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Potomac Home Sales: October, 2020
In October, 2020, 62 Potomac homes sold between $4,300,000-$480,000.
Potomac Home Sales: October, 2020
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Opinion: Commentary: Honoring Our Veterans
Henry Dorton, Commander, American Legion Post 24
Seven decades ago, in 1950, brave Americans defended a far-off land that was under attack.
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Westfield Theater Students Offer ‘She Kills Monsters’
Westfield High theater students will livestream their first-ever, virtual production of “She Kills Monsters: Virtual Realms.”
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‘System Is Broken When Bad Plans Get So Far’ in Chantilly
Supervisors OK home construction under airport flight path
Determined to place homes underneath Dulles International Airport’s flight paths, Fairfax County’s Board of Supervisors recently approved developer K. Hovnanian’s plan to build 442 residential units there.
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Opinion: Commentary: One More Step — The Electoral College
The Presidential election is not over yet … I know what you are thinking.
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Flourishing After 55 in Arlington
55+ Programs are virtual or outdoors, following the Governor’s Forward Virginia guidelines.
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Stopping the Combine: Farmers Can’t Compete for Land in Montgomery County
Making room for enough solar to make a difference.
Randy Stabler stopped his combine in the middle of a field in the Agricultural Reserve to join Montgomery County Council’s virtual Town Hall meeting.
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Possible Funding Threat for Fairfax County Public Schools
COVID cases increase, yet leadership hangs their star on families returning and increased enrollment.
Fall membership as of Sept. 30, 2020 at Fairfax County Public Schools declined by 8,859 students, dipping to 180,151 compared to data recorded last year at the same time, according to Assistant Superintendent of Facilities and Transportation Services Jeff Platenberg.
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Opinion: Independent Progressive: Walker Nature Center Delivers Halloween Trail 2020
2020 has been a brutal year.
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(Click on "Download .JPG" to see large chart.) A comparison of reasons why elementary school families withdrew from FCPS, SY 2019 to SY 2020-20; the reason for homeschooling soared from 152 to 1,584.
(Click on "Download .JPG" to see large chart.) A comparison of reasons why elementary school families withdrew from FCPS, SY 2019 to SY 2020-20; the reason for homeschooling soared from 152 to 1,584.
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Scouting for Food Nov. 14
Things have changed because of the coronavirus pandemic.
Roberta Gosling, co-founder of the South Lakes High School Food Pantry said, “Since COVID-19, the SLHS PTSA Food pantry has pivoted to a contact-free distribution system.
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Venture Virtually into Great Falls Artists’ Creative Spaces
Artists of Great Falls Studios welcome community for the 18th Annual Art Studio Tour
Things are a little different this year, and in this case, in a good way.
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Opinion: Commentary: Hail to the Chief-Elect
Tears welled up in my eyes last Saturday evening as the President-elect Joe Biden and the Vice President-elect Kamala Harris addressed their supporters and the nation for the first time after having been declared the winners of the presidential election.
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Help Sherwood Center Giving Tree Program
Fairfax City’s Parks and Recreation Department is partnering with the City’s public schools to help City families in need this holiday season.
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Fairfax County Leaders ‘Strategically Eliminated Citizens’ Voices’
Residents vent to Helmer, Marsden about Braddock, Old Lee Roads
Upset that neither Fairfax County’s Board of Supervisors, nor VDOT, seem to care about residents’ objections to proposed “fixes” for Braddock and Old Lee Roads, Kathleen Leggette hosted her own, town-hall meeting.
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Controversy over Road Plan in Centreville
Fairfax County’s current Comprehensive Plan calls for realigning Braddock and Old Lee Roads in Centreville to cut through Rock Hill District Park, with Braddock ending in a T at Old Lee.
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Alexandria Unofficial Election Results
Alexandria Unofficial Election Results
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State of the Potomac River
Health of Potomac River declines on recent report card
For the first time in a decade, the health of the “Nation’s River,” our own Potomac, has declined.
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From Montgomery County Council: ‘Stakeholder’ Engagement for Solar in the Agricultural Reserve
Montgomery County Council released a plan for additional stakeholder engagement on a zoning proposal, ZTA 20-01, Solar Collection System – AR Zone Standards, that removes the prohibition on community solar on 1,800 of the more than 90,000 acres of land in the Agricultural Reserve.
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Polls Were Busy in Mount Vernon
Parks, libraries and redistricting were small issues compared to the presidential contest.
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