3+ day, 20+ hour ago   (599+ words) Fairfax County is proposing a revamp of its zoning requirements for food trucks, child care centers and other ancillary uses in commercial, industrial and some residential zoning districts. As shared with the Board of Supervisors at its Land Use Policy…...

4+ day, 11+ hour ago   (490+ words) A teenager was killed this afternoon (Wednesday) after being struck by a truck outside a shopping center in Fairfax City. Fairfax City police officers and a medic with the Fairfax County Fire and Rescue Department were dispatched to 3985 Pickett Road…...

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   (615+ words) The owner of the vacant Sheraton Tysons Hotel is rethinking its plans for the property, which has been sitting untouched more than two years after Fairfax County leaders approved a conversion. Property owner JBG Smith still wants to turn the…...

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   (373+ words) A new grocery store appears to have been secured for Reston’s Plaza America. The German discount chain Lidl has “just signed” a lease for the former Whole Foods Market space at 11660 Plaza America Drive, according to a site plan recently…...

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…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (319+ words) One man is in the hospital, and another has been arrested after an argument escalated to a shooting in Hybla Valley over the weekend. Officers were dispatched to the 7900 block of Fordson Road in the Gum Springs area at 6:24 p.m. on…...