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Springfield Jersey Mike’s among franchises cited for breaking child labor laws

Published March 21, 2024 at 11:45AM

Jersey Mike's Subs at Old Keene Mill Shopping Center in West Springfield (via Google Maps)

U.S. Department of Labor investigations at four Northern Virginia Jersey Mike’s franchise locations have found the operator allowed more than a dozen employees under the age of 16 to perform dangerous tasks and work longer than permitted hours.

The department’s Wage and Hour Division determined that JM Burke LLC — the Charleston, South Carolina-based operator — violated the Fair Labor Standards Act at locations in Ashburn, South Riding, Springfield and Sterling, according to an agency news release.

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Teen driver in fatal Idylwood crash charged with DUI-related manslaughter

By Inside NoVA

Published March 1, 2024 at 4:45PM

Shreve Road approaching the Pioneer Lane intersection in Idylwood (via Google Maps)

Detectives have charged a 17-year-old boy with DUI-related manslaughter and maiming in a Nov. 20 crash that killed one teen and seriously injured four others in Fairfax County’s Idylwood area.

In a news release, Fairfax County police said the boy was driving under the influence in a 2003 Lincoln Aviator when he crested a hill on Shreve Road “at a high rate of speed” around 5 a.m. that morning.

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Comedian Nate Bargatze’s show expected to draw record crowd to EagleBank Arena

By Inside NoVA

Published February 23, 2024 at 2:30PM

Comedian Nate Bargatze will bring his stand-up show to George Mason University's EagleBank Arena tonight (photo by Craig Hunter Ross)

Friday night’s performance by comedian Nate Bargatze is expected to draw the largest crowd ever to EagleBank Arena on the Fairfax campus of George Mason University, according to Monumental Sports & Entertainment, which operates the arena.

Over 10,400 tickets have been sold for the event, which would break the arena’s record of 10,356 patrons for a concert by Phish on Oct. 8, 1994, Monumental said in a news release. The arena, originally known as the Patriot Center, opened in 1984.

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Bill encouraging data center water studies advances to Virginia House floor for vote

By Ben Peters / Inside NoVA

Published February 12, 2024 at 3:30PM

Some geese float on the Occoquan River (staff photo by Angela Woolsey)

A committee in the Virginia House of Delegates on Friday advanced to the House floor a bill that would require localities to conduct water studies prior to approving data centers.

The bill, introduced by Del. Josh Thomas, a freshman Democrat who represents western Prince William County in the 21st District, would encourage local governments undergo site assessment to examine the effect of data centers on water usage, carbon emissions and agricultural resources.

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Tender Hearts Foundation donates over 100 Nepali children’s books to Fairfax County libraries

By Inside NoVA

Published February 7, 2024 at 11:45AM

Tender Hearts Foundation founder Prabha Bhattarai presents bags of donated Nepali children's books to Fairfax County Public Library Technical Operations Director Dianne Coan (courtesy Tender Hearts Foundation)

Centreville-based nonprofit Tender Hearts has donated over 100 Nepali-language children’s books to Fairfax County Public Libraries with the aim of connecting local Nepalese families and children to their cultural roots.

Prabha Bhattarai Deuja, founder and president of Tender Hearts, recently delivered the books to the Chantilly branch of Fairfax County Public Libraries, according to a news release.

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Suspect in Herndon area shooting also linked to fatal shooting in Woodbridge, police say

By Inside NoVA

Published January 30, 2024 at 9:30AM

A Fairfax County police mugshot for Zaire Davis, a suspect in two shootings and a robbery (via FCPD)

Forensic evidence has led to arrest of a suspect in a shooting in Woodbridge last year that left one man dead and another injured.

Prince William police on Monday served warrants for murder, malicious wounding and use of a firearm in a felony on Zaire Lee Davis, 21, of no fixed address, at the Fairfax County jail, said county police Lt. Jonathan Perok.

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Reston man charged with filing false stabbing report, embezzlement in Sterling

By Inside NoVA

Published December 29, 2023 at 9:30AM

A Reston man has been charged with falsely claiming to have been stabbed in the Dulles Town Center parking lot (via Google Maps)

A man who claimed he was stabbed by two masked strangers outside Dulles Town Center in November now faces charges of filing a false report and embezzlement from the mall’s Sports Nation store where he worked.

On Nov. 10, Fawad Fafa, 44, filed a report with the Loudoun County Sheriff’s Office claiming to have been a victim of a stabbing in the parking lot of the Dulles Town Center Mall in Sterling.

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Real estate market update: Home sales continue to slide across Northern Virginia

By Inside NoVA

Published December 22, 2023 at 11:45AM

A miniature house with a key (via Tierra Mallorca on Unsplash)

Home sales in Northern Virginia declined 9.8% in November from the same month in 2022, but were up 12.5% from October, according to new data from the Northern Virginia Association of Realtors.

The year-over-year decline continued a trend that has been ongoing since the middle of 2022 although it was not as much as in some prior months. And prices rose 5.7% from November 2022, NVAR reported.