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Lake Accotink Dredging: Still on Minds in Springfield
A colorful 2024 calendar’s mantra: “Loving Our Lake All Year Long ”
Lake Accotink 2024 Calendar available
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Gonzaga Letter
Letter
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Candidate Connection: Senate Candidates
Candidate Connection: Senate Candidates
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Youngkin Amends Mobile Home Park Bill
Mobile home bill
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Keeping a Republic
History records that at the end of the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia in 1787 Benjamin Franklin who was the senior member of the Convention was asked what kind of government the delegates who had sweltered through months of heat and compromises had produced. His oft-quoted response was “a republic if we can keep it.”
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Looming Crisis
Understanding the impacts and consequences of a Government Shutdown
Government shutdown
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Candidates Debate in Springfield District Supervisor Race
Incumbent Pat Herrity (R); Corazon Foley, Independent Green; Albert Vega (D), address voter questions
Candidates running to represent the Springfield District on the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors met to debate questions posed by residents on Monday evening, Oct. 23.
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Police Challenge Some Professional Recommendations
Chief gives status implementation to supervisors.
Police policies, training, and procedures in 2023 are changing at a national level in terms of de-escalation tactics, appropriate use of force, foot pursuit policies, shooting at vehicles, and approaching people in mental health crises, to mention a few.
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Phase 1, Fairfax County’s Master Arts Plan, Facilities
Supervisors unanimously accept the plan.
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Woodson High Presents New Play, ‘The Trials’
Poses serious questions about climate-change responsibility.
Woodson High’s new play, “The Trials,” is set in the near future, when the climate emergency is worsening and all adults who’ve adversely impacted the climate are put on trial.
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‘Inconsistent with the Neighborhood’
Infill townhouse proposal raises residents’ concerns.
New Townhouses in Fairfax
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Gov. Youngkin Vetoes Bills to Protect Survivors of Domestic Violence
Gov. Glenn Youngkin vetoed HB46 and SB47, sponsored by Del. Elizabeth Bennett-Parker, Sen. Barbara Favola, critical bills to protect survivors of domestic violence. Nearly one third of all homicides in Virginia are domestic violence related, and nearly two thirds of domestic violence homicides in VA are committed with a firearm. The bills would not have affected law-abiding gun owners and would have saved lives.
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Cash from County’s Carryover Funds
$100K may be coming for each district’s unfunded capital improvement projects.
Who can apply for this and other funding may surprise you.
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NAACP School Board Forum
Hunter Mill school board candidates Melanie Meren and Paul Thomas answer tough questions.
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