Jefferson Site: From Rejection to Approval
County decision ends year-long fight over traffic congestion and park space.
At its first 2015 meeting in January, the Arlington County Board voted not to approve Arlington Public Schools’ (APS) plan to build a new elementary school adjacent to the Thomas Jefferson Middle School.
Arlington Snapshot: Christmas Wishes
It is 75 degrees in Arlington on Sunday afternoon but Santa has kept his scheduled stop at Potomac Overlook Regional Park to get Christmas lists from children counting down the days until Christmas.
Arlington Snapshot: Supporting Culpepper Garden
Billy Buck, CEO, and Delk Hamaker, COO, of Buck & Associates, Inc. presented a $5,000 donation to Culpepper Garden’s Executive Director Linda Kelleher at Buck’s office in Clarendon. Culpepper Garden is an award-winning, affordable, nonprofit residential community in Arlington with 340 apartments for seniors aged 62 and older.
Arlington: Students Blanket Crisis Center with Love
Madelyn Kellen was hoping the third year would be the charm and that at least 100 volunteers would show up at Bernie’s Café on the Marymount University campus to help make fleece-tie blankets for a local crisis pregnancy center.
Arlington Business: Concannon Joins NVAR Board
Genevieve Concannon, director of Custom Home Division for Arlington-based real estate development firm Smith | Schnider, has been appointed to serve on Northern Virginia Association of Realtors’ (NVAR) board of directors.
Arlington Brief: New County Board Auditor Appointed
The Arlington County Board has appointed Jessica A. Tucker as its first County Board Auditor.
Arlington Brief: Board Appoints Fire Station #8 Task Force
The County Board has appointed Noah Simon as chair of its Fire Station No. 8 Task Force.
Arlington Brief: Police Conclude Inmate Death Investigation
The investigation of the in-custody death of 53-year-old Edward Straughn on Oct. 10, by the Arlington County Police Department’s Homicide/Robbery Unit has concluded.
Arlington Brief: Holiday Closings
Arlington County Government offices and facilities will be closed on Thursday, Dec. 24 and Friday, Dec. 25 for the Christmas holiday.
Arlington Brief: County to Renovate Tuckahoe Park Fields
The County Board on Dec. 15 approved a contract for nearly $1 million to renovate two diamond sports fields and supporting facilities at Tuckahoe Park.
Arlington Brief: Transitway to Open in Spring 2016
Arlington’s Crystal City Potomac Yard Transitway, which will complete the area’s first dedicated transit lanes, is now expected to be completed in spring 2016, according to county officials.
Mount Vernon: Inova Hospital Staying Here and Growing
New Inova Emergency Department to open late 2016.
Inova Mount Vernon Hospital isn’t going anywhere. That was the message hospital Chief Executive Officer Deborah Addo had for local business leaders at the Dec. 10 breakfast sponsored by the Mount Vernon-Lee Chamber of Commerce at Belle Haven Country Club.
Alexandria: City Officially Launches Fire Station 210
After the long and troubled saga of Fire Station 210’s origins, the station officially had its ribbon cutting ceremony early on Dec. 12. Officially, the fire station had been open since April, but had suffered from understaffing issues.
Fairfax County: McAuliffe Proposing More for Education
Gov. Terry McAuliffe (D, left) unveiled his budget proposal for $1 billion in public and higher education investment at Mark Twain Middle School in Alexandria on Dec. 16, as part of the total state budget he plans to roll out on Thursday, Dec. 17.
Alexandria Murders: Police Chief Addresses Residents
Citizens express appreciation for increased police community engagement.
Chief Earl Cook’s meeting with residents from the area near Four Mile Run, the site of Alexandria’s most recent of four unsolved murders, had a different tone from Cook’s presentation on the same topic to City Council last week.
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