A total of 264 Fairfax County Public Schools students have been named National Merit Semifinalists, putting them in the running for more than 7,000 scholarships worth $28 million to be bestowed next spring.
They are among 16,000 semifinalists named from among 1.3 million students taking the qualifying exam in the National Merit Scholarship Program.
By Brian Trompeter
An already competitive Vienna Town Council race has gotten more interesting in recent days, as candidate Elizabeth Korondy dropped out of contention and the Vienna Transportation Safety Commission (TSC) chairman decided to seek a Council seat via a write-in campaign.
Home-sellers emerged from a summer hibernation in the week ending Sept. 10, not only putting an increased number of homes on the market, but being aggressive almost to the point of friskiness in the prices they were asking.
The median listing price of $649,000 for the week was up 12.9 percent from a week before and up 8.3 percent from a year ago, according to data reported Sept. 11 by BrightMLS.
By Brian Trompeter
Electric model trains made a steady din as they chugged around tracks, blew their whistles and passed through miniature towns Aug. 24 at Oakton Library.
The Fairfax County Police Department bucked a national trend by welcoming one of the largest recruit classes in its history.
A total of 59 new recruits last week began their journey toward becoming a county police officer by beginning training at the county’s Criminal Justice Academy.
Those angling to snag an apartment in Tysons generally are paying about the same as a year ago, according to new data.
With a median apartment-rental rate of $2,029 for a one-bedroom unit and $2,425 for two bedrooms in August, the corridor’s year-over-year cost was down 0.1 percent from a year ago despite a 0.6-percent increase month-over-month.
By Brian Trompeter
Fairfax County officials pronounced themselves pleased that the jurisdiction continues to have the lowest violent-crime rate among the 70 large jurisdictions ranked by the Major Cities Chiefs Association, but a mid-year report released Sept. 6 by county police showed crime up in many categories.
By Brian Trompeter
Local private schools have swung back into action for the fall semester and many are starting the school year with new facilities, leadership and programs.
By Brian Trompeter
The Fairfax County Deer Management Archery Program will be conducted at parks and other locations throughout the county from Sept. 9 to Feb. 17, officials said.
No public middle or high school in the GazetteLeader’s Fairfax coverage area was denied accreditation by state officials or placed in a probationary status for 2023-24, but there were several problem areas identified, according to data reported by the Virginia Department of Education.
Oakton, James Madison and George C. Marshall high schools and Kilmer and Luther Jackson middle schools failed to fully satisfy at least one of the criteria used for accreditation rankings, while Langley and McLean high schools, Thomas Jefferson High School for Science & Technology and Cooper, Thoreau and Longfellow middle schools each emerged with a clean bill of health.
