Lake Braddock baseball blows past Chantilly
The Lake Braddock baseball team used a wind-blown double from senior Shane Halley to grab its sixth Northern Region title -- a 9-6 win over Chantilly. The Chargers hit three home runs in the loss, but eight walks issued by their pitching staff proved costly. | 0 comments - ›› more ...
Two arrested on drug charges in Fair Lakes
A "Click it or Ticket" traffic stop led to the arrests of two men Monday, May 26 after an officer detected drugs. | 0 comments - ›› more ...
E-ZPass opens Herndon location
The Northern Virginia E-ZPass Customer Service Center will relocate permanently Monday, June 2, to 610 Herndon Parkway, Suite 900, Herndon, VA 20170. The new office is located north of the Dulles Toll Road near the Fairfax County Parkway interchange. | 0 comments - ›› more ...
Wolf campaigns on his record
Incumbent Frank Wolf is counting on his past accomplishments to win the 10th | 0 comments - ›› more ...
Kohler replaced on park board
Marie Reinsdorf, a Falls Church resident, will be replacing Georgette Kohler on the Fairfax County Park Authority Board. | 0 comments - ›› more ...
Woman killed on I-95 in Springfield
An Arlington woman was killed on I-95 in Springfield on May 23 at 9:34 p.m. after the 2004 Chevrolet Trailblazer she was driving was struck by another vehicle causing the Trailblazer to veer out of control into the Jersey wall, flipping the SUV and ejecting the woman driver. | 1 comment - ›› more ...
Juvenile Female Assaulted in Vienna
A 17-year-old girl fought off attacker. | 1 comment - ›› more ...
Byrne runs on experience
Democrat seeks return to Congress after more than a decade in state politics | 0 comments - ›› more ...
Rike gets Hall of Fame nod
Robinson girls soccer coach Jim Rike has been selected by the Virginia High School Coaches Association to enter the Virginia High School Hall of Fame in 2008. Rike has been coaching soccer for 32 years -- 25 with the Rams -- amassing a record of 439-103-40 and winning four state titles. Former Robinson soccer player Megan McCarthy and former West Potomac Director of Student Activities Jeff Dietze will also be inducted to the Hall of Fame this year. | 0 comments - ›› more ...
Impact of Prince William policy unclear
ESOL student transfers suggest more immigrants moving to Fairfax | 3 comments - ›› more ...
Fairfax businesses can register for emergency alerts
Fairfax County businesses can sign up for Fairfax County’s Community Emergency Alert Network (CEAN), a software program that sends emergency alerts and day-to-day updates about severe weather and traffic to registered Fairfax County users. | 0 comments - ›› more ...
Reston Hospital first in region to offer incisionless reflux surgery
Reston Hospital Center's Comprehensive GI Center is the first in the Washington metropolitan region to offer a new method of minimally invasive anti-GERD surgery. | 0 comments - ›› more ...
Burke resident graduates first in USNA class ‘08
Ensign Victoria Moore ranked first academically among the 1,054 U.S. Naval Academy graduates this year. | 0 comments - ›› more ...
Facing down the HOT lanes
Homeowner, business find themselves on edge of new roadway | 0 comments - ›› more ...
McKinley wants Wolf's job
In his first run for public office, McKinley, 44, faces a congressman who has rarely been politically tested since his first win in 1980. | 0 comments - ›› more ...
Kohler replaced on park board
Marie Reinsdorf, a Falls Church resident, will be replacing Georgette Kohler on the Fairfax County Park Authority Board. | 0 comments - ›› more ...
Street in Annandale renamed for Tom Davis
Annandale Center Drive, which runs between Columbia Pike and John Marr Drive in Annandale, was recently renamed Tom Davis Drive in honor of outgoing U.S. Rep. Tom Davis (R-11th). | 0 comments - ›› more ...
School board approves budget
After more than two hours of deliberation, the Fairfax County School Board approved its $2.2 billion budget for the 2008-09 school year. Contending with a multi-million dollar shortfall, it was the smallest budget increase for the school system in 15 years. Teachers, staff and students are all affected by the new budget, which will be implemented July 1. | 0 comments - ›› more ...
Wahl pitches Spartans to win
West Springfield sophomore Bobby Wahl had all of his pitches working Monday afternoon, striking out 13 batters to lead the Spartans to a 1-0 win over Robinson in the Northern Region quarterfinals. Junior Andy Stallings had a walk-off RBI single in the bottom of the seventh inning to drive in the game's only run. West Springfield will face Chantilly Wednesday in the region semifinals. The Chargers defeated South County, 7-2. | 0 comments - ›› more ...
Area women to compete for Ms. Virginia Senior America
On May 30, the reigning Ms. Virginia Senior America, Brenda Brokaw, will help crown her successor at this year's pageant to be held at the James Lee Senior Center, 2855 Annandale Road in Falls Church, at 10 a.m. | 0 comments - ›› more ...
HOT lane trees and plants transferred to area school yards
Falls-Church-based nonprofit Land and Waters Inc. partnered with HOT lane contractors Transurban and Fluor on Saturday, May 17, as part of a project to help replant indigenous plant species at area schools, including Daniels Run Elementary School in Fairfax City. | 0 comments - ›› more ...
Supervisors extend Islamic school lease by one year
The Fairfax County Board of Supervisors voted Monday to approve a one-year property lease continuation for the Islamic Saudi Academy, a grades 2-12 private school in the Alexandria section of the county funded by the Saudi Arabian government. | 0 comments - ›› more ...
Police K-9 wins 'Iron Dog' competition
Fairfax County Police Officer Pfc. Mike Gubesch and his K-9 dog partner named Justice won first place in this year’s Virginia Police Canine Association Iron Dog Competition. | 0 comments - ›› more ...
South Lakes boys win first region title
After winning its first district title in over two decades, the South Lakes boys track and field team made more history Friday night, winning the first Northern Region championship in team history. The Seahawks scored 93.5 points to beat out Edison, which had 86. | 0 comments - ›› more ...
Doug Denneny leaves Navy with hopes of entering politics
Doug Denneny has always wanted to make a difference by serving in public office. | 0 comments - ›› more ...
Police investigate two Herndon robberies
Fairfax County Police are investigating two armed robberies in the Herndon area that occurred within minutes of each other early Friday morning. | 0 comments - ›› more ...
Public comments on HOT lanes
Residents' concerns include noise pollution during and after construction | 0 comments - ›› more ...
Annandale student charged with brandishing
Police charged an 18-year-old Annandale man with three counts of brandishing a gun at two high school students as they walked home from school near the intersection of Allman Drive and McWhorter Place in Annandale. | 0 comments - ›› more ...
Chantilly boys win first region title
After trailing for most of the night Wednesday, the Chantilly boys lacrosse team scored four fourth-quarter goals to defeat Oakton, 8-6, and earn the first Northern Region championship in team history. Senior Joe Fratter led the Chargers with three goals. | 0 comments - ›› more ...
Mason graduates largest class
Cartographer, beauty pageant queen among thousands of distinguished degree recipients | 0 comments - ›› more ...
Kimener wills Oakton to region title
After two losses to Chantilly earlier this season, the Oakton girls lacrosse team knew that it needed a special moment to secure its second straight Northern Region title. And senior midfielder Ashley Kimener's nine-goal night was most certainly that. | 0 comments - ›› more ...
Renters facing foreclosure should know their rights
Fairfax County officials want renters to know their rights if the property where they are living is being foreclosed. | 0 comments - ›› more ...
Commonwealth to hold immigration public hearing
The Virginia Commission on Immigration’s first of five statewide public hearings will be held Thursday, May 22; from 2 – 5 p.m. and 6 – 9 p.m. (two sessions) at the Johnson Center Cinema on the campus of George Mason University. | 0 comments - ›› more ...
FCEDA commercial real estate seminar
"Negotiating Today's Fairfax County Commercial Real Estate Market," a free breakfast panel organized by the Fairfax County Economic Development Authority (FCEDA), will be held Tuesday morning, June 3, at the Hilton McLean Tysons Corner, 7920 Jones Branch Drive, McLean. | 0 comments - ›› more ...
Board weighs action on foreclosures
The Fairfax County Board of Supervisors will consider several measures next month to mitigate the impact of foreclosures around the county, including purchasing some of the homes. | 0 comments - ›› more ...
Herndon 'Most Wanted' fugitive apprehended
Thanks to the tenacity of a Louisiana state trooper, former Herndon pastor and “America's Most Wanted” fugitive Jack E. Clark has been brought to justice. | 0 comments - ›› more ...
Last chance for roads
At VDOT hearing lawmakers try to save local projects from grim future | 0 comments - ›› more ...
FCEDA commercial real estate seminar
The event is the latest in the FCEDA’s Business Challenges and Solutions series of panel discussions. | 0 comments - ›› more ...
State to hold immigration public hearing
The Virginia Commission on Immigration’s first of five statewide public hearings will be held Thursday | 0 comments - ›› more ...
Saluting the 2008 Lord and Lady Fairfax Honorees
Celebrate Fairfax, Inc. is pleased to announce the 2008 Lords and Ladies Fairfax. | 0 comments - ›› more ...
Suspect wanted for stealing lottery tickets
Fairfax County Police detectives at the Mason District Station in Annandale are asking for the public’s assistance in identifying a man who has broken into several businesses, including two in Falls Church, and stolen lottery tickets. | 0 comments - ›› more ...
Dulles hotel market solid
Despite economic slowdown, more hotel construction is in the works | 0 comments - ›› more ...
Maestro passing the baton
After 36 years, William Hudson is retiring as conductor and music director of the Fairfax Symphony Orchestra at season's end in June | 0 comments - ›› more ...
Memorial honors fallen Virginia Tech student
Family, teachers, neighbors and friends gathered on Saturday, May 10, at Canterbury Woods Park for a memorial dedication ceremony honoring Mary Karen Read, the Virgina Tech freshman from Annandale killed during the shootings at the school in April 2007. | 0 comments - ›› more ...
Mason plays key role in online history project
The National History Education Clearinghouse, an online project that brings U.S. history teachers high-quality support and resources, was recently launched by George Mason University's Center for History and New Media (CHNM) and project partner Stanford University. | 0 comments - ›› more ...
Long & Foster building set to open
After outgrowing their headquarters in Fairfax City, the privately-owned real estate company moves to Chantilly. | 0 comments - ›› more ...
WHS lease extended
While the likelihood diminishes that the Army will meet its Sept. 15, 2011, deadline for moving thousands of federal workers into new offices in Northern Virginia, one agency set to move has renewed its lease in Crystal City through 2013. | 0 comments - ›› more ...
Setting the stage for rail
With latest approval, pre-construction activities continue to ramp up | 0 comments - ›› more ...
Lawmakers agree to disagree with Kaine
State legislators of both parties criticize transportation proposal | 0 comments - ›› more ...
HP makes $14 billion bid for EDS
Hewlett Packard (HP) and Electronic Data Systems (EDS) announced Tuesday that they have signed a definitive agreement under which HP will purchase EDS at a price of $25.00 per share, for a value of approximately $13.9 billion. | 0 comments - ›› more ...
11th District Dems talk immigration
Two of the four Democrats seeking their party's nomination in the 11th Congressional District spoke in full opposition to the illegal immigration crackdown in Prince William County during a debate in Woodbridge Tuesday night. | 0 comments - ›› more ...
Volkswagen, D.C. United announce partnership
D.C. United and Herndon-based Volkswagen of America Inc. announced a highly anticipated five-year partnership agreement last week that will see the two brands join forces in a landmark deal that includes a prominent Volkswagen logo on the jerseys of the professional soccer team. | 0 comments - ›› more ...
Report ranks high school performance
High schools in southeastern Fairfax County have lower scores on standardized tests than schools in other areas of the county, according to a “report card” published last week by the Fairfax County Coalition of Advocates for Public Schools. | 1 comment - ›› more ...
Connolly offers 'practical perspective'
County board chair says his local experience would help him in Congress | 0 comments - ›› more ...
Cell phone store robbed in Fairfax City
City of Fairfax Crime Solvers is seeking the public’s assistance in identifying four suspects involved in a burglary that occurred on Friday, May 9, at the AT&T Mobility store, at 11015 Main St. | 0 comments - ›› more ...
Neighbors lend a hand
Four companies spruce up family's yard after son's death | 0 comments - ›› more ...
Fairfax County teacher charged with possessing methamphetamine
Police arrested a Fairfax County Public Schools teacher Rachel Smith on Thursday for possession of methamphetamine. Smith, 32, teaches at the Chantilly Academy. She resides at 47170 Brasswood Place in Sterling. | 0 comments - ›› more ...
Church donation box thieves arrested
Thanks to a television viewer’s tip, two Herndon brothers have been charged in the April 25 theft of donation box cash from St. Leo the Great Catholic Church in Fairfax City. | 0 comments - ›› more ...
Five injured in four-car crash
Five people, including a state trooper, were treated for injuries following a four-vehicle crash on Interstate 66 in Centreville. The crash closed westbound lanes of I-66 near the northbound Route 28 exit for more than an hour Wednesday. | 0 comments - ›› more ...
Cell tower proposed at pool in Annandale
An application with the county to install a 140-foot-tall cell phone and broadband wireless tower on property belonging to the Holmes Run Acres community pool in Annandale has a few neighbors concerned about the impact on property values as well as on their health. | 0 comments - ›› more ...
Fairfax City voters elect new council
Voters in Fairfax City on Tuesday elected three new members to the six-seat city council and returned incumbent Mayor Robert Lederer to serve for a fourth consecutive term in office. | 0 comments - ›› more ...
Running for everyone
Lori Alexander believes Congress does not represent average citizens | 0 comments - ›› more ...
'I don't feel like his death was senseless'
Sue Garbarino reflects on how her husband's death has changed her family | 0 comments - ›› more ...
School board to contemplate cuts
Teacher pay cuts and bigger classes may be in the future for Fairfax County Public Schools. | 0 comments - ›› more ...
Playing on a 'field of dreams'
Northern Virginia Senior softball gives local seniors a chance to get out and play. The league has 25 teams, which play two games every Tuesday and Thursday morning. | 0 comments - ›› more ...
Executive Committee denies Loudoun County appeals
The Virginia High School League's Executive Committee denied appeals from Loudoun Valley and Heritage high schools today, upholding the Redistricting and Reclassification Committee's decision to place those schools to the Northwest Region's Cedar Run District in 2009-10. Stone Bridge will remain a member of the Liberty District. | 0 comments - ›› more ...
Falls Church murder suspect apprehended
The United States Marshals Service arrested Joshua S. Puryear. 21, of 8645 Lenfant Place in Manassas, who was wanted for the stabbing death of Harbi Adam in Falls Church on April 27. Puryear was captured in Washington, D.C., where he is being detained awaiting extradition to Fairfax County. | 0 comments - ›› more ...
‘They assumed I was a spouse’ – not a senator
RICHMOND – The eight women in the Virginia Senate have a story to tell of how they forged their own paths to joining the upper chamber at the state Capitol.Like many senators, Linda “Toddy” Puller first was elected to the House of Delegates. She recalled when the delegates and their spouses were taking a Capitol tour. It was 1992, and people assumed Puller was a delegate’s wife – not a legislator.“I said, ‘No, no – I’m right where I need to be,’ and they just assumed I was a spouse and not a member,” said Puller, a Mount Vernon Democrat who joined the Senate in 2000. “The place has gotten better as far as relationships between men and women. It was a lot more sexist when I first came here.”Sen. Yvonne B. Miller (D-Norfolk) also started in the House, in 1984. She won a Senate seat in 1987 and is the longest-serving woman in the Senate. She was the first African-American woman – and one of the first women – elected to the Virginia Senate. (The first female senator was Republican Eva F. Scott, in 1980.)As the oldest of 13 children, Miller said, she was not afraid to run or to serve in a predominately male workplace.“I really became interested in politics and worked very hard to get other people elected,” she said. “Part of that volunteering helped me to understand that I was at least as smart as some of the people I worked for – and a whole lot smarter than some of the others.”Jill Holtzman Vogel, a lawyer who was elected to the Senate last fall, also was accustomed to working in a mostly male environment.“When you start this process, you have no idea what to expect, and so you are genuinely nervous about being a candidate,” said Vogel (R-Winchester). “But once I got involved, I wasn’t nervous at all.”Vogel said she finds humor in the fact that she is the only female Republican in the Senate. The first Republican woman in the Senate, Jeannemarie Devolites Davis of Fairfax, was defeated in her re-election bid last year.“There was some trepidation actually coming to the General Assembly, because you have no idea what to expect, and it is a male-dominated arena,” Vogel said.Although there has been progress, women senators say, it hasn’t always been easy for them to break into a male workplace.Patricia Ticer, a Democrat from Alexandria, has served in the Senate since 1996. She said opinions concerning women as legislators have changed in Virginia over the years.“The old-boy network has dissipated quite a bit, so I don’t feel the same problem with being a woman now,” Ticer said. “It was a little more pronounced when I first came down here, but you just have to do everything a little bit harder and a little bit better.”Even as the nation and the world focus on a rise of strong female figures in government, the women in the Virginia Senate appear to be happy where they are. None expressed an immediate desire to run for higher office.Sen. Janet D. Howell (D-Reston) began working at the General Assembly as a legislative aide. She ran for the Senate in 1991, saying she thought she could do “as good a job as anybody else down here. So, why not run?”Seventeen years later, Howell said she is content to remain a senator.“I made that decision a decade ago now – I’m really happy in the Senate. Now, I’m a committee chair,” said Howell, who heads the Privileges and Elections Committee. “I have a lot on my plate – a lot of responsibility.”Although seven of Virginia’s eight female senators are Democrats, they have different opinions of presidential candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton.According to Sen. Mary Margaret Whipple (D-Arlington) Clinton is setting a precedent for other women by running for higher office as a credible and serious presidential candidate.“No woman who is active in the political arena or any other arena has not benefited from the women that have come before us,” Whipple said. “There’s absolutely an element of women having paved the path, but she’s really breaking new ground, and – to me – it’s very exciting to have a woman running for president.”Miller said it was inevitable that a woman would run for president. She said Clinton “is the next logical step to run for the presidency of the United States, and I wish her well in pursuit of that office.”Virginia’s women senators made it clear they do not serve female interests only.“I have a number of topics I’m interested in, and I don’t think that they are specifically women’s issues – they’re people issues; they’re family issues,” Whipple said.Howell said she considers everything senators deal with as women’s issues. “Any issue that’s important, that touches people’s lives, is a women’s issue. That’s almost everything we deal with down here,” she said.Sen. Mamie E. Locke (D-Hampton) said she ran for office in 2003 because she wanted “to be a part of the decision-making process rather than an observer.”“If the voices of the constituents that I ultimately represent are primarily African-American women, then the only way that voice can be heard is if we’re at the table,” Locke said.She thinks the Senate for the most part has offered equal opportunities – especially since January, when Democrats took control of the chamber from Republicans.“It happened with the Senate being taken over by Democrats. Just last year, all 11 chairs were headed by white men. Now you have chairmanships with seven women, four African-Americans – and so, there’s a broader spectrum of leadership,” said Locke, who heads the Senate General Laws and Technology Committee.But Whipple noted that in holding eight of the Senate’s 40 seats, women have a long way to go to reach parity.“I think that women in the Senate are doing a great job,” Whipple said. “You still have to bear in mind, we’re only 20 percent of members of the Senate and over 51 percent of the population. So there certainly isn’t equal representation.” | 0 comments - ›› more ...
For Dulles Rail, VA must share Metro fare
A Virginia legislature that has been so far unable to agree on a way to solve its own transportation infrastructure problems will have to find a way to pay for Metro infrastructure as well, a daunting challenge in hard financial times. | 0 comments - ›› more ...
Funding fix for Route 7 proposed
Board aims to keep widening project moving while trying to address some citizen concerns | 0 comments - ›› more ...
Lawmakers rev up for session on transportation
Legislators will likely return to Richmond this summer for a special session on transportation. Their prime objective will be to figure out how the state should address a growing road maintenance deficit of $388 million that is expected to more than double by 2014. | 0 comments - ›› more ...
Board patches up transportation funding
In July, Fairfax County will begin charging an additional real estate tax of 12 cents per $100 of assessed value on commercial and industrial properties to fund transportation. The new tax is estimated to bring in about $52 million per year. | 0 comments - ›› more ...
County to study prescription discount card
The Fairfax County Board of Supervisors Monday ordered the formation of a work group to study the possible use of a discount prescription card program that would be available to county staff and residents. | 0 comments - ›› more ...
Building permits merit closer look
The Fairfax County Board of Supervisors directed county staff to take a closer look at building permit requests from neighborhoods with a high number of complaints to the county's code enforcement strike team. | 0 comments - ›› more ...
Seismic event felt in Northern Virginia
At 1:30 p.m. today, Northern Virginia residents felt the rumblings of a 1.8 magnitude earthquake. The quake originated in Annandale and was felt in Washington, D.C., Arlington, Springfield and Mount Vernon. Fairfax County Police received reports from multiple callers reporting an audible “boom” sound, followed by roughly four seconds of the earth rumbling. There are no reports of damage to property or injuries related to the incident at this time. | 0 comments - ›› more ...
Student charged with setting fire outside Fairfax High School
A juvenile petition was obtained for a 16-year-old male Fairfax High School student for intentionally setting fire to some track and filed mats stored outdoors under an overhand area next to the field house at the school, 3501 Rebel Run in Fairfax City. | 0 comments - ›› more ...
Region basketball tourney moved to Robinson
This afternoon, the Northern Region Council voted unanimously to move the Northern Region basketball semifinals and finals to Robinson Secondary School from George Mason University's Patriot Center, where it had been held for the past 14 years. This decision comes amid budget concerns and a low net income from this year's event. | 0 comments - ›› more ...
Officer charged in fatal crash
A rookie Fairfax County Police officer was charged with reckless driving Friday, May 2, for a fatal crash that took place Feb. 12 in the Mount Vernon area of the county. | 0 comments - ›› more ...
Volkswagen jersey deal with DC United a possibility
Herndon-based Volkswagen of America may soon be signing a jersey sponsorship deal with the D.C. United professional soccer team, possibly worth up to $7 million. | 0 comments - ›› more ...
Updated Dunn Loring Metro station plans presented to residents
Construction of mixed-use project at south entrance to start no later than January 2009 | 0 comments - ›› more ...
Lobster bake to support Inova cancer programs
The Lobster Extravaganza fund raiser to benefit Inova Health System’s Life with Cancer programs and services will take place Saturday, May 3, from 6:30 - 11:30 p.m. | 0 comments - ›› more ...
Man found dead, another injured in Falls Church stabbing
Fairfax County Police released the identity of the deceased victim of a weekend stabbing in Falls Church. Harbi Adam, 18, of 3533 Ellery Circle, and an unidentified adult male, also stabbed, were found by police responding to a report of a fight between two groups on Sunday, April 27, in the 3700 block of Powell Lane in the Falls Church area. | 0 comments - ›› more ...
Trooper rescues passenger
A Virginia state trooper saved the life of a man he pulled over after the car they were sitting in was hit by a drunk driver and burst into flames. | 0 comments - ›› more ...
Major changes for central Springfield
Springfield residents have long complained about the condition of the aged Springfield Gardens Apartments, but, if approved, a new proposal could change that area of central Springfield forever. | 0 comments - ›› more ...
A game plan for the future
Connectivity study regarded as wish list, guide for county | 0 comments - ›› more ...
Republicans gear up for convention
Both Republicans battling to take on former Gov. Mark Warner (D) in this year's Senate race say they think they have secured the support they need in Northern Virginia to be victorious. | 0 comments - ›› more ...