By Brian Trompeter
Within the next couple of years, Fairfax County residents and visitors could be paying more to eat out, attend events, stay at hotels and settle the estates of loved ones.
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By Brian Trompeter
Continuing its practice of the past two fiscal years, the Vienna Town Council on Aug. 26 approved blanket purchasing authority for more than $2 million worth of vehicles under the town’s replacement program.
By Brian Trompeter
Following concessions by Fairfax Water to minimize impacts on neighbors, the Fairfax County Planning Commission unanimously recommended Sept. 11 that county supervisors approve the utility’s special-exception request to build a new, higher-capacity water tower in the Poplar Heights neighborhood near Falls Church.
By Brian Trompeter
The Fairfax County Planning Commission unanimously recommended Sept. 18 that the Board of Supervisors grant a special-exception request to construct a medical-care facility on a 2.43-acre commercial site at Graham Road and Route 50 in the Falls Church area.
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Warhawks play consistently with two rounds of 317 team scores
They’re baaaaaaaack.
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Jim Adkins coached the Warhawks to three state championships
Jim Adkins, the successful head coach of the Madison Warhawks girls high-school softball team the past 11 seasons, recently stepped down from that position.
Home prices across the Washington region may run significantly higher than the nation as a whole. But in terms of affordability, it’s effectively a wash.
The local region scored very close to the national rate in the National Association of Home Builders’ second-quarter affordability ranking.
For months, the prevailing theory in local real estate was that sales totals were being held back by a lack of inventory coupled with higher prices and interest rates.
While prices kept rising in August, there was more inventory and lower mortgage rates – yet the D.C. region reporded its lowest number of sales for the month in 16 years.
By Brian Trompeter
Fairfax County supervisors unanimously agreed Sept. 10 to boost taxicab rates by about 15 percent.
By Brian Trompeter
The end result wasn’t perfect, Fairfax County supervisors acknowledged, but the zoning-ordinance amendment they passed Sept. 10 on an 8-2 vote was designed to protect residents from impacts of data centers.