3+ day, 23+ hour ago   (180+ words) Adult and Kids’ Italian Classes Launching in Vienna FFXnow Traveling to Italy, looking to learn a new language, or want to brush up on existing Italian skills? The Italian Cultural Society has provided Italian language lessons since 1974, and recently expanded…...

4+ day, 14+ hour ago   (505+ words) When Fairfax City voters go to the polls in November, they’ll be asked to grant approval for a general retail sales tax increase of up to 1% for construction and renovation of school and/or public transportation purposes. To give voters…...

5+ day, 17+ hour ago   (485+ words) Fairfax County officials have started making preparations for what they anticipate will be another challenging budget season next spring. “The low-hanging fruit is gone,” Philip Hagen, director of the county’s Department of Management and Budget, told the Board of Supervisors…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (726+ words) When students walked to West Springfield High School on Monday morning (Aug. 31), they found a new tool to get the attention of rush-hour commuters along Rolling Road and Grigsby Drive, thanks to concerned community members. On Sunday, Aug. 30, a small…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (342+ words) Crossing guard services at eight Fairfax County public high schools will be temporarily reinstated, school board officials announced last night (Tuesday). The high schools receiving crossing guard services will include Edison, Chantilly, Oakton, McLean, West Potomac, Centreville, West Springfield, and…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (606+ words) South Lakes High School parents’ worst fears around the well-documented traffic problems at the Reston school came true this morning (Tuesday) after a teen was struck by a car. Around 7:54 a.m., parents called 911 to report the crash. According to social…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (187+ words) FFXnow There’s something a little bit magical about picking up a foil for the first time — or drawing back a bow and watching your arrow fly true. It’s why fencing and archery have such a hold on kids and adults…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (708+ words) Within the next few years, all middle school age students who qualify for advanced academic programs in Fairfax County Public Schools will have the opportunity to take those courses without leaving their neighborhood schools. Under a plan approved by the…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (1044+ words) Reston Association’s Board of Directors is tentatively wading into the growing furor over Fairfax County’s elimination of crossing guards at public high schools. Citing media reports, videos on social media and personal observations of harrowing traffic around South Lakes High…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (1167+ words) As many Fairfax County high school students drive or walk to school this fall, they’re arriving at a building without a dedicated crossing guard — and, only a few days into the new academic year, several elected officials say that absence…...