Merrifield News

Hank Silverberg , WTOP.com MERRIFIELD, Va. - A stretch of the Capital Beltway in Virginia engulfed in High Occupancy Toll lanes construction is about to become a bit more complicated.

If you're traveling the Beltway in Fairfax County, bring a boat. You might want to pack your patience, too.

One lane of the Capital Beltway's Inner Loop remains closed Friday morning because of a water main break where I-495 passes over Route 29 in Merrifield.

City of Falls Church utility workers and a contractor work at the intersection of Shreve Rd and 29.

Despite winning several local races, Democrats disappointed to lose statewide races.

Andrew Vu places records into protective sleeves using a poly bagging machine. Loading... For one Merrifield company, vinyl records never lost their groove.

Falls Church resident Mary Frances Moriarty was pleasantly surprised when a more than 25-year-old banana tree in her front yard bore fruit this year for the first time since 1994.

Intense thunderstorms tend to keep people indoors, or at least mindful of high water that accompanies the torrential downpours of the last week or so.

Last Wednesday, late afternoon showers caused a question-and-answer session featuring Rep.

The Virginia Nursery and Landscape Association does not make annual Field Day pilgrimages to Northern Virginia often.

The Virginia Nursery and Landscape Association does not make annual Field Day pilgrimages to Northern Virginia often.

I admit it - I'm a Top Chef girl, not a Gordon Ramsey groupie. So it came as a surprise to me when I was flipping through the Falls Church News-Press and saw that local chef Tennille Middleton is competing on this season's run of "Hell's Kitchen". Middleton has spent the past four years as the master chef at Great American Restaurants' Sweetwater ...

Metro officials say a track repairman has been struck and killed by a piece of track equipment near Vienna.

Metro officials say a track repairman has been struck and killed by a piece of track equipment near Vienna.

Metro officials say a track repairman has been struck and killed by a piece of track equipment near Vienna.

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

Ga Ann Ziegera s work is on display at PastryXpo in Merrifield. An avid dabbler and self-proclaimed "indoor girl," local artist Ga Ann Zieger finds beauty in household and often unexplored mediums.

Members of the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors and the Fairfax County Park Authority Board joined Park Authority staff in the rain at Merrifield Park on Saturday, June 20, for a brief ribbon cutting ceremony.

THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM POTOMAC TO OAKTON...AND MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

To celebrate its new location in Gainesville, Merrifield Garden Center will host an open house Friday, Saturday and Sunday.