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The Herndon Police Department is lobbying local lawmakers to allow the installation of red light cameras across the town.

“We want to make sure that we’re staying up with technology and we’re leveraging technology to work for us, because we want to be self-sufficient as a police department,” Herndon Police Chief Steven Pihonak told the town council last week (Nov. 5).


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The Fairfax County Fire and Rescue Department is investigating a fire at a home in the Herndon area where two people were found dead.

Firefighters were dispatched to the 1500 block of Shellbark Place in Dranesville around 7:20 a.m. for the house fire. They arrived at the single-family home to see visible fire and “a large amount of black smoke in the area,” according to scanner traffic.


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Herndon police believe they have arrested everyone involved in the stabbing of a teen late last month, a department spokesperson says.

The 15-year-old boy was reportedly stabbed by three people at a home in the 600 block of Center Street around 3:30 p.m. on Oct. 24. He was transported to a hospital with serious injuries, though his condition later stabilized.


Around Town

A growing fast-casual chain specializing in chicken salad will open its doors in Herndon later this month.

Chicken Salad Chick is set for a grand opening at Herndon Centre (494 Elden Street) on Tuesday, Nov. 18, kicking off a series of promotional giveaways that will continue through that Saturday (Nov. 22).


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A Herndon man who previously represented western Fairfax County in the Virginia House of Delegates will avoid jail time after admitting to fraudulently obtaining a Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loan.

Democrat Ibraheem Samirah, who represented the old 86th district from 2019 until 2022, was sentenced yesterday (Thursday) by a federal judge in Alexandria to three years of probation for fraudulently obtaining the $83,300 loan for his dentist practice, NOVA Healthy Smiles (NHS), in May 2020.


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A national security contractor has received Fairfax County’s blessing to open a new campus in Herndon.

The Board of Supervisors unanimously voted to approve the project for Peraton at its meeting on Tuesday (Oct. 28). No one spoke at a public hearing prior to the vote.


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County officials are currently seeking feedback on proposed changes to Fairfax Connector bus service early next year.

Through Nov. 12, residents can weigh in on the proposal, which would only affect six different routes.


Countywide

The Reston and Herndon business corridor was the standout for office leasing across Northern Virginia in the third quarter, according to new data.

While total leasing volume regionwide dipped 25.8% year-over-year, the Reston and Herndon area posted its best performance in three years and totaling about one-third of leasing activity in Northern Virginia as government contractors shrugged off economic challenges and looked toward higher defense spending, according to Savills Research & Data Services.


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The suspect behind a recent shooting in the Herndon area that killed a student from Herndon High School is also a juvenile, Fairfax County police say.

The unnamed “juvenile male suspect” has been charged with second degree murder, using a firearm in the commission of a felony and shooting from a vehicle, the Fairfax County Police Department announced on Saturday (Oct. 25).


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A teen was stabbed reportedly by multiple people at a residence in Herndon this afternoon (Friday).

Police officers were dispatched to the 600 block of Center Street around 3:32 p.m. after a woman reported that her 15-year-old son had been “stabbed in the chest” by three people, according to scanner traffic.


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