By Brian Trompeter
When the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris kicked off July 26, 12 Fairfax County police offices and an explosive-detection dog were among the throng of law-enforcement personnel ensuring the safety of athletes, staff and spectators alike.
By Brian Trompeter
Fairfax County police have arrested three men in connection with the death of a 47-year-old Fairfax man in Oakton.
By Brian Trompeter
The McLean Project for the Arts (MPA) may get a $500,000 boost from Fairfax County taxpayers to help bring the arts group’s planned facility in downtown McLean to fruition.
By Brian Trompeter
Persistently high office-vacancy rates are forcing Fairfax County officials to think creatively about how to get businesses back into those buildings, or perhaps demolish those structures or reuse them for other purposes.
By Brian Trompeter
Fairfax County police say they have reduced traffic speeds an average of 8 mph following installation of photo speed-monitoring cameras in 10 locations last year, and soon will begin installing a total of 50 more in school zones in all nine magisterial districts.
By Brian Trompeter
Changes – including privatization, hiring more personnel or having school employees handle the work – could be coming to the crossing-guard program provided by the Fairfax County Police Department (FCPD).
By Brian Trompeter
Workers are headed back to the office somewhat more frequently than last year in Fairfax County and the post-pandemic rate of remote work appears to be leveling off, a county economic-development official informed the Board of Supervisors July 23.
Catcher had a strong season after transferring to Tulane
A change worked out positively for Colin Tuft, and likely played a big role in the Madison High School graduate getting chosen in the recent Major League baseball draft.
Championship was team’s 10th in 13 seasons, 21st overall
Officially it’s on a year-to-year loaner, yet the American Legion District 17 tournament-championship trophy continues to remain in possession of the Vienna Post 180 baseball team.
By Brian Trompeter
Stephen Kenney, a member of the Vienna Planning Commission, has been presented with the 2024 Chandler Award for Citizen Planner of the Year by the Virginia chapter of the American Planning Association (APA Virginia).
