Briefs
Briefs
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.
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?
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...
‘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...
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
Appreciated!
Local neighborhoods celebrate National Night Out.
Local neighborhoods celebrate National Night Out.
Meet Virginia's 2022 3M Young Scientist
Harvesting energy from mechanical sources.
Harvesting energy from mechanical sources.
Foust Says He's Not Running in 2023
No fifth term for legacy leader.
No fifth term for legacy leader.
Profiteering on Gun Violence
Profiteering on Gun Violence
Adventure on Metro Rail
Adventure on Metro Rail
Arrest in Fatal Crash in Herndon
Arrest in Fatal Crash in Herndon
Black Lives Matter Banner Slashed at Reston Church
Black Lives Matter Banner Slashed at Reston Church
Local Artist Takes on A Three-Story Mural
Wall of designs and bubbles adds to the portfolio of Marisela Rumberg.
Artist does Mural
Tax Policy To Help Those Most in Need
Tax Policy To Help Those Most in Need
Are Supervisors Out of Touch with Residents?
Residents furious board OKed funding of Braddock/Old Lee jughandle.
Residents furious board OKed funding of Braddock/Old Lee jughandle.