By Brian Trompeter
Volunteer Fairfax, which is celebrating its 50th anniversary this year, on May 9 honored outstanding community members at its annual Volunteer Service Awards.
Author: GazetteLeader
By Brian Trompeter
In order to upgrade equipment dating from the 1980s and increase future carrying capacity, Dominion Energy over the next year and a half will install new electric-transmission lines along 3.9 miles of the Washington & Old Dominion Regional Trail in the Vienna area.
By Brian Trompeter
Approximately 50 acres’ worth of trees have been felled to make way for the I-495 Express Lanes Northern Extension (495 NEXT) project and area residents are keen on making sure the area is properly revegetated after the bulldozers and cement trucks leave.
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More than 150 applicants applied the the award
The achievements of area graduating high-school seniors were announced and celebrated the morning of May 21 in the grand ballroom at Springfield Golf & Country Club. There, the Northern Virginia Athletic Directors Administrators and Coaches Association (NVADACA) held its annual awards scholarship breakfast banquet.
By Brian Trompeter
For Cityline Partners LLC, 8-1-1 twice proved to be the magic numbers in securing Fairfax County’s approval of its plan to build an up-to-240-unit residential building instead of an office structure at its Arbor Row development in Tysons.
By Brian Trompeter
A meals tax may not yet be in the batter’s box in Fairfax County, but nine of 10 supervisors appear ready to let it step into the on-deck circle when preliminary budget discussions begin in September.
By Brian Trompeter
Fairfax County supervisors voted 10-0 May 21 to uphold county zoning staff’s ruling that a series of improvements built more than a decade ago at an Oakton residence violated the Chesapeake Bay Protection Ordinance and now must obtain official authorization or be removed.
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The 6D North championship was the Warhawks’ second straight
For a number of seasons, the Madison Warhawks haven’t gotten rattled in close-game pressure situations during playoff matches.
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Minsky finishes first in boys 3,200 race and runs on winning relay team
What a way to end a high-school running career – with two state championships, one being his first individual Virginia crown.
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Senior runner Exley leads the Panthers by winning two races.
By scoring points in multiple events, most significantly the distance races and relays, the Potomac School Panthers defended their state track and field championship.