Ellen Dyke and SPARC executive director Debi Alexander honor state Sen. Janet Howell at the June 10, 2023, pancake breakfast put on by the social-safety-net organization. [SPARC photo]
Retiring state Sen. Janet Howell was honored with the Hero Award at the second annual pancake breakfast presented by SPARC, a Fairfax-based non-profit that provides day programs for adults with disabilities.
By Brian Trompeter
The Fairfax County government should resist requests by a developer to significantly reduce parking for multi-family residential units at a proposed mixed-use project next to the West Falls Church Metrorail station, the McLean Citizens Association (MCA) board of directors reiterated June 7.
By Brian Trompeter
Three years – and about 30 meetings and work sessions – after initiating the sweeping new “Code Create Vienna” zoning rewrite, the Vienna Town Council on June 12 voted unanimously to discuss the draft proposal at joint public hearings with the town’s Planning Commission July 10 and 12.
Girls on the Run of Northern Virginia hosted its biannual 5K celebration weekend with events on May 20 at Fair Oaks Mall and on May 21 at BASIS Independent School in Tysons.
More than 4,000 runners took part in the two-day event, which also marked the completion of the 10-week season for participants in the Girls on the Run program, which teaches critical life skills through social-emotional lessons and physical-endurance training.
By Brian Trompeter
Citing pressing obligations from two medical practices, family, charities and board work, two-term Vienna Town Council member Nisha Patel announced June 5 that she would not be seeking re-election in November.
By Brian Trompeter
Fourteen months flew by quickly, and the McLean Citizens Association now is under new leadership.
Fairfax County’s jobless rate dropped three-tenths of a percentage point from March to April, according to new state data, and stands among the lowest in the commonwealth.
With 644,873 residents counted with jobs in the civilian workforce and 14,021 looking for them, Fairfax’s unemployment rate of 2.1 percent in April was down from 2.4 percent in March, and was unchanged from a year before.
By Brian Trompeter
Vienna residents can look forward to plenty of asphalt and concrete pouring, plus other infrastructure upgrades, pedestrian projects and tree initiatives in coming months.
By Brian Trompeter
Following a dispute over nominations, McLean Citizens Association (MCA) members at the group’s May 25 annual membership meeting approved five nominees to the McLean Community Foundation’s (MCF) board of trustees – including one who had not been recommended by the foundation’s board.
By Brian Trompeter
Montessori School of McLean will be able to maintain continuity of operations if Chesterbrook United Methodist Church sells its facility to the school, Fairfax County supervisors decided May 23.
