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Fairfax County News
- February 22, 2012
- Richmond Highway Development May Spare Woodlawn Stables
This is the second in a multi-part series from Patch about the economic and other impacts of the declining equestrian industry in Fairfax County.
- February 22, 2012
- Safe Routes to School grant awarded to 18 Virginia communities
More than a dozen cities and towns across Virginia will receive a grant from the Virginia Department of Transportation to promote biking and walking to school, including 10 schools in the the D.C. Metro area.
- February 22, 2012
- Md. Man Charged In Fairfax Denny's Robbery
Colin Thomas Bowie, charged with robbery, abduction, use of a firearm in commission of a felony and impersonating a police officer in Fairfax FAIRFAX, Va.
- February 22, 2012
- 2 Taken To Hospital After CO Incident In Chantilly
CHANTILLY, Va. -- Firefighters responded to a townhouse at Galesbury Lane and Beaujolais Court in Chantilly after the report of a possible carbon monoxide incident.
- February 22, 2012
- MCC, Park Authority in Showdown Over Lighted Sign in McLean Central Park
The McLean Community Center Board held a showdown with the Dranesville Park Authority representative recently over the board's plan to erect a new lighted sign in McLean Central Park.
- February 22, 2012
- Economist: Loudouna s a richest in the nationa designation an overstatement
For what it's worth, one of the brightest feathers in Loudoun's cap is its continual designation as the 'richest county in the nation.' The county has held the top spot, intermittently swapping with neighboring Fairfax County, for the past five years.
- February 21, 2012
- Dead Wallaby Prompts Inquiry at Reston Zoo
According to a search warrant, an unnamed employee told a Fairfax County officer he had placed a sick wallaby in a crate at the zoo Thursday.
- February 21, 2012
- Baileys Crossroads Apartment Fire
Fairfax County Fire and Rescue Department 4100 Chain Bridge Rd, Fairfax, Virginia 22030 Phone: 703-246-3801, TTY: 711 and Fax:703-385-1687 Duty PIO : 703-877-3702 fire-rescue.PA-LSE@fairfaxcounty.gov News Release 12-13 Date: February 21, 2012 Fairfax County Fire and Rescue Department units responded to an apartment fire, Saturday, February 18, ... (more)
- February 21, 2012
- Metro Allows Public To Decide Silver Line Station Names
Metro has announced today, that in conjunction with Fairfax County it has launched an online survey to collect public input on station names for the new Silver Line, which is to extend Metrorail service to Dulles International Airport and Loudon County through the Tyson's Corner, Reston, and Herndon areas of Fairfax County, Virginia.
- February 21, 2012
- Second Student Says Police Officer Struck Him at McDonald's
At 9:23 pm. Feb.10, Peter Horst of McLean received a text from his son saying:" I was literally just assaulted by a cop." His son Sam, 17, said he was in the downtown McLean McDonald'sA where a Fairfax County police officer struck him three times, took him outside for a breathalyzer test, then told him he was free to go.