>In the growing Franconia area, a groundbreaking ceremony was recently held for a new full-sized hospital on the corner of Beulah Street and the Springfield-Franconia Parkway just outside Kingstowne.

The Feb. 28 ribbon-cutting ceremony for the Innovation Station North Neighborhood Access project’s illuminated 10-foot-wide asphalt path and two 14-foot-wide bridges marks the end of a hard-won battle ...