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Marriage Equality in Fairfax and Beyond

County courthouse marries all couples.

Wearing matching hot pink outerwear and short, spiky hair in front of the Fairfax County Government Center on Oct. 6, Yvonne Landis and Melodie Mayo of Falls Church were the first same sex couple to say “I do” in the county.

GFCA Wants to Speed Up MTBE Cleanup

Toxic plume heads towards nearby neighborhood.

The gasoline plume under Walker Road is worse than previously thought — and is moving in the direction of a nearby neighborhood.

New Election Proposals Considered

New election schedule calls for four-year terms, November elections.

Herndon Town Council may be considering a proposal to change several aspects of their elections. The council will discuss over the next two months whether to extend councilmember terms to four years and move the May elections to November.

FCPS Audit Committee Grows, New Positions Added

Auditor general will be hired to expand audit activities.

The school system’s audit committee is growing. The Fairfax County School Board agreed to add another school board member to the committee and add an auditor general position to the budget at their Oct. 9 meeting.

Civil War Marker Unveiled

Union soldiers sought refuge in Fields of Fire.

In June 1863, thousands of Union soldiers trudged down Hunter Mill’s dusty roads during the hottest week of the year.

Local Companies Sponsor Lift Me Up! Fencing

Therapeutic riding program nearly 40 years old.

Richard Tucker gripped the reins of a prince-worthy white horse, steering it through a trail during a lesson at Lift Me Up! therapeutic horseback riding program. Sitting tall on his horse, he can be just like anyone his age.

Halloween offers one of the greatest opportunities to unleash your ghoulish creativity in the kitchen.

Judith Landry is one of several local artists whom visitors can meet as they view …

Dulles International Airport was selected as one of five airports in the nation to begin …

During the farm harvest days at Frying Pan Farm Park in Herndon, the antique cider …

Majd Jarrar shows a visitor to the fall fair one of the corn snakes that …

Focusing On Police

Mount Vernon-based group persists in police oversight board.

Louis Meyers with the Citizens Coalition for Police Accountability (CCPA) opened the group’s Oct. 6 meeting by saying, “We’re privileged to have a very good police department.”

One Month Missing

Search for Hannah Graham continues.

Over 30 days after second-year UVA student and West Potomac alumna Hannah Graham was last seen on a surveillance tape in Charlottesville’s Downtown Mall, Charlottesville police and the Virginia Department of Emergency Management are continuing their search.

McLean Home Sales: September, 2014

In September 2014, 74 homes sold between $3,400,000-$160,000 in the McLean and Falls Church area.

McLean Home Sales: September, 2014

Alexandria Home Sales: September, 2014

In September 2014, 167 Alexandria homes sold between $2,662,500-$105,000.

Alexandria Home Sales: September, 2014

John McEnearney Dies at 87

Real estate pioneer, community leader was decorated Vietnam veteran.

For John McEnearney, helping the area’s most vulnerable citizens was part of his DNA, a testament to his family’s nearly 100-year commitment to helping others.

Crashing the Parties

Marc Harrold, Libertarian; Joe Galdo, Green, run for Congress.

Marc Harrold is a self-professed creature of habit. He’s been going to the same bars and restaurants near his Fairfax home for years, where the close friends he’s made there say his great sense of humor and diverse intelligence help him “hold court” and converse easily with anyone, on any subject.

‘Hands-On History’

Students participate in E.C. Lawrence archaeological dig.

Area students got to be part of history recently when they participated in an archaeological dig to find the remains of a home from the 1800s in Ellanor C. Lawrence Park in Centreville.

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