By Brian Trompeter
McLean Volunteer Fire Department officials for the first time in the department’s 103-year history have a third ambulance available to serve the public.
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By Brian Trompeter
A state Senate bill to allow more accessory-dwelling units (ADUs) in residential areas has been moved to next year’s General Assembly session for consideration, but Northern Virginia government officials oppose the legislation, saying it would overrule local zoning authority.
Local students took home first place in all three age levels in the Virginia Department of Aviation’s Virginia Aviation Art Contest.
More than 60 entries from students ranging in age from 6 to 18 were evaluated, with the winners moving on to competition sponsored by the National Association of State Aviation Officials.
By Brian Trompeter
The March 5 “Super Tuesday” presidential primaries will be hectic enough, so a tornado-preparedness event now will not be swirled into the mix.
Just under three in four Fairfax County residential properties saw a year-over-year increase in assessed value, according to data presented Feb. 20 by county officials.
The average assessment on residential property rose 2.9 percent to $744,526, with increases reported in all three segments of the real-estate market:
By Brian Trompeter
A proposed Tysons casino has been tabled until next year for further discussion in the General Assembly, but local civic activists on Feb. 20 reminded the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors of their adamant opposition to the gaming facility.
By Brian Trompeter
Fairfax County households on average would pay about $524 more under the fiscal 2025 budget proposed Feb. 20 by County Executive Bryan Hill.
Add up the sales and prices, and Fairfax County’s home-sales volume for January was just shy of $400 million and down ever so slightly from a year before.
A total of 522 properties went to closing for the month, according to figures reported Feb. 12 by MarketStats by ShowingTime based on listing activity from Bright MLS.
By Brian Trompeter
It took two votes that failed by the same 4-3 margin, but the Vienna Town Council on Feb. 26 decided against proceeding with final-design work for a new sidewalk on Johnson Street, S.W.
As a strike against the Fairfax Connector bus service rolls on, the union representing workers wants to know why Fairfax County government leaders have not stepped in to try and resolve the dispute.
“Fairfax County officials have continued to remain silent and have refused to stand with workers and demand that their contractor bargain in good faith,” Amalgamated Transit Union (ATU) Local 689 said in a Feb. 26 statement.