By Brian Trompeter
Cheronda Farrish is switching out red-and-black garments from James Madison High School in favor of yellow, the color at Cedar Lane School in Vienna.
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By Brian Trompeter
Proposed design guidelines calling for a plethora of parks, open spaces, attractive buildings and a network of pedestrian paths in the McLean Community Business Center (CBC) await approval from Fairfax County supervisors on Sept. 12.
Fairfax County stood in the middle of the pack when it came to home-buyer interest in July, according to new data.
The county’s score of 88 on the Bright MLS T3 Home-Demand Index was good enough to place the county fourth out of 10 jurisdictions. But it still represented a slow pace of buyer activity, perhaps owing to limited inventory and higher prices coupled with elevated (compared to several years ago) mortgage-interest rates.
By Brian Trompeter
Fairfax County officials are crafting a proposed zoning-ordinance amendment to make permanent some of the relaxed outdoor-dining rules implemented during the pandemic, but also address concerns about noise and the number of seats.
Those wishing to partake of the urbanizing atmosphere of Tysons and the Mosaic district around Merrifield are having to pay more for the privilege, according to new apartment-rental data.
Both areas have seen year-over-year increases in median rentals even as the nation as a whole saw a contraction in costs.
In October, the Virginia Department of Transportation will put together recommended improvements for the portion of Burke Centre Parkway where a fatal crash occurred last month.
The recommendations will come after VDOT staff can review the official police investigative report on the crash in September. The department is also planning to conduct studies on potential speed limit changes and the feasibility of a traffic signal in September and October.
Fairfax County Public Schools has officially announced that it will not implement the Virginia Department of Education’s recently finalized model policies regarding transgender and nonbinary students.
Yesterday (Tuesday), FCPS Superintendent Michelle Reid released a statement confirming that FCPS won’t adopt the new guidelines after a “detailed legal review” found that its current policies are “consistent” with state and federal law.
A playground behind Reston’s Home Depot is slated for replacement.
The Fairfax County Park Authority is currently in the midst of developing a site plan for the project at Reston North Park, which is located along Stevenage Road near Reston Parkway.
A Vienna couple who own multiple restaurants in the D.C. area, including Divan in McLean, pleaded guilty in federal court earlier this week to evading over $1 million in taxes and stealing COVID-19 relief funds.
As part of the plea agreement, Gholam Kowkabi, 63, and Karen Kowkabi, 64, will give the IRS the $1.35 million that they failed to pay in taxes related to their D.C. restaurants Ristorante Piccolo, Catch 15 and Tuscana West, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for D.C. announced on Monday (Aug. 14).