Fairfax County’s Human Services Council, a volunteer citizen-led body appointed by the Board of Supervisors, presented its recommendations to address the ongoing budget shortfall of the Community Services Board (CSB) last week. The Human Services Council was tasked with the difficult job of reviewing the CSB’s proposed program reductions to [...]

 Fairfax County’s Human Services Council, a volunteer citizen-led body appointed by the Board of Supervisors, presented its recommendations to address the ongoing budget shortfall of the Community Services Board (CSB) last week. The Human Services Council was tasked with the difficult job of reviewing the CSB’s proposed program reductions to [...]

 Fairfax County picked up some very nice “swag” last week at the National Association of Counties’ (NACo) annual conference last week in Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania. The annual conference draws thousands of local elected officials from across the country, to participate in policy committees, as well as workshops of interest [...]

 Fairfax County and the Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) filed suit against the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in federal district court (Eastern District of Virginia, Alexandria Division) last week. The lawsuit challenges new federal rules related to stormwater run-off in Fairfax County, specifically the Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) limits [...]

 In his acclaimed 1913 poem, “Trees,” the poet Joyce Kilmer (1886-1918) wrote “…only God can make a tree.” The region learned, last week, that acts of God can devastate those same trees. The “leafy arms” holding “nests of robins” came crashing down, onto homes, power lines, thoroughfares and, sadly, people. [...]

 Although a thunderstorm had been predicted, the ferocity of Friday’s storm was an unwelcome surprise for area residents who, as of press time, have already endured four days without electricity and, in many cases, without telephones and other communication devices. To top it off, customers of the Falls Church Water [...]

 Falls Church High School pulled the short straw to determine order of graduation from George Mason University’s Patriot Center last week, but the ceremony was no less dignified and full of celebration. The June 20 morning graduation was the last in the series of Fairfax County high school commencements this [...]

 Balloons abounded in the field house of Robinson Secondary School last Thursday, as the J.E.B. Stuart High School Class of 2012 gathered for a final time to receive diplomas and celebrate four years of education and camaraderie. More than 350 young men and women walked across the stage to claim [...]

 The second visioning workshop for the Seven Corners area will occur this Monday, June 18, at 7 p.m., at the Human Services Building, 6245 Leesburg Pike, across the street from the Seven Corners Shopping Center. The first workshop, held on May 21, attracted 130 residents and business owners, and resulted [...]

 The second visioning workshop for the Seven Corners area will occur this Monday, June 18, at 7 p.m., at the Human Services Building, 6245 Leesburg Pike, across the street from the Seven Corners Shopping Center. The first workshop, held on May 21, attracted 130 residents and business owners, and resulted [...]