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<b>Thursday/March 5
</b>Fairfax City Democratic Committee Meeting, 7:30 p.m. at the City Hall Annex, 10455 Armstrong St., Fairfax. 703-385-8500.
<b>Sunday/March 8
</b>Western Fairfax Republican Women's Club Membership Luncheon, 1 p.m. at the Kena Temple Center, 9001 Arlington Blvd., Fairfax. 703-425-6542.
Fairfax County Solid Waste Management Program "Electric Sunday," to recycle televisions, computers and peripheral electronic devices. 10 a.m.-3 p.m. at the I-66 Transfer Station, 4618 West Ox Road, Fairfax. Free, available only to Fairfax County residents. Devices from businesses will not be accepted at these events. For complete details visit www.fairfaxcounty.gov/recycling or call 703-324-5250, TTY 711.
<b>Monday/March 9
</b>Planning Commission, 7:30 p.m. at the City Hall Annex, 10455 Armstrong St., Fairfax. 703-385-7930.
<b>Tuesday/March 10
</b>City Council Meeting, 7 p.m. at the City Hall Annex, 10455 Armstrong St., Fairfax. 703-385-7935.
<b>Wednesday/March 11
</b>Historic Fairfax City Inc., 7:30 p.m. at the City Hall Annex, 10455 Armstrong St., Fairfax. 703-385-8414.
<b>Thursday/March 12
</b>Park and Recreation Advisory Board, 7 p.m. at the City Hall Annex, 10455 Armstrong St., Fairfax. 703-385-7858.
<b>Tuesday/March 17
</b>Commission for Women, 7 p.m. at the City Hall Annex, 10455 Armstrong St., Fairfax. 703-385-7894.
<b>Wednesday/March 18
</b>Board of Architectural Review, 7:30 p.m. at the City Hall Annex, 10455 Armstrong St., Fairfax. 703-385-7820.
Open and Transparent Government Panel, 7:30 p.m. at George Mason University Johnson Center, Third Floor, Room C, 4400 University Drive, Fairfax. Co-sponsored by The League of Women Voters of the Fairfax Area and the Department of Leadership and Community Engagement of George Mason University. Sen. George Barker (D-37), Del. Thomas Rust (R-86), Oakton High School government teacher Eliot Waxman, a George Mason University representative and a reporter from the Washington Post will discuss the Freedom of Information Act, the people who use it and what is being taught about it in our schools and universities. www.lwv-fairfax.org.
<b>Thursday/March 19
</b>Independence Day Celebration Committee, 7 p.m. at the City Hall Annex, 10455 Armstrong St., Fairfax. 703-385-7858.
City of Fairfax Republican Committee Meeting, 7:30 p.m. at the City Hall Annex, 10455 Armstrong St., Fairfax. 703-3273-2824.