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Accotink Pump Station Rehabilitation Groundbreaking

Accotink Pump Station Rehabilitation Groundbreaking

Fairfax City Candidates Address Residents

Two are running for Mayor and 11 for City Council.

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McLean Project for the Arts Secures New Space, $500,000 in County Support for New Arts Center

McLean Project for the Arts Secures New Space, $500,000 in County Support for New Arts Center


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Town of Herndon Mayoral Candidate Forum

Dhakal and LeBlanc take on the challenge.

Town of Herndon Mayoral Candidate Forum

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Celebrate Fiesta Fairfax, this Saturday, Oct. 5

Celebrate Fiesta Fairfax, this Saturday, Oct. 5

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Local Fire and Rescue Teams Battled Helene in Florida

Local Fire and Rescue Teams Battled Helene in Florida


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New Food Bank Distribution Center in Newington

New Food Bank Distribution Center in Newington

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Local Film Festival is Peppered with Big Names and Ideas

Films focus on positive change and the world around us.

Films focus on positive change and the world around us.


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Good Shepherd Housing Marks a Milestone

Officials cut ribbon on their 100th housing unit.

Officials cut ribbon on their 100th housing unit.

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Volunteers Tackle Never-ending Trash

Plastics can take hundreds of years to decompose.

Plastics can take hundreds of years to decompose.

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Hometown Hero

Olympic champion Noah Lyles returns to ACHS.

Olympic champion Noah Lyles returns to ACHS.


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Groundbreaking Coming for Old Mount Vernon High School Project

If you go… GROUNDBREAKING CEREMONY Original Mount Vernon High School Renovation Saturday, Oct. 5 at 10 a.m. 8333 Richmond Hwy. Mount Vernon, Va https://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/publicworks/capital-projects/original-mount-vernon-high-school

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‘Boosted Is Better’

Protect yourself against the next waves of viruses, says Inova and FX Health District.

Infectious disease specialists at Inova and the Fairfax Health District emphasize the importance of updated COVID-19 vaccines and other vaccinations, including flu, RSV (respiratory syncytial virus) and pneumonia for everyone, especially vulnerable populations.


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Solving the Vehicle-Wildlife Collision Problem

A well-designed over or underpass for wildlife can reduce animal-vehicle collisions by up to 90 percent.

There are over one million vehicle-wildlife collisions in the United States every year, costing over $8 billion and tens of thousands of human injuries, GMU biology professor Dr. David Luther told Green Breakfast attendees in an online Sept. 14 talk titled “Zooming through Nature: the Wildlife Costs of Modern Transportation.”

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Former Fairfax County Deputy Sentenced to Over Six Years in Prison

Provided contraband and info to inmates; drugs for cash.

The Fairfax County Sheriff’s Office announced on Sept. 19 that former deputy Robert T. Sanford Jr., 37, received a 78-month prison sentence for smuggling drugs and contraband into the Fairfax County Adult Detention Center.

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Fredericksburg Nationals Baseball Team Wins Title

Mike Salmon

The Fredericksburg Nationals Minor League Baseball team went all the way this year and won the championship of the Carolina League last Wednesday by defeating the Kannapolis Cannonballers for the title.


Potomac Home Sales: August, 2024

In August, 2024, 48 Potomac homes sold between $4,750,000-$758,000.

Potomac Home Sales: August, 2024

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Four Pedestrians Struck and Killed in Ten Days

Supervisors to consider lowering the speed limit to 20 and 15 mph on some roads.

The memorial site of where a driver caused a crash that killed two girls in a 2022 pedestrian crash on Blake Lane, dubbed “Vienna’s racetrack,” according to a petition.