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Fairfax County recently delivered hundreds of recycling bins to a manufactured homes community in Hybla Valley for free.

The 35-gallon, lidded carts were provided in response to years of complaints from Audubon Estates residents, whose private trash hauler has declined to provide designated recycling containers, according to the county’s Department of Public Works and Environmental Services (DPWES).


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A Fairfax County judge has ordered a mental competency evaluation for the man accused of stabbing a Fredericksburg woman to death at a Hybla Valley bus stop earlier this year.

Circuit Court Judge Manuel Capsalis entered an order on Oct. 14 for the evaluation of 33-year-old Abdul Jalloh.


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Fairfax County is moving forward with a $7.5 million project to add a child care center and an athletic field to the Hybla Valley Community Center.

At its Oct. 7 meeting, the Fairfax County Planning Commission unanimously signed off on the proposal to revamp the facility at 7952 Audubon Avenue.


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A teen is in custody days after a shooting at Mount Vernon Plaza in Hybla Valley sent two men to the hospital.

The 16-year-old boy was charged with willfully discharging a firearm in a public place, causing injuries, yesterday (Thursday) after the Fairfax County Police Department identified him as the alleged suspect in the Sept. 29 shooting.


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County supervisors on Tuesday (Sept. 29) approved designs for windscreen artwork to be placed at the nine stations along “The One,” Fairfax’s future Richmond Highway bus rapid transit corridor.

Each of the designs reflects a theme related to the area surrounding a station. Submissions were sought from artists as part of the project’s “Community Charm” initiative.


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Fairfax County officials plan to launch a 90-day pilot program in January to test automated technology that will target drivers of excessively loud vehicles.

Fairfax County Police Department officials outlined plans for the program yesterday (Tuesday) to members of the Board of Supervisors, which responded generally favorably.


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Fairfax County supervisors celebrated milestone anniversaries yesterday (Tuesday) of an elementary school and a community hospital, with proclamation presentations slated for later in the year.

County supervisors honored the 150th anniversary of Groveton Elementary School (6900 Harrison Lane).


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One man is in the hospital, and another has been arrested after an argument escalated to a shooting in Hybla Valley over the weekend.

Officers were dispatched to the 7900 block of Fordson Road in the Gum Springs area at 6:24 p.m. on Saturday (Aug. 22) for the reported shooting, according to the Fairfax County Police Department.


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To help kids in Fairfax County fight hunger after school, a colorfully painted school bus is visiting their neighborhoods in the evenings.

The nonprofit Capital Area Food Bank (CAFB) hosted an event yesterday evening in Hybla Valley to debut a brand-new, converted school bus that delivers free after-school meals to local kids.


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