By Brian Trompeter
Nancy Hannan almost died while giving birth decades ago and, like many who’ve had similar experiences, remembers it vividly to this day.
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By Brian Trompeter
Hundreds of millions of dollars are being carried over from the fiscal 2023 budget and Fairfax County officials are proposing a bevy of ways to spend them.
By Brian Trompeter
George Wolfe drew from his life’s experiences – from venturing through stormwater pipes in his old Vienna neighborhood to paddling all 51 miles of the Los Angeles River – to bring characters alive in his second novel.
By Brian Trompeter
“Converge” – a mixed-use development with a major construction company’s headquarters, an innovative educational facility and hundreds of housing units near the West Falls Church Metro station – received unanimous support July 25 from Fairfax County supervisors.
By Brian Trompeter
Using energy emanating from the sun and stored in the Earth, Spring Hill RECenter in McLean soon will be able to slash its utility costs and lessen its environmental impacts.
By Brian Trompeter
The Fairfax County Planning Commission, following its second public hearing on the matter, on July 27 unanimously recommended that the Board of Supervisors approve a proposed comprehensive-plan amendment for a broader mix of uses at the Pan Am Shopping Center in Vienna.
By Brian Trompeter
Oakcrest School officials announced July 27 that they had named Christie Keuchel as the school’s interim head.
By Brian Trompeter
Community Task Force to Seek Ways to Protect Stream Valley in Tysons: Supervisor Walter Alcorn (D-Hunter Mill) announced at the July 25 Board of Supervisors meeting that he was creating a community-led task force to develop high-level strategies to preserve and enhance a stream valley in Tysons.
By Brian Trompeter
Fairfax County supervisors on July 25 unanimously approved a developer’s request to build a multi-family residential building instead of an approved office tower at 8401 Greensboro Drive.
By Brian Trompeter
Citing “persistent staffing shortages and equipment challenges,” the Fairfax County Department of Public Works and Environmental Services (DPWES) is proposing to eliminate collection of containerized (i.e., dumpster) trash and recycling pickups at county agencies effective Oct. 1 – and perhaps stop vacuum leaf-collection services in nine residential areas as well.