By Brian Trompeter
Patrons of Northern Virginia’s libraries take access to them for granted, but many of the facilities were for whites only until the late 1950s and early 1960s.
Author: GazetteLeader
WHITNEY PIPKIN
Bay Journal News Service
By Brian Trompeter
The town of Vienna will use an additional $1.35 million in federal American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funds to improve water mains.
By Brian Trompeter
The McLean Citizens Association (MCA) on Feb. 1 signaled its support of plans by the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA) to redevelop 24 acres around the West Falls Church Metrorail station.
George Mason University Dining has worked closely with Mason Hillel and Chabad at Mason to provide students, faculty and staff with a new, eclectic mix of Kosher cuisine at the Southside dining facility, enabling diners to easily follow Kosher dietary rules.
The new station, known as Mason Mensch, launched for the spring semester. Kosher dinners are served from 6 to 8 p.m., Sunday through Thursday.
Winter is more than halfway over and many large cities in the Northeast have yet to see their first snow.
At the end of January, New York City had gone 300 days without substantial snowfall accumulation. Philadelphia, which usually has its first measurable snow in mid-December, is nearing its latest snow date to record – Feb. 3, 1995.
By Brian Trompeter
Fairfax County officials should consider alternatives to crumb-rubber infill for synthetic-turf fields, prevent toxic chemicals from them from entering local waterways and monitor what happens to those surfaces once their useful lives have ended, according to a resolution passed Feb. 1 by the McLean Citizens Association (MCA) board of directors.