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Post-Roe, Fairfax Supervisors Unanimously Forge Ahead
Speaking out, supervisors approve three-part board matter.
For residents in Fairfax County and the rest of Virginia and the nation, the future for abortion rights and access is uncertain now that the Supreme Court has...
Behind-the-Scenes at Cirque du Soleil KURIOS
Reopening the Cabinet of Curiosities in Tysons.
Reopening the Cabinet of Curiosities in Tysons.
LOOK Dine-In Cinemas Opens in Reston
A different cinema experience
Come for any or all: what’s on the big screen, the restaurant food and drinks, or to chill for a bit and enjoy the view from the balcony overlooking Market Street.
Optimist Club of Greater Vienna Announces Winners of the 2021 Carol Waite Brennan Youth Appreciation Award
Six remarkable, local high school seniors recognized as role models in school and the community.
Vienna optimist club
Last Minute Concerns Erupt Over Reston Comprehensive Plan
Planning commissioner hosts event one week before public hearing.
Why the urgency? The Planning Commission Public Hearing is June 14, Planning Commission Action is June 28, and the Public Hearing and Final Approval by the Board of Supervisors is July 25.
StarKist, Cornerstones, and Feed the Children Join to Meet the Needs
Truck delivers $100,000 in food and other necessities.
Cornerstones/Starkist feed the children
Chief to Present Foot Pursuit Policy to Supervisors
Oct. 3 Public Safety Committee meeting will bring some long awaited responses from FCPD.
Foot
District Members, Board of Supervisors
Braddock, Franconia, Mount Vernon, Providence & Springfield Districts
The Nov. 7 election includes the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors. Nine members are elected by voters in local districts to serve four-year terms. Twenty-one district candidates are in the race, with seven incumbents.
Hardening older FCPS Entrances to Secure Them from Shooters
Multilayered approaches to keep children safe in schools
School shootings
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?
2024 Student Peace Awards of Fairfax County
Herndon Friends honor countywide high school juniors and seniors.
Peace
Coalition for TJ Files Emergency Request to Vacate the 4th Circuit Stay
Case alleges anti-Asian American discriminatory admissions process
Emergency request
Collective Bargaining for Teachers and Some Employees
Adoption of resolution shifts labor relations.
Schools
Comstock Expands Portfolio and Construction Along Metro Silver Line
Comstock’s Herndon Redevelopment pauses for up to two years.
Redevelopment
Can Prospective Public School Employees Afford Fairfax?
School pay scale for emerging professions hurts recruitment.
FCPS
Brabrand: 'Stay the Course'
We have a right to do things up until that right impinges or infringes on the rights of others.
Masks