physical, cultural and natural heritage of Riverbend Park by educating the public to the value of environmental protection generally and of the park’s wildlife habitat specifically; providing volunteer services to the park; channeling donations of money, property, and materials to the park; providing citizen input to plans that may be proposed for the park; and performing any other activities or services necessary or convenient to carry out such purposes, to the extent permitted by Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code.
Opinion: Commentary: Don’t Be Fooled by Ballot Language in Virginia
Vote NO on the Gerrymandering Amendment
The ballot language in Amendment 1 is confusing.
Opinion: Commentary: Marathon is Over – Virginia Special Session Gavels Out
The 2020 General Assembly Special Session, which first convened on Aug. 18, recessed at 7:15 p.m. Oct. 16.
Opinion: Commentary: Make a Plan and Vote 2020
Voting is a fundamental American right and the basis of our democracy.
Opinion: Letter to the Editor: We Are Not Better Off Now
Regarding this 2020 election… never mind that President Trump took children away from their parents at our southern border.
Opinion: Commentary: Project Community Connect Supports Those Struggling to Afford Basic Needs
The impact of COVID-19 has deepened the economic hardship for residents in the DMV area.
Opinion: Letter to the Editor: Voters: Heroes of the Day
I am just short of 88 years of age and have voted in sixteen elections for president.

National Book Month
Month-long celebration focuses on engaging families in reading, writing and literature
It’s a line from the Pulitzer Prize-winning classic, To Kill a Mockingbird, that is at the heart of the literary philosophy of Anne Briggs, web services and communications librarian at Montgomery College Library.

U.S. Park Police Charged in Killing of McLean Resident
Family has waited for justice since November 2017 when Bijan Ghaisar was shot.
Latest: Police Officers Turn Themselves In
Opinion: Column: “I’ll Think About That Tomorrow”
What I'm thinking about – and being thankful for, today, is the disappearance of all the side effects I've been experiencing during the last four weeks or so since I began my pill regimen for my papillary thyroid cancer treatment.
Opinion: Letter to the Editor: Why Hillary Lost in 2016?
I would like to respond to the letter “We Need to Start Talking About The Emotional Impact of Election Day” (October 14-20, 2020).
Opinion: Letter to the Editor: Opposing Fairfax County Bond Measures
Please VOTE NO on all 4 Fairfax County Bond Measures.

Making Sure Their Votes Are Counted in Great Falls
Great Falls Library location sees long lines for early in-person voting
The need to drop their ballot into a secure drop-off box or slide it into a voting machine spurred hundreds of individuals to wait in the long line on the first day of in-person early voting at the Great Falls Library satellite voting location on Saturday, Oct. 17.

Home As a Safe Haven
Home sales in McLean and Great Falls in 2020 similar in total count to 2019
The first three quarters of 2020 have come to a close and the number of real estate transactions in McLean and Great Falls have been tallied.