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Keep your eyes peeled for the sky-blue van covered in woodland animals, and backyard bugs and birds. It is the Fairfax County Park Authority’s new Wonder Wagon, a portable nature

The Washington Capitals will soon unveil a new sports facility in Northern Virginia — one likely to be much less controversial than the team owner’s failed push for an arena in Alexandria. Installation of the inline skate rink donated by the D.C.-based professional hockey team to Lake Fairfax Park (1400 Lake Fairfax Drive) in Reston

The Fairfax County Park Authority is receiving criticism from neighbors of a park in the Mason District with deteriorating conditions. Despite citizens’ concerns over its derelict state, the park authority

Experienced riders, novices, and anyone who has a passing interest in horses will find something fun this Saturday at the 3rd Annual Horse Expo at Frying Pan Farm Park. The

A bald eagle found injured by Fairfax County Police Department’s Animal Protection Police (APP) was released back into the wild at Burke Lake Park after weeks of treatment on Feb.

Ellanor C. Lawrence Park unveiled a new sustainable state-of-the-art education center in the fall. The Woodlands Stewardship Education Center is designed to engage the community, especially kids. Currently, anyone can

New amenity locator debuts

For the next 10 weeks, five area parks will make children sing, smile, and laugh through the Arts in the Park series. This summer there will be 51 children’s concerts

In the future, Fairfax County residents won’t need to trek to a park to experience nature. Instead, the park will find them with the Wonder Wagon Mobile Nature Center, a Fairfax County Park Authority initiative that will bring educational programs on nature and the environment to underserved communities and Title I schools with limited access

Reston Regional Library (staff photo by Jay Westcott) A developer that filed a competing proposal for a new Reston library and affordable housing is calling into question Fairfax County’s handling of an unsolicited proposal it received for a new library near the same site. Developer Norton Scott says the county mishandled the solicitation process after