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Rethinking Juvenile Justice

Alexandria detention facility may be consolidated as part of statewide effort.

The Northern Virginia Juvenile Detention Center has 70 beds with an average population of 12 juveniles.

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‘Crip Camp: A Disability Revolution’

Documentary Looks at Disabled, Achievements and Passage of the ADA

Crip Camp

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Making a Splash at the 2022 Lake Anne Cardboard Boat Regatta

Event by Reston Historic Trust draws thousands.

Event by Reston Historic Trust draws thousands.


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National Night Out 2022 Hunters Woods-Style

Intelligence-led policing directs law enforcement resources to where they do the most good.

Intelligence-led policing directs law enforcement resources to where they do the most good.

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Fair Oaks Fire Causes $175,000 Damage

Fair Oaks Fire Causes $175,000 Damage

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Great Falls Grange Foundation Town Hall Meeting

Provides update and a look ahead.

Provides update and a look ahead.


Suspected Tysons Center Shooter Held without Bond

Suspected Tysons Center Shooter Held without Bond

Candidates for RCC Board of Governors

Candidates for RCC Board of Governors

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Compton Road Shared-use Path Update

‘This project is on the county’s priority plan.’

‘This project is on the county’s priority plan.’


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Cabell’s Mill Parking Lot Closed ’til Oct. 7

Cabell’s Mill Parking Lot Closed ’til Oct. 7

Briefs

Briefs

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Co-Responder Program Needed Immediately

Two officers use tasers; one officer fires four shots, killing 26-year-old man during a mental health crisis inside his family’s McLean home.

Jasper Aaron Lynch’s twin sister wanted to help her brother who was having a mental health crisis. Three Fairfax County Police officers hoped to help, too.


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Students Raise Alarm on Senate Bill 656

New policies mandated by Jan. 1, 2023 could hurt LBGTQ+ students.

Does every student in a Virginia public school curriculum, Black, Indigenous, students of color, disabled, immigrant, and others, deserve to be accurately represented?

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Beagles on the Hunt for Homes

Area shelters and rescues assist in placement of research-bred beagles.

Sniffing out the prospects of finding love connections, Beagles formerly destined for lives as research or testing subjects, are now putting enthusiastic noses to the search for much easier and pain-free lives as beloved family companions...

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‘A Special Place’

Principle Gallery debuts new Torpedo Factory artists.

The Principle Gallery on King Street, in partnership with the Torpedo Factory Art Center, hosted an opening reception for an exhibit showcasing artwork by recently juried artists selected to be a part of Torpedo Factory Art Center...


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All Fired Up

Friendship Firehouse celebrates 248 years.

The Friendship Firehouse Festival celebrated the 248th anniversary of the founding of the city’s first fire company Aug. 6 at the historic Friendship Firehouse Museum on South Alfred Street.

Fairfax County Police Department Weekly Recap

Fairfax County Police Department Weekly Recap

Roundups

Roundups


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Appreciated!

Local neighborhoods celebrate National Night Out.

Local neighborhoods celebrate National Night Out.

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Meet Virginia's 2022 3M Young Scientist

Harvesting energy from mechanical sources.

Harvesting energy from mechanical sources.