McLean High Hosts Celebrate McLean
Community festival includes food trucks, fair games.
On the cloudy afternoon of Thursday, Sept. 1, McLean High School’s football field and an adjacent parking lot filled with food trucks and tables, some offering concessions and others information about school activities.
Origins of McLean, Virginia
A village that became known as McLean is simply a community that sporadically developed around a trolley stop. It can trace its beginning to 1902 when John R. McLean and Senator Stephen Elkins of West Virginia obtained a charter to operate an electrified railroad, that was named the Great Falls & Old Dominion Railroad.
McLean: Science of Baking Sweets
Middle Eastern Food Festival offers food, food, food.
Labor Day weekend brings summer to an end, and is a major time to enjoy some relaxation and fun before fall’s chill. And for locals—especially those who love food—the major event of the weekend is the Middle Eastern Food Festival at McLean’s Holy Transfiguration Melkite Greek Catholic Church. Often rated as the Number 1 family event, this two-day festival is now celebrating its 23rd year of bringing various cultures together for fun and food.
McLean: Wheels-to-Africa and Bands for Bikes Concert
Event at Old Firehouse Teen Center in McLean sends bikes to Africa.
A Wheels-to-Africa bike collection and Bands for Bikes rock concert was held for the third year on Saturday, Aug. 20 in conjunction with the Old Firehouse Teen Center’s Annual Block Party in McLean.
McLean: ‘When Waters Rise’ Film Premiere
McLean residents, all age 16, produce film based on a Biblical parable.
About 100 people attended a film premiere for "When Waters Rise" on Saturday, Aug. 20, at the Johnson Center Cinema at George Mason University in Fairfax.
McLean: ‘Bands for Bikes’ Provide Wheels to Africa
Benefit concert to be held at the McLean Old Firehouse Teen Center on Saturday, Aug. 20.
Wheels to Africa is a youth-led all volunteer 501c(3) that collects used bikes for needy children.
National Night Out in McLean
Police, Fire and Sheriff’s departments visit Vinson Hall Retirement Community.
The Vinson Hall Retirement Community on Kirby Road in McLean joined in the celebration of National Night Out on Tuesday, Aug. 2.
McLean: Commission to Hear Sunrise in Fall
Assisted living facility application rescheduled to September.
The Planning Commission has deferred Sunrise’s proposed application to build an assisted living facility at the corner of Kirby and Westmoreland in McLean this September.
McLean: Best Golf Buddy
Local golf pro’s sidekick is man’s best friend.
Four years ago, local golf pro Kirk Lucas of McLean and his two young daughters strolled into Home Depot and walked out with a new pet. It just so happened that the SPCA , the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, was holding an event at the hardware store. They had brought some pets to Home Depot hoping some shoppers might bring a pet home with them.
McLean Woman’s Club Holds Wine-Tasting, Kicks Off 50th Homes Tour
The Woman’s Club of McLean held a festive wine-tasting at Chain Bridge Cellars, in McLean, on Wednesday, July 13, from 5 to 7 p.m. to preview its 50th annual Holiday Homes Tour in December.
Obituary: Remembering Hunter Watson
Hunter Brooks Watson, 20, remembered for lighting up the room with his unforgettable smile and laugh.
Letter: Focus on Wind and Solar Power
To the Editor
Virginia’s transition to clean energy is now underway. On Tuesday, June 28, Governor Terry McAuliffe issued an executive order to create a workgroup that will spend the next year determining how to reduce Virginia’s carbon emissions.
McLean: Cleaning Up History of Hickory Hill
McLean historian Carole Herrick hits the bookshelves again with biography of Hickory Hill and its famous inhabitants.
McLean: Crisis Link, Text and Turning Point
McLean-based nonprofit provides services and engagement during crises.
Caryline Kelly, 27, will earn her graduate degree in mental health counseling this summer. Kelly is a recovery support specialist with Psychiatric Rehabilitation Services, headquartered in McLean.
Inaugural TEDxTysons Event Draws Sell-Out Crowd
TEDx, a nonprofit program that presents local speakers devoted to “Ideas Worth Spreading,” made its Tysons debut on Friday, with a lineup featuring nine different speakers and two performers.