Great Falls News

The Sterling Volunteer Rescue Squad is in its 45th year of operation. It was formed in 1964 as a "grand project" first proposed by John Costello, charter president of the Sterling Park Jaycees.

VDOT says dual left turn onto Georgetown Pike wona t increase the roada s traffic.

The Woman's Club of McLean is presenting its 43rd annual fund raiser, the Holiday Homes Tour and Market Place of McLean, on Thursday, Dec.

Great Falls charity helps those in need. Tuesday, November 24, 2009 The Wish List Project began in 2000 during the Christmas holiday season and is still growing strong 10 years later.

Congressman recognized for conservation work. Wednesday, November 25, 2009 In a Nov.

Great Falls residents are vowing to stop one of the few remaining road-building projects that has funding: the widening of Route 7. While the $37 million project has some support from Reston residents and other east-west commuters, people who live off of Georgetown Pike believe the improvements will attract more cut-through traffic to the Pike.

Parents of missing child Madeleine McCann, Kate and Gerry McCann look at a giant billboard of their daughter on the beach near the Portuguese resort of Lagos.

Great Falls residents are vowing to stop one of the few remaining road-building projects that has funding: the widening of Route 7. While the $37 million project has some support from Reston residents and other east-west commuters, people who live off of Georgetown Pike believe the improvements will attract more cut-through traffic to the Pike.

Variety of gifts on offer in local stores. Wednesday, November 18, 2009 If the idea of battling the crowd at the neighboring mall doe not look that attractive this holiday shopping season and youa d rather not battle the traffic on Route 7, plenty of gifts and knickknacks are available right in town.

"Energizing Fairfax County - Climate Change and Energy Efficiency!" This will be an opportunity for you to learn about what is happening in our region and in Fairfax County to conserve our energy resources.

Anwar al-Aulaqi is trying to spread violence in the wake of the Fort Hood shootings.

Federal prosecutors say the owner of a Virginia coffee roasting company has pleaded guilty in fraud schemes that resulted in $16 million in illegal proceeds.

It's worth noting this find that Harry's Place has made. Anwar al Awlaki describes Major Hasan's atrocity as 'the right thing to do'. Al Awlaki is the former Imam of Dar al-Hijrah mosque in Great Falls, Virginia, where Hasan was a congregant.

Major Nidal Malik Hasan, the Fort Hood gunman, had been in recent contact with a radical imam said to have been a "spiritual adviser" to two of the September 11 hijackers.

This is a cross post by Anwar Al Awlaki , former Imam of the Dar al-Hijrah mosque in Great Falls, Virginia, where his congregants included Major Hasan and two of the 9/11 hijackers Nidal Hassan is a hero.

A preliminary review of the computer of Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan, the accused shooter in Thursday's rampage at Fort Hood in which 13 people were killed, has revealed no evidence of any connection to terror groups or conspirators, according to law enforcement officials.

Jordan News.Net Sunday 8th November, 2009 The Sunday Telegraph has reported the sole suspect in the massacre of 13 fellow US soldiers in Texas earlier this week was linked with radical imam, Anwar al-Awlaki, who was a a oespiritual advisera to three of the hijackers who attacked America on September 11, 2001.

From left, Bob Eldridge, Charlie Balch, Jim Lewis, Steve Hull and Tom Evan, all members of the Hunter Mill Defense League History Committee, pose near a patch of woods where a Union observation post once stood during the Civil War overlooking the intersection of the W&OD Trail and Hunter Mill Road.

Regional landmarks long gone and those about to disappear displayed at library, tavern.

Sharon Kees works on technique in the new addition to Turner Farm Park in Great Falls.