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New Schools, Boundary Changes Possible

Proposed Capital Improvement Plan focuses on rising enrollment.

Several new schools may be added to the Fairfax County Public Schools system in the next decade. The School Board listened to an annual Capital Improvement Plan (CIP) presentation by Assistant Superintendent Jeffrey Platenberg on Dec. 18, 2014, describing the need for four more elementary schools and one high school to meet the demands of rapidly rising enrollment.

Column: Why Doesn’t Reston Recycle?

Spring is here. The sky is a clear, lovely blue. The Reston Farmers Market is open and bustling with festive shoppers. Flowers are blooming all around us. Yet, as we walk the sidewalks, plazas, and the pathways around our lovely lakes, it is also hard to miss the unsightly plastic bottles and aluminum cans strewn along the walkways, in the yards, and worst of all, floating in our beautiful lakes.

Giving Haitians New Smiles

It has been nearly four years since an earthquake killed hundreds of thousands in Haiti. Much aid has been given to Haiti, yet the country still struggles with security and health care issues. Pastor Randy Beeman recently led a group of 16 people from the Antioch Christian Church, 1860 Beulah Road in Vienna on the latest mission trip to Delmas, Haiti, the largest suburb of Port-au-Prince. Robert Morabito, a dentist in Falls Church, his staff, and family, took more than $10,000 worth of supplies and toothbrushes. Their information can be found at www.morabitodds.com.

Letter: Fraud Issue - Revisited

The Letter to the Editor by Cesar del Aguila ["Misrepresentation in Voter Identification," The Reston Connection, May 16-22, 2012] does not surprise this writer. The usual diatribe of "untruths" spews forth when facts are presented. Chairman del Aguila states, 5-10 percent of the absentee voters are disenfranchised … were wrongfully rejected based on … Virginia's unique and complicated instructions for mailed-in ballots.

‘Harvey’ Comes to Great Falls

McLean Community Players presents Pulitzer Prize-winning comedy at Great Falls Grange.

Alexandria Column: Bike Patrols Take Shelter’s Officers Closer to Animals

Commentary-AWLA

That bicyclist riding in front of you on the bike trail in Alexandria might be an Animal Services Officer on duty.

Reston Nova Labs Inspires Entrepreneurs

Reston maker space encourages new product.

Mike Hogarty, owner of Hotrods 2 Hybrids joined with Callye Keen from Red Blue Collective to create Alpha, a new fidget toy.

Column: No to the Meals Tax

A food tax is not a silver bullet.

I have been opposed to the meals tax from the start, but what has concerned me most over the last several months has been the tactics used to try to convince our residents to vote for it and the county’s failure to deal with its spending problems. I would like to offer some clarity on these points and why I am against the meals tax.

Stayin’ Alive in Arlington

Wakefield High School students undergo CPR training.

Alexandria Letter: Compile Better Data

Letter to the Editor

When we were surprised by the Bike Share station on S. Royal Street and asked the city why proper outreach and permitting was not followed, it came to my attention what a poor job that some city staff does disseminating data and information to City Council, committees and commissions.

Story of Lily of the Valley

The official May Day flower.

Herndon Letter: Vision and Direction

Letter to the Editor

On a Christmas night, as I stood before a toy store holding my mom’s hand, I pointed my thumbs through my woolly mittens in a sharp rivalry of choice.

Protecting Trees in Potomac

Trees are front line workers to clean our water.

Spurred on by two recent cases of unlawful tree cutting on private property in Potomac, the West Montgomery County Citizens Association invited representatives from Montgomery County Planning Department to speak at its December meeting.