WJLA By Nick Minock FAIRFAX COUNTY, Va. (7News) — Shoplifting in Fairfax County is on the rise. According to data from Fairfax County Police Department, there have been more than 1,000 cases of shoplifting so far this year compared to this time last year in Fairfax County. That is a 41.7 percent increase. Everything from shopping […]
The Arlington Catholic Herald By Kevin Schweers Nativity Catholic Church in Burke celebrated its 50th anniversary on the feast of Corpus Christi June 11 with a standing-room-only Mass and luncheon. Bishop Michael F. Burbidge was the principal celebrant and homilist for the Mass. He commended Father Bob Cilinski’s leadership as pastor, lauded the parish’s “vibrant […]
Fairfax County Times By Richard H. Hronik III Potential impacts of the Fairfax County Police Department reforms proposed by the Police Reform Matrix Working Group are still unknown more than two weeks after they were brought to the Board of Supervisors. Matrix Working Group members Phillip A. Niedzielski-Eichner and Vernon Walton brought the proposal to […]
Fairfax County Times By Taneika Duhaney Last month, Fairfax County leaders unveiled Patriot Park North in Springfield District. Patriot Park North, the county’s first foray into sports tourism, is the result of years of collaboration between the Southwestern Youth Association, the Sports Tourism Task Force, Fairfax County Park Authority, Visit Fairfax, the Athletic Council, the […]
FFXnow By Fatimah Waseem Frequenters of Reston Town Center can expect more sip-and-stroll-style events this year. At a Fairfax County Board of Supervisors meeting on Tuesday (May 9), the board approved Reston Town Center Association‘s request to increase the number of licenses it has per year for designated outdoor refreshment areas. RTCA can now host up to 50 events — […]
Patch By Mark Hand WEST SPRINGFIELD, VA — Three wrestlers from the West Springfield High School girls wrestling team made it to the first-ever Girls’ State Wresting Meet in Manassas in February, with one of the girls winning the state title in her weight class. With West Springfield High School leading the movement in girls […]
WJLA By John Gonzalez FAIRFAX COUNTY, Va. (7News) — It is a critical day in Fairfax County, Virginia as the FY2024 budget will be voted on. And with that budget, county supervisors are expected to boost millions of dollars of funding for affordable housing, libraries and parks. One of the biggest adjustments, the board increased funding […]
WTOP By Dick Uliano Teachers, police officers and other Fairfax County, Virginia, government employees will be getting significant pay raises this summer after the Board of Supervisors approved on Tuesday the county budget for fiscal year 2024, which begins July 1. The vote was 9-1 in favor of the $5.1 billion budget. “We’re facing the […]
FFXnow By Angela Woolsey Thanks to higher-than-anticipated revenue, Fairfax County gave a financial boost last week to its affordable housing goals, public library collections and park facilities, among other initiatives. Before taking a preliminary vote on the next budget, which will be adopted tomorrow (Tuesday), the Board of Supervisors unanimously approved nearly $10.7 million in changes to the […]
WJLA By Nick Minock FAIRFAX, Va. (7News) — On Tuesday, the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors made some big changes to the proposed county budget for Fiscal Year 2024. After outrage from residents that Fairfax County supervisors gave themselves a 30-40% raise, supervisors decided to give county workers a bigger raise than what was originally proposed. […]
