By Brian Trompeter
The wide smile on Amy Briggs’ face in her 1979 photo as a 5-year-old kindergartner at Spring Hill School in McLean shows her unbridled enthusiasm for being a student there.
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By Brian Trompeter
The McLean Community Center (MCC) Governing Board is inviting residents of the tax district that funds the center’s operations to participate in upcoming meetings to discuss a budget for the fiscal year that begins in July 2024.
By Brian Trompeter
The Optimist Club of Greater Vienna this summer gave its annual Charles A. Robinson ‘Respect for Law’ Awards to two local police officers for their outstanding service.
Those trying to purchase homes in Fairfax County are finding the available inventory down by nearly half from a year ago, but that situation is aiding those who are putting their homes on the market.
Sales across the county were down in July from a year before, but prices were up in all three segments of the market, according to data reported Aug. 10 by MarketStats by ShowingTime based on listing activity from Bright MLS.
By Brian Trompeter
As a teacher and leader, Amos Simms-Smith operates from a point of optimism, looks for students’ talents and gifts, and tries to divine their potential.
By Brian Trompeter
The Fairfax County Police Department (FCPD) on Aug. 15 announced several command promotions and named a new data-analytics director.
By Brian Trompeter
It’s been several years since the pedestrian bridge linking the Freeman Store & Museum in Vienna with the Washington & Old Dominion (W&OD) Regional Trail collapsed, and town officials are hopeful that a long-delayed replacement bridge will be installed soon.
Fairfax County is envisioning its forthcoming COVID-19 memorial as a space for reflection — something that’s been difficult to come by since the pandemic upended life temporarily for some and more permanently for others.
The concept comes from artists Miriam Gusevich and Salvatore Pirrone, who have been chosen to design and build the memorial, ArtsFairfax announced Monday (Aug. 21).
Little remains known regarding when the $101 million redevelopment of downtown Herndon will officially begin.
Comstock Companies, the Reston-based developer leading the project with the Town of Herndon, declined to provide information on the timeline of the delayed project, including an anticipated groundbreaking — even after the company recently submitted a revised site plan.
The Coalition for TJ is petitioning the U.S. Supreme Court to consider its lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology’s admissions policy, which was revised in 2020 with the goal of diversifying the student body.
In the petition filed Monday (Aug. 21), the advocacy group argues that the changes approved by the Fairfax County School Board discriminate against Asian students, who saw their share of the magnet school’s incoming classes drop from more than 70% to closer to 60% in the past few years.