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‘We Either Pay Now or Later’ in City of Fairfax

Public Works, Transportation, Fire and Police CIP proposals.

Centreville: ‘We’re Asking a Lot of Drivers in this Area’

Update on road construction on Routes 28/29 and I-66.

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‘I Could Get in a Lot of Trouble’

Former teacher convicted of soliciting a minor online.

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Fairfax City Teen Missing Since 1975 Is Identified

Modern DNA technology aids police in unraveling a mystery.

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Chantilly Day: Food, Fun, Music and Astronauts

Third annual Chantilly Day celebration is May 17, 2014

Fun for the whole family is planned for the third annual Chantilly Day celebration, Saturday, May 17, at the Sully Place Shopping Center, off Route 50 West in Chantilly. There’ll be two U.S. astronauts, live music and dancing, food and children’s activities. The festival runs from 11 a.m.-5 p.m., rain or shine, in the Kmart and Babies R Us parking lots. The day’s events will include onstage performances by the Chantilly High Jazz Ensemble and Latin Dance Club, School of Rock Centreville, a pet adoption, trackless train, robotics demonstration, business expo and awards ceremony.

‘It was a Brutal, Unprovoked Attack’

Man convicted of killing clerk at Franklin Farm Sunoco.

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This Comedy Is Wonderful for All Ages

Shoestring Theatre presents ‘Saturday Morning Garden Club.’

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‘Our Natural Resources Are Too Important to Squander’ in Fairfax

Responding to residents, Fairfax City presses pause on proposed trail that would have removed 400 trees.

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Taste of the Globe Without the Travel

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

Restaurant Week

Suspect in Chantilly Sex Crimes Acquitted

Prosecution’s case against Dinh disintegrates at preliminary hearing.

Jailed and charged with sexual battery and abduction with intent to defile, Hien The Dinh, 20, sat through his entire preliminary hearing, Sept. 18, in handcuffs. That’s because Fairfax County General District Court bailiffs considered him a flight risk.

Modern, All-Female Play Full of Laughter and Joy

City of Fairfax Theatre Co. presents the comedy, ‘POTUS.’

Theater

‘Glimmer of Hope for the Future’

Local Man in May 5 VisionWalk.

Centreville’s John McKeown has never seen his children’s faces and he always pictures his wife as being 28. That’s because retinitis pigmentosa (RP) – a genetic condition causing degeneration of the retina and eventual vision loss – caused him to go blind.

Roundups for May 9

Worker Dies on the Job A Herndon man working on a job in Chantilly died Sunday after an accident involving heavy equipment. Fairfax County police identified him as Gerardo Santiago Paulette Ruiz, 47. The tragedy occurred May 6, shortly before 3 p.m., at a business in the 4100 block of Lafayette Center Drive. Police say Ruiz was operating a forklift in the warehouse area and “apparently attempted to pass through a doorway when the forklift struck an overhead beam.” The beam then dislodged and fell on him. Ruiz was pronounced dead at the scene.

Rocky Run Against the World

Robowiz team develops groundbreaking research.

With food safety being of vital importance these days, a group of students mainly from Rocky Run Middle School created a way to prevent e coli from forming in reusable grocery bags. For their efforts, they took second place in a state championship and third in the world.

Family and Friends Mourn Trish Stach

Centreville woman dies on Mother’s Day.

It’s bad enough to lose a wife and mother; having her die on Mother’s Day only makes it worse. But on Sunday, May 12, Centreville’s Trish Stach lost her battle with breast cancer at age 59. She’d fought the disease for 15 years and ultimately died of complications from it.

Teachers Are Excited about New School Year

The bells have all rung and the students returned to their classes this week. But school started earlier for their teachers, who spent part of their summer working on lesson plans and readying their classrooms for the new school year.

Building Tomorrow’s Cyber Defenders

Students participate in Cybersecurity camp at Chantilly.

“Northrop Grumman is the largest cybersecurity provider to the federal government,” said corporate spokeswoman Marynoele Benson. And the company sent instructors to Chantilly to develop the camp’s curriculum, teach the classes and run the challenges.

Fairfax: Matthew Sentenced to Three Life Terms in Prison

‘Cruel and Savage Sexual Predator’

It took 10 years, but a former City of Fairfax resident got justice at last when the man who brutally assaulted and nearly killed her a decade ago finally received his punishment.

Chantilly: Charlie Brown, the Grinch and More

Westfield High presents its “Ho-Ho Holiday Show.”

Each year, a holiday tradition at Westfield High is the “Ho-Ho Holiday show.”

Day of Celebration: Homeless No More in Fairfax

The first residents move into Kate’s Place.

Kate’s Place consists of six apartments for extremely low-income and formerly homeless families. And to the mothers and children who just moved in, the homes are more than a roof over their heads — they’re a lifeline.

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