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Fairfax Spotlight on the Arts Kicks Off

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What’s on Fairfax City’s Horizon

Multifamily homes, retail and redevelopment planned.

Food, Fun And Festivities

Neighbors, firefighters and police celebrate National Night Out.

It could have been just an ordinary Tuesday night — families eating quiet dinners in their homes, behind closed doors. But instead, last Tuesday, Aug. 7, residents of Centreville’s Sully Station II community joined together in four neighborhoods for outdoor block parties.

What’s on the City’s Horizon in Fairfax

Multifamily homes, retail and redevelopment.

Remembering Bonnie Huneke - Virginia Run Turkey Trot To Be Run in Huneke’s Honor

Time doesn’t heal — you just call it the new normal.” - Stephen Huneke, widower

Each year, the Virginia Run Turkey Trot is run in honor of a community resident who’s died of cancer, and this year’s Thanksgiving Day event is in memory of Bonnie Huneke. She died Oct. 27, 2011 of breast cancer at age 50. Sixteen-year residents of Centreville’s Virginia Run community, she and her husband Stephen, a government contractor and retired Army major, were married 21 years; their children are Elizabeth, 31, Craig, 26 and Mary, 19. Bonnie’s first husband, Army CWO3 Billy Bolin, preceded her in death. “She was one of those super-friendly people who never met someone she didn’t like,” said Stephen Huneke. “Every day, she’d be out walking our golden retriever and met a lot of neighbors that way.” Bonnie also loved planting flowers and gardening; and as the children grew, she and Stephen enjoyed attending their athletic events in SYA and in high school. She also volunteered at Virginia Run Elementary, Stone Middle and Westfield High and worked at Westfield’s blood drives, too. An active person, she used to be an avid runner until a bone tumor on her right knee, 18 years ago, forced her to have a prosthetic knee. Because of that, several times over the last 15 years, doctors had to remove scar tissue on her knee.

Remembering Bonnie Huneke - Virginia Run Turkey Trot To Be Run in Huneke’s Honor

Time doesn’t heal — you just call it the new normal.” - Stephen Huneke, widower

Each year, the Virginia Run Turkey Trot is run in honor of a community resident who’s died of cancer, and this year’s Thanksgiving Day event is in memory of Bonnie Huneke. She died Oct. 27, 2011 of breast cancer at age 50. Sixteen-year residents of Centreville’s Virginia Run community, she and her husband Stephen, a government contractor and retired Army major, were married 21 years; their children are Elizabeth, 31, Craig, 26 and Mary, 19. Bonnie’s first husband, Army CWO3 Billy Bolin, preceded her in death. “She was one of those super-friendly people who never met someone she didn’t like,” said Stephen Huneke. “Every day, she’d be out walking our golden retriever and met a lot of neighbors that way.” Bonnie also loved planting flowers and gardening; and as the children grew, she and Stephen enjoyed attending their athletic events in SYA and in high school. She also volunteered at Virginia Run Elementary, Stone Middle and Westfield High and worked at Westfield’s blood drives, too. An active person, she used to be an avid runner until a bone tumor on her right knee, 18 years ago, forced her to have a prosthetic knee. Because of that, several times over the last 15 years, doctors had to remove scar tissue on her knee.

Mountain View: ‘Struggle Develops Your Strength’

Mountain View grads share stories of perseverance.

Mountain View High is a school full of heart, and it’s openly on display at every graduation.

Silverthorne Jailed after Guilty Plea

Sentencing on drug charge set for June.

Singing, Dancing, Comedy and Romance in Fairfax

Paul VI High presents ‘Thoroughly Modern Millie.’

‘It’s a Welcome Addition to the City’ in Fairfax

Chubby Squirrel Brewing Co. is proving to be a hit.

OLLI Honors Veterans with Annual Celebration in Fairfax

‘War is dirty business, but we better be prepared.’

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Children’s Play This Week at Chantilly

Presenting mixed-up and hilarious bedtime stories.

Police Officers, Robots and K-9s

CAC learns about the bomb squad’s work.

Each month, members of the Sully District Station’s Citizens Advisory Committee learn about a different facet of the work done by the station’s police officers. In April, the topic was the bomb squad.

‘I Like Gliding Across the Ice’

Vienna teen competing in synchronized ice skating Nationals.

Vienna’s Ceci Picard isn’t an Olympian, but she is an accomplished ice skater. And on Feb. 27, she and her teammates will compete in the Synchronized Skating National Competition in Colorado Springs.

Attanasi Appointed To Town Council

Vienna also adopts minimum tree-canopy coverage rules.

There’s a new member on the Vienna Town Council, but this one didn’t have to be elected. Instead, Emil Attanasi was appointed to fill new Mayor Laurie DiRocco’s unexpired term on the Council.