Stories for August 2022

Macbeth ‘Will Grip the Audience’

Chantilly High grads are in outdoor production of ‘Macbeth.’

Route 29 Bridge Northbound over Cub Run Under Repair

‘We need to work without the traffic in the way’

Route 29 Bridge Northbound over Cub Run Under Repair

Virginia Education on Right Track?

8th Annual Paint Great Falls

Park Authority Cuts Down 130-plus-year-old Tree

Does felling the tree prevent risk of injury or death?

Student Growth Outpaces Staffing

Number of new teachers hasn't kept pace with surge in enrollment.

Since 2008, Alexandria schools have added more than 4,000 new students. But a new report from the Commonwealth Institute shows staffing has not kept pace. City schools have added only 100 new teachers during that time, and the number of teacher aides has actually declined by 10 positions.

Rescue or Purebred?

Stories of the path to dog ownership.

FCPS Principals and Pups

Military Appreciation Mondays Are Back

First dinner in the series supports Semper Fi and America's Fund.

Town of Vienna Police Department Headquarters to Open

Ribbon-cutting ceremony and tours planned for Friday.

Annual Middle Eastern Food Festival Is Labor Day Weekend

Church's legendary hospitality welcomes the community.

Centreville Man Charged with Juvenile’s Assault

News Briefs

RA’s Dog Paddle 2022

Paws down the best fun

Old Firehouse Center Historic Marker Celebrated

Honors McLean Volunteer Fire Department

Firehouse marker

Back to School with FCPS

A snapshot of Aug. 22, 2022

Photos by FCPS photographers Karen Bolt and Donnie Biggs and via social media

FCPS Teachers Need Help with Supplies

Facebook group supports getting help where its needed.

School supplies

Local FCPS Students Head off for SY2022-2023

Keeping students safe getting to and from school.

McLean AAUW to Hold Jewelry Sale Fundraiser

Reshaping Stereotypical Profiling and Stigma of Substance Use Disorder

Local juried art show and auction support recovery.

’It Did Not Go Well for McDonald’s’

Rewriting Virginia History (Again)

Should the Sully District Be Renamed?

Shoestring Theatre Co. Presents “Celtic Spring”

‘Does This Really Benefit the Community or McDonald’s?’

Residents, land-use group oppose new McDonald’s in Centreville.

Taste of the Globe Without the Travel

Fairfax City’s Restaurant Week is Aug. 29-Sept. 4.

Restaurant Week

Return to School 2022

School

Springfield Teen Convicted of Manslaughter; Used ‘Ghost Gun’

Ghost Gun

‘I Hate Surprises’

Pat Miller birthday party benefits Domestic Violence Safe House

Pat Miller

Rethinking Juvenile Justice

Alexandria detention facility may be consolidated as part of statewide effort.

The Northern Virginia Juvenile Detention Center has 70 beds with an average population of 12 juveniles.

Loose Pig is Under Control at Nalls Produce

Wild chase in Franconia conjures images of earlier days when livestock was the norm.

Loose pig

‘Crip Camp: A Disability Revolution’

Documentary Looks at Disabled, Achievements and Passage of the ADA

Crip Camp

Building Ruins Near Franconia: Old Whistle Stop?

Possible track bed, discarded railroad ties, Bob’s Bridge are part of the mystery near Long Branch.

Whistlestop

New Bike-Ped Bridge Gets Boost with RAISE Funding

River crossing is needed for safety.

Bike Bridge Proposal

Potomac Home Sales: July, 2022

In July, 2022, 58 Potomac homes sold between $3,500,000-$370,000.

Call to Engage: A Suburban Mom’s Path to Activism

When my oldest daughter was 11 years old, she cried when a tree was cut down in our northern Virginia neighborhood.

Culinary Instruction Without Borders

Virtual platform takes Melanie Underwood from Fairfax farm to nationwide classroom.

It started with a pastry. Eight-year-old Melanie Underwood trudged through a grassy field in Northern Virginia in search of her father...

Making a Splash at the 2022 Lake Anne Cardboard Boat Regatta

Event by Reston Historic Trust draws thousands.

National Night Out 2022 Hunters Woods-Style

Intelligence-led policing directs law enforcement resources to where they do the most good.

Fair Oaks Fire Causes $175,000 Damage

Great Falls Grange Foundation Town Hall Meeting

Provides update and a look ahead.

Suspected Tysons Center Shooter Held without Bond

Candidates for RCC Board of Governors

Compton Road Shared-use Path Update

‘This project is on the county’s priority plan.’

Cabell’s Mill Parking Lot Closed ’til Oct. 7

Briefs

Co-Responder Program Needed Immediately

Two officers use tasers; one officer fires four shots, killing 26-year-old man during a mental health crisis inside his family’s McLean home.

Jasper Aaron Lynch’s twin sister wanted to help her brother who was having a mental health crisis. Three Fairfax County Police officers hoped to help, too.

Students Raise Alarm on Senate Bill 656

New policies mandated by Jan. 1, 2023 could hurt LBGTQ+ students.

Does every student in a Virginia public school curriculum, Black, Indigenous, students of color, disabled, immigrant, and others, deserve to be accurately represented?

Beagles on the Hunt for Homes

Area shelters and rescues assist in placement of research-bred beagles.

Sniffing out the prospects of finding love connections, Beagles formerly destined for lives as research or testing subjects, are now putting enthusiastic noses to the search for much easier and pain-free lives as beloved family companions...

‘A Special Place’

Principle Gallery debuts new Torpedo Factory artists.

The Principle Gallery on King Street, in partnership with the Torpedo Factory Art Center, hosted an opening reception for an exhibit showcasing artwork by recently juried artists selected to be a part of Torpedo Factory Art Center...

Lake Accotink Park Has a Place in the Community’s Heart

60th Anniversary celebration to honor the park with an interesting past.

Lake Accotink

Metro’s South End Stations Scheduled for a Six-Week Closure

Two-part project will tie in a new station and fix tunnel headaches.

Metro closure

All Fired Up

Friendship Firehouse celebrates 248 years.

The Friendship Firehouse Festival celebrated the 248th anniversary of the founding of the city’s first fire company Aug. 6 at the historic Friendship Firehouse Museum on South Alfred Street.