Back-to-School Community Day
Join Mount Vernon District Supervisor Dan Storck, Neighborhood and Community Services, Fairfax County Public Library, Fairfax County Public Schools and more for Back to School Community Day. The event will take place at the Lorton Community Center, Library and Park (9520 Richmond Hwy) on Saturday, Aug. 19 from 10 a.m.-2 p.m.
Weigh In On Reston Comp Plan
Hunter Mill District Supervisor Walter Alcorn will hold a town hall on Thursday, July 27, at 7 p.m. at the North County Governmental Center, 1801 Cameron Glen Dr., Reston, ahead of the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors public hearing on the Reston Comprehensive Plan Amendment, (RCP) scheduled for Sept 12.
County Considers Dropping Vacuum Leaf Collection Service
Fairfax County wants customer feedback on permanently ending its vacuum leaf service after the upcoming winter.
News Briefs
Briefs
Executive Director of Police Review Panel to Resign.
Richardson served less than 18 months in the newly created position.
Resignation
Data Center Proposal Generates Unanswered Questions
Earth.com – an Internet site devoted to providing information about earth and the environment – published an article last week with the headline, “What are we willing to give up for computing power?” It referred to a research paper written by doctoral candidates at the University of California, Riverside, and stated that “The increasing demand for computing power generates a variety of environmental consequences.”
Residents: ‘Why Would We Want This?’
Huge data center is proposed in Chantilly.
Unbeknownst to most residents, when the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors recently re-adopted its revamped zoning ordinance, zMOD, it quietly added a provision allowing data centers to be built, by right, on industrially zoned land within a quarter mile of residential homes.
Sully Governmental Center Celebrates Two Decades
The Sully District Governmental Center in Chantilly celebrated its 20th anniversary, June 24, with public-safety displays, music and children’s games.
Fairfax County Police Use of Force
Police shooting incidents by chief tenure.
Ongoing series about the Fairfax County Police Department and its policies and history on use of deadly force.
Roundups
Roundups
Chantilly Man Dead; Suspect Is In Custody
A Chantilly man is dead – and his suspected killer is in custody – after a shooting, last Thursday, July 6, in a parking garage in the McNair neighborhood of Oak Hill.
Vienna Teen Intends to Plead Guilty
Cruz Colindres accused in Fairfax man’s death.
Vienna teen charged with killing a 20-year-old Fairfax man waived his right to that hearing.
Attacks: ‘Bold, Brazen, in Broad Daylight’
Police arrest man believed culpable in Chantilly sexual battery.
Following some intense investigation, plus collaboration with local residents, Fairfax County police have arrested the man they believe sexually assaulted a Chantilly woman last Monday, July 3.
Historic Districts Divide Residents
National Register of Historic Places staff weigh in with facts.
The fate of the federal Herndon Historic District, a 115-acre area listed in 1991 on the National Register of Historic Places, and the local Historic District Overlay (HDO) is generating public and councilmember comments leading up to the Herndon Town Council’s Strategic Planning Meeting on Thursday, July 13.