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Fairfax: Remembering Harold Skeins
Family, community remember Harold Skeins.
Some 60 people gathered Sunday night on the basketball court in Fairfax’s Ratcliffe Park for a candlelight vigil in memory of Harold Skeins.
Fairfax: Looking Toward the Future
Multifamily homes and redevelopment.
Several development projects are either proposed or in the works in the City of Fairfax and its environs. Below are details about some of them:
Policing with Compassion
Building trust between residents and police.
Most residents aren’t even aware that Fairfax County has a Communities of Trust (COT) Committee. But it held a Town Hall Meeting last Saturday, Sept. 10, at Centreville Baptist Church with the theme, “Communities Working Together: Justice, Unity and Peace.”
‘Take a Moment Today and Count Your Blessings’
North Korean refugees speak to Chantilly High students.
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Fairfax Couple Presumed Positive for COVID-19
County, state, health professionals provide answers, advice.
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Teen Missing Since 1975 Is Identified
Modern DNA technology aids police in unraveling a mystery.
Modern DNA technology aids police in unraveling a mystery.
What Goes into Being an Entrepreneur?
GMU students learn about business while holding farm markets.
Business
If You Can Imagine It, You Can Build It Here
Nova Labs makerspace opens in Fairfax City; moved from Reston.
Labs
Virginia Tech Tragedy: Five Years Later
Erin Peterson’s family then and now.
For Celeste and Grafton Peterson, on April 16, 2007, the world as they knew it changed forever. That was the day their daughter — and only child — Erin was killed in the massacre at Virginia Tech.
Honoring Jeffrey; Helping Others
Angel Kisses 5K/2K is this Sunday.
Jeffrey Virostek was 2 when he was diagnosed with acute myelogenous leukemia (AML). He went into remission after aggressive treatment and a bone-marrow transplant; and for nine months, he was able to just be a little boy again, playing with friends and enjoying his family.
‘Mr. Mac’ Nominated for Grammy Award
Glen McCarthy vying for first-ever music-educator honor.
Glen McCarthy played trumpet in high school; but when his parents gave him a guitar for graduation, it changed the trajectory of his life. He’s played guitar in bands ever since then – yet what’s defined him most, he says, is being a guitar teacher.
40 Years Prison for Centreville Murder
Man killed his ex-girlfriend’s sister.
Despite the fact that Man Ha Park left his wife and daughter to run off with another woman, they both testified on his behalf before he was sentenced for murdering that woman’s sister. But neither their pleas nor tears could save him from being sentenced to 40 years in prison for a killing so brutal that the prosecutor called the crime scene “a blood bath — worse than in many horror movies.”
Centreville/Chantilly: Looking into the Future
Homes, stores, restaurants and a roundabout.
With the downturn in the office market, developers are instead planning to build residential and commercial uses on vacant parcels of land in the Westfields area of Chantilly. Below are details about what’s on the horizon, including plans for a memory-care facility off of Route 50 west.
‘Whole Segments of Workers Can’t Live Here’ in City of Fairfax
City of Fairfax discusses affordable housing.
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‘That Thing Was Crazy – Like a Monster’ in Centreville
Fire burns 12 townhouses in Sully Station II.
Principal to Mountain View High Graduates: ‘Go Change the World’
Mountain View High holds spring commencement.