Noting his track record of igniting transformation through arts access and arts education, the board of directors of ArtsFairfax has tapped Stuart Holt as its new president/CEO.
He succeeds Linda Sullivan, who had served as president since 2010.
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By Brian Trompeter
Vienna’s leaders are none too happy with the Fairfax County Police Department’s (FCPD) plan to stop staffing nine crossing-guard positions at the town’s schools and have Vienna police take over those duties instead.
By Brian Trompeter
Citing waiting periods of weeks, months and occasionally more than one year for popular Fairfax County Public Library items, Supervisor Walter Alcorn (D-Hunter Mill) asked his Board of Supervisors colleagues on March 19 to consider a one-time expenditure of $500,000 to bolster the library system’s book-collection budget.
Member jurisdictions will be asked to chip in $5.26 per resident over the coming year to help fund the Northern Virginia Regional Park Authority’s fiscal 2025 budget.
But the agency – also known as NOVA Parks – plans to recoup nearly 90 percent of its overall costs through fees charged for use of same facilities and services (such as pools, golf courses, batting cages and snack bars) rather than from tax subsidies.
By Brian Trompeter
The Fairfax County Police Department (FCPD) uses, and plans to implement more, innovative technology to fight crime, improve performance and bolster officer safety. But one of those tools is raising a police association’s concerns.
By Brian Trompeter
The Fairfax County Planning Commission on March 20 unanimously recommended that the Board of Supervisors approve a rezoning proposal to construct a residential building at 1477 Chain Bridge Road in McLean.
By Brian Trompeter
Fairfax County residents and businesses looking to install electric-vehicle (EV) charging equipment will be able to take advantage of county fee waivers through October 2025, following the Board of Supervisors’ March 19 extension of a pilot initiative.
By Brian Trompeter
Despite some qualms about the number of parking spaces and electric-vehicle (EV) charging stations, Fairfax County supervisors on March 19 unanimously approved the conversion of a Tysons office building into a residential structure.
As the drumbeat of excitement starts to build for a nearly 90-percent solar eclipse coming to the commonwealth next month, Virginia Department of Education officials are encouraging local school districts to make sure youth know what to do, and more importantly what not to do, during the event.
The April 8 eclipse will begin in the Washington region about 2:04 p.m., reaching its maximum point (the sun being 89 percent covered) at 3:20 p.m. and concluding around 4:30 p.m.
By Brian Trompeter
Non-profit SevaTruck Foundation since the pandemic has been making meals at Lewinsville Senior Center in McLean and distributing them to people in need.