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Children Have Fun at Safety Day
The City of Fairfax Police Department held Kids’ Safety Day on Saturday morning, Sept. 20, outside police headquarters.
Roundups: Police Seek Robbers
Fairfax County police are seeking the group of teens who assaulted two other teens and robbed one of them.
Quenching ‘Fires,’ Saving ‘Kittens’
Children enjoy Oct. 15 open house at Fire Station 17 in Centreville.
Fairfax Snapshot: Bubbles, Bubbles Everywhere
On Saturday, Aug. 6, some 800 children cooled off at the Double Bubble Run in Van Dyck Park. They frolicked in bubbles, ran through obstacles and zipped down a 50-foot-high, inflatable, shark waterslide.
Western Fairfax Christian Ministries, Volunteers Distribute Food to Neighborhoods
Western Fairfax Christian Ministries (WFCM), in coordination with the Sully District supervisor’s office, recently distributed 1,200 food boxes from Farmers to Families to area families in need.
Rocky Run Middle School Collects Presents for ONC
Each year, the nonprofit Our Neighbor's Child (ONC) collects new, unwrapped toys to deliver to hundreds of families in need in Centreville and Chantilly.
Restonian Takes 72-Hour Tennis Marathon Challenge
From the kayakers to the trail runners at her Lake Anne residence, tennis marathon challenger Bonnie Vona sees workout opportunities abounding.
STEM Scholarships Presented
Systems Furniture Gallery sponsored the education awards given during the Saturday, May 4, Chantilly Day celebration. Owner Bob Kessler presented three, $1,000 STEM scholarships (science, technology, engineering and math) to local, graduating seniors.
Postcards for Wounded Veterans
During May, for Military Appreciation Month, students at Oak View Elementary School wrote over 1,300 postcards to wounded veterans at Ft. Belvoir.
Remembering Reema in Song and Dance
The annual Remembrance Cabaret for 2006 Westfield High grad and Virginia Tech victim Reema Samaha was June 15 at Westfield.
Visiting the Local Fire Station
As part of national Fire Prevention Week, Fair Oaks Fire Station 21 held an open house.
Oak Hill: Sharing Stories and Emotions in Quilts
The Sacred Threads quilts exhibition comes every two years to Oak Hill’s Floris United Methodist Church. Within each work, the artists tell stories of love, loss, joy, hope, healing and inspiration. The display ran July 10-26.
10,000th Kilowatt of Solar in Arlington
Potomac Solar Co-op members worked with VA SUN and the Arlington Initiative to Rethink Energy (AIRE) to learn about solar energy.
Dog Perishes in Fair Oaks Townhouse Fire
An early-evening fire in a Fair Oaks townhouse displaced one person and took the life of a dog.
Fairfax City Homes All Decked Out for Christmas
Colorful lights and whimsical inflatables fill Fairfax City’s Mosby Woods neighborhood with holiday cheer.
