By Brian Trompeter
Citing what he said is too much politics and too few experienced prosecutors in the Fairfax Commonwealth’s Attorney’s Office, trial attorney Ed Nuttall is challenging incumbent Commonwealth’s Attorney Steve Descano (D) in the June 20 primary.
By Brian Trompeter
Mark Riddell, an Oakton High School and George Mason University alumnus who spent much of his career doing public-relations work for entertainment firms, died Feb. 12 in Fairfax at age 55.
By Brian Trompeter
Virginia’s top leaders – from the governor and members of Congress to county supervisors – formed a united front Feb. 15 to urge the General Services Administration (GSA) to pick a federally owned site in Springfield for the FBI’s new headquarters.
By Brian Trompeter
“Aged to Perfection” read Porta Nickles’ white-and-gold sash, and it was hard to argue otherwise on her 107th birthday.
By Brian Trompeter
Fairfax County Executive Bryan Hill on Feb. 21 recommended no increase in the county’s real-estate-tax rate as part of his proposed fiscal year 2024 budget, which if approved by Board of Supervisors still would cost the average homeowner about $520 more this year because of higher assessment values.
By Brian Trompeter
Fairfax County supervisors on Feb. 21 are expected to authorize a March 7 public hearing to discuss the possible renaming and creation of some voting precincts and the relocation of others.
By Brian Trompeter
Treading carefully among unstable rubble and wearing face masks against choking dust from pulverized concrete, Virginia Task Force 1 members in Turkey now find themselves in a familiar role: trying to find and tend to survivors in the midst of devastation.
They stumbled and they tumbled in January, but things might be looking up for home sales across Fairfax County as spring approaches.
A total of 552 properties went to closing during what traditionally is one of the slowest months of the year in local real estate, according to new figures.
Despite a chilly home-sales report for January, leaders of the Northern Virginia Association of Realtors (NVAR) are upbeat on the market’s prospects going into springtime.
“The buyers and sellers I work with are motivated and adjusting to higher mortgage rates,” said Peter Bixby of Compass, a member of the NVAR board of directors.
By Brian Trompeter
Fairfax County police on Feb. 10 finished installing photo-monitoring devices (speed cameras) in eight school zones to kick off a pilot program aimed at changing drivers’ behavior, slowing down vehicles, improving traffic safety and reducing the number of accidents and injuries.
