Championship was team’s 10th in 13 seasons, 21st overall
Officially it’s on a year-to-year loaner, yet the American Legion District 17 tournament-championship trophy continues to remain in possession of the Vienna Post 180 baseball team.
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By Brian Trompeter
Stephen Kenney, a member of the Vienna Planning Commission, has been presented with the 2024 Chandler Award for Citizen Planner of the Year by the Virginia chapter of the American Planning Association (APA Virginia).
By Brian Trompeter
Delivering on a promise, the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors on July 16 made additional groups of public-safety personnel eligible to purchase retirement credits for previous service with law-enforcement agencies, the military and now universities as well.
By Brian Trompeter
The Fairfax County School Board on July 18 approved a new boundary-adjustment policy that displeased many in the audience and drew “nay” votes from some members.
By Brian Trompeter
An Argentine tango dance studio soon will begin operating in a light-industrial building in northeast Vienna, following unanimous approval July 17 of a conditional-use permit by the Vienna Board of Zoning Appeals (BZA).
Middle- and high-school French Honor Society students of BASIS Independent McLean recently returned from a two-week service trip to the African nation of Madagascar.
After spending the year fund-raising, the students delivered a $10,000 scholarship to pupils at St. François Xavier School (SFX) School of Fianarantsoa in Madagascar.
By Brian Trompeter
Fairfax County supervisors amended a policy July 16 to reduce maximum-income levels for those seeking to buy workforce-dwelling units (WDUs), and expanded the number of areas in the county where such units can be provided.
By Brian Trompeter
Fairfax County police detectives continue to investigate the homicide of an unidentified man whose body was found July 20 in Oakton.
When it comes to the local real-estate market, it seems that life’s a beach – and everyone currently is there.
Home-showings across the Washington region for the week ending July 14 were at their lowest level since the very onset of the COVID pandemic in 2020, and were less than one-third the market peak in the post-COVID rebound.
By Brian Trompeter
The Vienna Town Council on July 8 unanimously approved a raft of municipal contracts ranging from police software and pavement work to environmental services and vehicle tires.