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Week in Review: School Board Approves Budget, Annandale Track Wins Big and More

A look back at some of our bigger stories of the week of May 23-May 29

Another week down and it looks like the weather has chosen to behave for the holiday weekend. If you're staying close to home for Memorial Day weekend, we compiled a list of events going on in Annandale. In the meantime, here's a look back at some stories we posed on Annandale Patch this week.

 

Late last year, Patch reported on the serial burglar that in the Northern Virginia area. This week, the Fairfax County chief prosecutor said Friday he was unsure there was enough evidence to charge Brad Edmonds, the man police believe is the serial burglar.

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On Monday, we told you about the Knights of Columbus and their fundraising efforts during this month. On Thursday, the Fairfax County School Board which included a 1 percent pay raise for employees and county-wide full-day kindergarten.

Also on Thursday, the House that could delay the BRAC move for up to a year as well as U.S. Rep. Jim Moran's (D) amendment to limit parking at Mark Center to 1,000 until transportation improvements are completed. Fairfax County Democratic Committee members endorsed two school board candidates without a majority vote, which drew some strong opinions from some members.

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In sports, track and field took first at the two-day Northern Region Championship meet. We've got photos from the meet and the results . The varsity boys lacrosse team advanced to the regional championship on Tuesday, , but they .

We also continued to bring you our weekly content, including our or some activities and residents out and about in our area, the and our weekly .


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