Clifton News

What began as an idea ended up as a trip to Ecuador for some local students and their parents.

Union Mill Elementary is in Clifton, but its students made sandwiches all year long for the Merrifield-based organization, Food for Others.

School Board will meet July 13 to discuss options for Clifton Elementary, including possible closure.

The Town of Clifton is the place to be, Saturday, June 20, from 11 a.m.-7 p.m., for the third annual Clifton Wine Festival.

Maybe he wanted to be saved. On Sunday, a black bear was spotted on the property of the St.

Frequent bear sightings are prompting officials in Virginia to issue warnings. In Clifton, Virginia on Monday, two schools warned students to stay indoors and be on the lookout on their way home after several people reported seeing a bear.

Fairfax County is home to 1 million people and at least one black bear. County police say that residents in the Clifton area spotted a young black bear roaming through some backyards Monday morning.

Many of those who attended Saturday's Heritage Railway Festival in Manassas got to experience firsthand the power, noise and speed of a train during on-the-hour trips to Clifton and back.

The telephone at Historic Manassas Inc. has been ringing off the hook for over a week with callers asking the same question: "Is there someplace else besides the Old Town Visitors Center that I can buy Virginia Railway Express Excursion train tickets for the Manassas Heritage Railway Festival?" For those of you who don't want to wait in the ...

To have community events listed in Centre View, e-mail to centreview@connectionnewspapers.com. Call Rebecca Halik at 703-917-6407. Ongoing The Centreville Farmers Market will start May 15 and will be operating every Friday until Oct.

Sometimes, the wheels of justice move slowly a ' but they eventually turn. On Sept.

It's time to grab some running shoes and head to Clifton. The 12th annual Clifton Caboose 5K Twilight Run is almost on hand.

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Truckloads of mud are brought in to level out the front yard of a newly constructed, huge, brick home in Clifton.

Medal of Honor recipient Barney Barnum joins Patricia Peck and VADM Norb Ryan in accepting a check for $100,000 for the MOAA Scholarship Fund from proceeds at the Sixth Annual MOAA/Jeff Peck Memorial Golf Classic.

Plans are in the final stage for the 15th annual Manassas Heritage Railway Festival.

Sharon and Mark Gottlieb opened up Fairfax Station home, Sunday afternoon, May 3, for the annual reception honoring the homeowners in the upcoming Clifton homes tour.

Sunday/May 3 The Ostomy Support Group of Northern Virginia LLCa s monthly support group meets 1:30-3:30 p.m., at Inova Fairfax Hospital, 3300 Gallows Road, Fairfax, Physicians Conference Center.

The shadowed profile up an upright man appeared on stage and was quickly contorted into a painful stoop; it was the form of the elephant man.

Two springtime events take place Saturday, May 9 in the Town of Clifton. From 10 a.m.-4 p.m., the Clifton Betterment Association is hosting the fourth annual KidFest in the Clifton Town Park.