Potomac: Broadening Horizons During the Summer
Local enrichment program keeps disadvantaged children on track when school is out.
A local school will join an effort to help prevent the “summer slide” for some of Montgomery County’s neediest students. Norwood School will partner with Horizons Greater Washington to offer a summer camp program aimed at halting the academic achievement decline that some students face when school is not in session.
Arlington County Offers Summer Camps for Kids
Gulf Branch Nature Center features three different sessions.
Arlington County offers nine sessions of weekly summer camp beginning June 27 and running through the week of Aug. 29-Sept. 2. Times for the sessions vary. Some of the camp content is repeated at each location and different park locations so the camp brochure indicates campers should attend only one session.
Madison's Vannicola Out-Duels South Lakes' Rayle in 10 Innings
Warhawks hurler strikes out 21 in 2-1 victory over Seahawks.
The Madison softball team defeated South Lakes 2-1 in 10 innings on Friday.
Burke: April 2016 Neighborhood Development Outlook Update
Burke Junction: Guinea Road and Zion Drive area. The site plan for a development of 17 single-family homes has been approved and the developer expects to start clear land at the end of April.
Fairfax Station, Lorton, Clifton: April 2016 Neighborhood Development Outlook Update
Ox Road Estates around Adare Drive: An infill project of ten single-family homes is under construction.
Springfield: April Neighborhood Development Outlook Update
The Bonefish Grille parking lot area has been approved by the Lee District land use committee and Fairfax County planning commission for construction of several new mixed use structures: Ground level would be retail with residential above.
Mount Vernon: Projects Reshaping the Area
Include commercial, residential and historic.
The Huntington Club Condominium Association is reviewing developer bids for a new mixed-use project that would include 1,200 to 1,800 housing units, 600,000 to 1 million square-feet of office space and 127,000 square-feet of retail space.
Springfield: Meeting ‘Bomb Squad’ at St. Bernadette
On Friday, April 22, a group of second- and seventh-grade students gathered in the gym at St. Bernadette School in Springfield to hear from guest speakers Christopher Bonneau and Chris Pares, who are explosive ordinance disposal technicians at Joint Base Andrews.
GOP Women of Clifton to Hosts Author Peter Pollak
The Republican Women of Clifton (RWC) welcomes Peter G. Pollak, author of five thrillers, to present at its May meeting. The event will take place Wednesday, May 18, at Fairview Elementary School, 5815 Ox Road, Fairfax Station.
Week in Fairfax
Weekly happenings in Fairfax.
Fairfax: Jewish Community Center to Host Holocaust Remembrance Program
The Jewish Community Relations Council (JCRC) of Greater Washington will be leading community-wide Holocaust Observances for suburban Maryland and Northern Virginia on Sunday, May 1.
Mount Vernon: Burgundy School Celebrates 70th Anniversary on Earth Day
Sickles and Burgundy alum Krizek read proclamation.
Clumps of students, from kindergarteners to eighth-graders, gradually emerged from the woods to fill up a scenic outdoor amphitheater that serves as the Burgundy Farm Country Day School’s assembly hall. They gathered on April 22 to celebrate Earth Day and the school’s 70th anniversary.
Mount Vernon: Woman Charged with Murder
Fairfax County Police have charged Jessica R. Deneal-Whalen, 27, of Alexandria with second-degree murder of 51-year-old Raymond A. White, of no fixed address.
Burke and Fairfax: Young Artist with Autism Shows Work at Our Daily Bread’s “Artful Living”
“HERE MY WORK IS YELLING AT THE STONE INSIDE THAT REFUSES TO LEAVE MY SOUL AND BODY IN PEACE.” Those are 16-year-old Fairfax resident Ben Breaux’s words that accompanied his mixed-media painting “The Kidney Stone” at the April 23 juried art contest and Our Daily Bread fundraiser “Artful Living.”
Burke: Old Burke Post Office Being Relocated to Silas Burke House Property
The old Burke Post Office will be joining fellow historic landmark the Silas Burke House on the top of the hill on Burke Lake Road. The first phase of the move took place Saturday morning, April 23, when the old structure was mounted on a flatbed truck and relocated to a site across from the Burke Centre Library for temporary storage.
Lorton: No Suspects Named in Ongoing River Drive Homicide Investigation
Over six weeks since Johan De Leede, 83, was shot to death in his home on the 6000 block of River Drive in the Mason Neck area, Fairfax County Police have yet to name any suspects in the homicide.
Fairfax Station: Fourth annual Fragile X walk raises $55,000 for molecular bank for research
Jimi Grande of Fairfax Station may never get to teach his ten-year-old son Jimmo to throw a baseball. Jimmo was born with effects from an inherited genetic mutation called Fragile X that can cause moderate to severe mental impairment and learning disabilities, and is linked to autism spectrum disorder.
Fairfax High Principal Sees ‘Glory Days’
Fairfax High School Principal Dave Goldfarb told the City of Fairfax School Board on April 4 that Fairfax High School (FHS) is in a “period of glory days.”
‘Great Performances’ Continue at Mason
Center for the Arts announces next season’s ‘Great Performances.’
Once again, George Mason University Center for the Arts will dazzle audiences with a wide array of celebrated artists from around the world with its upcoming 2016-17 “Great Performances” series.
Fairfax High Presents ‘The Wedding Singer.’
Songs, dances, humor and a love story
Featuring a cast and crew of 63, Fairfax High presents the romantic comedy, “The Wedding Singer,” in the school theater. Based on the movie starring Adam Sandler and Drew Barrymore, it’s about wedding singer Robbie Hart, whose bride left him at the altar, and his new love, Julia, who’s engaged to someone else.