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Interview with Author Daniel Stuart Olmes

Behind the writing process and life’s “aha” moments.

Daniel Stuart Olmes of Fairfax County wrote and narrates "Memoirs of an Ordinary Guy: The Everyday Experiences That Changed My Life."

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Reduced Fee Schedule Comes to Community Center

Collaborative effort by Cornerstones’ Opportunity Neighborhood influenced system gap remediation.

The Town of Herndon Parks and Recreation Department offers a newly approved lower fee entry for admission to the community center to residents in lower income brackets.

Suspect in Chantilly Sex Crimes Acquitted

Prosecution’s case against Dinh disintegrates at preliminary hearing.

Jailed and charged with sexual battery and abduction with intent to defile, Hien The Dinh, 20, sat through his entire preliminary hearing, Sept. 18, in handcuffs. That’s because Fairfax County General District Court bailiffs considered him a flight risk.


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Military Appreciation Monday

Mark you calendars for the Oct. 16 Military Appreciation Monday dinner supporting the organization Stop Soldier Suicide.

Capital Art and Craft Festival, Oct. 13-15, 2023

More than 200 artists from throughout the US will be at the Dulles Expo Center.

Two 17 Year Olds Arrested in Kingstowne Shooting

Detectives from the Major Crimes Bureau, Criminal Investigations Division arrested two seventeen-year-olds in a recent shooting in the Kingstowne Shopping Center.


Flourishing After 55 in Arlington

After 55

ART Offers Free Fares for Fall

Free Rides

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Arlington’s Ballston Wetland Opens

No beavers, but green and speckled frogs plus trash seen

Arlington Wetlands


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Sidewalk Spots and Parking Spots

Sidewalks get “Spot treatment” in Country Club Hills, car data collected from parking spots

Cars in Arlington

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Now You See It—Now You Don’t

Eagle Scout

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Paws on the Pike

Dogs


A Place at the Table for Everyone Born

Some catchy phrases that led to success at the ballot box resulted in some terrible public policies.


News Briefs

Out of the Darkness Walk to Prevent Suicide

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High Side and Mara Holding Pinktoberfest

Fun event to raise money to fight breast cancer.

Two Old Town Fairfax businesses, High Side and Mara Hair and Mode Studio, are joining together for the third consecutive year to fight breast cancer with a community-centered event.

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Brush Piles – Headaches or Havens?

From chipmunks to chickadees, these can shelter local wildlife.

Tropical storm Ophelia soaked the Washington area last weekend, leaving behind, among other impacts, fallen limbs and sticks scattered around. Instead of becoming landfill or incinerator material, they can support local wildlife, from chipmunks to chickadees.


PRS Reaches Spanish Speakers with Content and Outreach

PRS, a behavioral health nonprofit serving Northern Virginia which operates as the Regional Crisis Call Center for most of Virginia, has enhanced its offerings and outreach to the Northern Virginia Spanish speaking community.

Fairfax City Receives $1 Million Tree Grant

For 36 consecutive years, Fairfax City has been recognized as a Tree City USA by the Arbor Day Foundation. And now, a $1 million grant recently awarded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Forest Service will help the City continue to grow and maintain its urban forest.