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The Green Island
A private-public partnership is working to protect the enigmatic swamp that has captured Virginians’ imaginations for centuries.
Jan 9, 2012 by Mac Carey in Exploring (1 Comments)
A Rock and a Wild Place
Fairfax’s Great falls park is a 900-acre natural haven with stunning views, waterfalls and some of the best rock climbing around.
Brave New World
The Janelia Farm Research Center in Loudoun County is state-of-the-art and so well funded that its scientists can concentrate on what they do best: thinking.
Feb 9, 2011 by Mac Carey in Virginiana
No Frills Attached
Barbara Holland is a feisty author with a soft heart for drinking, cursing and renegade women. Just don't ask her about living in Bluemont or her next book project.
Aug 6, 2010 by Mac Carey in My Virginia
Tyler Darden
A True Redoubt
Formerly a railroad depot and, 100 years ago, the largest and most progressive town in Fairfax County, Clifton is now a “back-in-time” community thanks to its strategic location and its commitment to preservation.
Mar 16, 2010 by Mac Carey in Nearby (3 Comments)
Meet You in the Robotics Lab
Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology
NoVAchievers
Public high schools in America don’t have great reputations. But that’s not the case in northern Virginia, where some of America’s best public high schools—and high-school students—can be found. What’s their secret?