The Spring Hill Rec Center in McLean is now being partly powered by the sun.
The Fairfax County Park Authority announced today (Thursday) that it has turned on a new, 307-kilowatt solar panel array on the roofs of the recreation center’s gym and indoor swimming pool at 1239 Spring Hill Road.
A Maryland-based early childhood education company is opening a second location in the Reston-Herndon area.
Celebree School will celebrate the grand opening of its newest location at 12700 Sunrise Valley Drive with a spring carnival on Saturday, April 27. The event, which will run from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., will feature magic shows, a bubble station and various food vendors.
(Updated at 8:25 p.m.) A motorcyclist was killed last night (Wednesday) in a two-vehicle crash just outside the Rolling Valley shopping mall in Burke, police say.
Officers and a Fairfax County Fire and Rescue medic were dispatched to the intersection of Old Keene Mill Road and Shiplett Blvd around 10:05 p.m. for a crash involving a motorcycle and car, according to scanner traffic on Open MHz.
FCPS Prevails in Sexual Assault Lawsuit — “A jury on Wednesday rejected a woman’s lawsuit seeking tens of millions of dollars from Virginia’s largest school system over allegations that she was raped multiple times as a middle schooler.” The former student claimed “school officials at Rachel Carson Middle School in Reston ignored her complaints,” which Fairfax County Public Schools lawyers argued had been fabricated. [NBC4]
Woodlawn Chicken Restaurant Reopens in New Spot — “Su Pollo, a Peruvian charcoal chicken restaurant long located on Richmond Highway in Woodlawn, officially reopened April 23 at its new location at Engleside Plaza…The restaurant made the move to a new space due to the future Richmond Highway widening project,” which will replace its original site with a stormwater facility. [On the MoVe]
By Brian Trompeter
Fourth- and fifth-graders from Spring Hill Elementary School in McLean on April 6 placed second in the state Odyssey of the Mind competitions, which qualified it and the first-place team to represent Virginia at the Odyssey of the Mind World Finals on May 21-24 at Iowa State University.
By Brian Trompeter
Volunteers perform essential tasks and enhance Vienna’s sense of community, and the town government on April 16 gave some of those standout residents their due.
By Brian Trompeter
Longtime McLean resident, attorney and civic activist William J. Byrnes, who died April 14 at age 84, cared deeply about the community, his friends said.
By Brian Trompeter
The Rotary Club of Vienna on April 17 continued its long tradition of honoring outstanding personnel at Vienna’s police, parks and recreation, and volunteer fire departments.
By Brian Trompeter
American Legion Dyer-Gunnell Post 180 on April 4 honored members of Vienna’s police and volunteer fire departments for their dedication and service.
By Brian Trompeter
Following pointed objections lodged by Vienna officials, residents and the GazetteLeader editorial page, the Fairfax County Police Department will not move forward for now with plans to cut nine school-crossing-guard positions in the town.
