SYA Greater Fairfax Senior Babe Ruth Team Advances to World Series
Oregon tournament will be last time many team members play together.
The SYA Greater Fairfax Senior Babe Ruth team advanced to the World Series.
Fairfax County Ad Hoc Commission Subcommittees Report
“It is well past time for the Fairfax County Police Department to start providing timely, honest and effective communications with everything it does.” When former director of Fairfax County public affairs Merni Fitzgerald delivered the final report and recommendations of the communications subcommittee of the Fairfax County ad hoc commission to review police practices, commissioner Joseph Cammarata responded immediately to those words in report’s introduction.
Chantilly: Westfield Grad Wants to Bring Back Girls’ Golf Team
Kara Moore recalls the benefits of golf during her time at Westfield.
Kara Moore was a four-time regional qualifier for the Westfield girls' golf team.
Centre View: Troop 1548: Through All Kinds of Weather
Troop 1548, led by Scoutmaster Phil Quinn, is known as the All Weather Troop.
Centre View: Christopher D. Brown Attending Virginia Tech
Christopher D. Brown will be attending Virginia Tech as a member of the Corps of Cadets/Air Force ROTC and majoring in meteorology starting this fall.
Centre View: Mentored by Wynton Marsalis
Westfield student participates in Summer Jazz Academy.
Dylan Cooper, a jazz pianist from Centreville, will perform with the Summer Jazz Academy, directed by Wynton Marsalis, at the Castleton Festival this weekend.
Chantilly: A Group Gathers to Break into Guinness Book of World Records
Crime Prevention Officer Michelle Alexander and School Resource Officers Joe Woloszyn and Josh Kennon helped break a world record on Thursday, July 23 at the Udvar-Hazy Air and Space Museum.
Centreville: Homes Instead of Offices at Trinity Centre
Developer wants to build 355 apartments at the Trinity Centre.
As the area office market continues to stall, more and more land-use applications are proposing to replace planned office uses with residential communities. One of the latest proposals is at the Trinity Centre, off Route 29, in Centreville.
Centreville/Chantilly Roundups for the Week of July 29
Certified technicians from the Sully District Police Station will perform free, child safety carseat inspections Thursday, July 30, from 5-8:30 p.m., at the station, 4900 Stonecroft Blvd. in Chantilly.
Chantilly: Getting a Look At Officer Training
Residents tour county’s Criminal Justice Academy.
About 30 local residents recently got a behind-the-scenes look at the Fairfax County Criminal Justice Academy. They learned what recruits go through to become police officers and participated in a training scenario.
Centre View: ‘Impeccable Work Ethic’
Police PFC Earl Culbertson is honored as the Officer of the Month.
Reliable, a team player and a skilled motorcycle rider — that’s how Lt. Tim Burgess describes police PFC Earl D. Culbertson. In fact, as Culbertson’s supervisor, Burgess thinks so highly of him that he nominated him for Officer of the Month.
Centre View: Crime Report for the Week of July 21
The following incidents were reported by the Fair Oaks District Police Station.
Centre View: ‘Experimental Bar’
Dominion Foundation is donating $125,000 to support the Children’s Science Center Lab’s “Experimental Bar” at Fair Oaks Mall.
Centre View Area Roundup
Centre View Area Roundups for the week of July 19.
Letter: Issues over Improving I-66
Letter to the Editor
To the Editor: The following was approved by the Fairfax County Federation of Citizens Associations’ Executive Committee as its June 30, 2015 meeting.