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Parking restrictions considered to stop overflow of boats on Hunter Mill District streets

Published September 8, 2025 at 9:15AM

Boats parked on a street in McNair Farms (via Hunter Mill District Supervisor's Office)

Despite being landlocked, some neighborhoods in Fairfax County’s Hunter Mill District have apparently become awash in boats.

Supervisor Walter Alcorn plans to propose expanding Reston’s Community Parking District in order to also ban boats and other large vehicles from parking on public streets in the McNair Farms area south of Herndon.

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UPDATED: FCPS ‘disappointed’ by dismissal of lawsuit to halt funding freeze

By Angela Woolsey

Published September 8, 2025 at 8:30AM | Updated September 8, 2025 at 10:40AM

Justice statue over the entrance to the Albert V. Bryan U.S. Courthouse in Alexandria (staff photo by Angela Woolsey)

Fairfax County Public Schools has encountered at least a temporary setback in its bid to prevent the federal government from cutting off funding over its support for transgender students.

On Friday (Sept. 5), a federal judge in Alexandria dismissed the lawsuit that the Fairfax and Arlington county school boards had filed against the U.S. Education Department, denying their requests for an injunction to halt the funding freeze as the case proceeds.

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Rally opposing tree clearings on W&OD Trail planned in Vienna

By Angela Woolsey

Published September 5, 2025 at 3:45PM

Trees line one side of the W&OD Trail along Dominion Road in Vienna (staff photo by Angela Woolsey)

The chainsaws have gone quiet, but the fight to preserve trees along the Washington & Old Dominion (W&OD) Trail isn’t over yet.

A number of elected officials, nonprofits and community organizations plan to renew pressure on Dominion Energy over its approach to tree clearings with a rally tomorrow (Saturday) in Vienna.

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Cirque du Soleil returns to Tysons with Mexico-inspired show

By Angela Woolsey

Published September 5, 2025 at 9:15AM

A Cirque du Soleil performer in rain during "Luzia" (photo by Matt Beard)

Cirque du Soleil is back in Tysons.

After visiting George Mason University’s Eagle Bank Arena last spring, the Canadian circus will once again open up its Big Top at Lerner Town Square (8025 Galleria Drive) for a new show, starting tomorrow (Saturday).

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Camera theft, arson at Herndon business park under investigation

By Angela Woolsey

Published September 5, 2025 at 8:30AM | Updated September 5, 2025 at 4:04PM

Flags indicating Sunset Business Park in Herndon is open (staff photo by Angela Woolsey)

Local police recently arrested a man who’s believed to be behind multiple criminal incidents targeting the Sunset Business Park in Herndon, including two arson attempts.

The Herndon Police Department (HPD) dispatched officers to 268 Sunset Park Drive at 5:17 p.m. on Monday (Sept. 1) for a larceny after a security camera was reportedly stolen from one of the storefronts.

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Faced with tightening job market, recent college grads crowd N. Va. career fair

By Angela Woolsey

Published September 4, 2025 at 11:45AM | Updated October 14, 2025 at 9:48AM

UVA Northern Virginia hosts the Virginia Universities Career Fair on Aug. 13, 2025 (staff photo by Angela Woolsey)

The CIA is hiring, though its recruiters can’t comment in detail on why.

The McLean-based intelligence agency joined over 65 other employers at the University of Virginia’s Northern Virginia campus in Merrifield last month for a career fair that drew hundreds of college students as well as recent (and not-so-recent) graduates, all of them scrambling for a foothold in an uncertain economy.

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Fairfax County to update vision for aging Mount Vernon facilities

By Angela Woolsey

Published September 4, 2025 at 9:15AM

Mount Vernon Government Center (staff photo by James Jarvis)

Time is running out to weigh in early on the future of Fairfax County’s Mount Vernon District facilities.

County staff and Mount Vernon District Supervisor Dan Storck’s office are soliciting input on potential improvements to the governmental center, fire and police stations, and public library through a community survey that’s scheduled to close after tomorrow (Friday).

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Dogs to take over The Water Mine in Reston this Saturday

By Angela Woolsey

Published September 4, 2025 at 8:30AM

Dog Daze at The Water Mine (via Fairfax County Park Authority/Facebook)

The Water Mine in Reston is closing out the summer this Saturday (Sept. 6) with the return of its annual “Dog Daze” event.

The Gold Rush-themed water park, which is located in Lake Fairfax Park at 1400 Lake Fairfax Drive, will become a pooches-only zone from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. after concluding its human operations for the season on Monday (Sept. 1).

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Fairfax County awaits guidance on potential fallout of reduced federal support for Medicaid

By Angela Woolsey

Published September 3, 2025 at 3:45PM | Updated September 4, 2025 at 12:09PM

Inova Fairfax Medical Campus patient drop-off (staff photo by James Jarvis)

Almost two months after President Donald Trump signed his so-called “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” into law, the legislation’s health care implications remain hazy.

Adopted on July 4, the federal budget reconciliation package introduced a number of changes to Medicaid, Medicare and the marketplace created by the Affordable Care Act (ACA) that could lead to an additional 10 million uninsured people in the U.S. by 2034, according to the U.S. Congressional Budget Office’s (CBO) most recent estimates.

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Input wanted on rebuild of Reston playground damaged by storm

By Angela Woolsey

Published September 3, 2025 at 10:00AM

The Old Trail playground in Reston before it was damaged by a storm (via Reston Association)

A Reston playground that was damaged by a storm this spring could return soon with some improvements.

Reston Association is currently seeking community feedback on potential upgrades for the Old Trail playground, which was mostly taken out by trees that fell during a rain storm on May 14, communications director Cara O’Donnell says.