Update — The Fairfax County School Board voted unanimously at its March 27 meeting to approve Mason District Representative Ricardy Anderson’s motion for a pilot program to test later middle school start times.
Earlier: As the Fairfax County School Board continues weighing its options for bumping back middle school class times, one member says she wants to give her district a head start.
One of the world’s most popular brands for cold confections is targeting two Fairfax County neighborhoods.
Cold Stone Creamery, which already offers eight locations across the county, plans to open new stores in Lincolnia and Lorton, according to the county’s permitting portal.
Nobody disputes that Parklawn Elementary School in Lincolnia and Coates Elementary School in the McNair area south of Herndon are severely overcrowded.
But whether to address the issue through individual boundary adjustments at the two schools this year — as proposed in a capital improvement program (CIP) approved last year — or wait for a countywide redistricting effort in 2026 is causing a fissure among Fairfax County School Board members.
A fitness center that has been offering classes in parkour, aerial silks and other specialized workouts for more than a decade will soon bid farewell to its longtime home in the Alexandria area.
MindShift Gym, previously known as Urban Evolution, announced earlier this month that its last day of business at 5505 Cherokee Avenue in Lincolnia will be March 31. The gym is in the process of relocating to a new facility in Reston that it hopes to open as soon as possible.
The window has closed for developers, property owners and other community members to nominate sites in Fairfax County for future redevelopment.
The county received about 50 nominations during its Site-Specific Plan Amendment (SSPA) process, which lets members of the public propose changes to the comprehensive plan that guides future land use and development. The submission period lasted from Jan. 13 through last Thursday, Feb. 13.
A fast-casual food chain has settled on Lincolnia for its next Fairfax County restaurant.
The salad and stir-fry chain honeygrow has signed a lease for the storefront at 6464A Lincolnia Road in Barcroft Plaza, filling the space vacated by Chico’s Natural Pet Market last summer.
A Lincolnia man is facing multiple charges after police say he fired several gunshots in the residential neighborhood where he lives.
Officers responded to the 6400 block of Montrose Street in Lincolnia at 1 p.m. last Friday, Jan. 17 after a neighbor called 911 to report a “suspicious noise” from possibly as many as 12 gunshots, according to scanner traffic.
Fairfax County Public Schools has anointed a new principal for its prestigious Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology (TJ).
Michael Mukai, a TJ alum who currently serves as the principal at West Springfield High School, was hired after a nationwide search following the departure of Dr. Ann Bonitatibus, who led the magnet school for about seven years, FCPS announced yesterday (Thursday).
Today’s promised warning shot of snow has begun to fall in Fairfax County.
The National Weather Service has issued at “Snow Squall Warning” for parts of the county after one was spotted at 3:27 p.m. in the Annandale and Lincolnia area, moving east at 45 mph.
A Lincolnia man was arrested yesterday (Thursday) after fatally beating his mother, Fairfax County police say.
Officers were called to a house in the 6300 block of Lincolnia Road around 9:40 a.m. for a report of a deceased person, according to the Fairfax County Police Department. They found John Kim, 39, at the scene, along with his mother, 75-year-old Myong Kim, who was suffering from injuries to the upper body.
