Saturday, May 25, 2013
The Citizen Police Academy is one of a handful of initiatives from the station to educate the community about police enforcement efforts.
The West Springfield District Station of the Fairfax County Police Department, which covers part of Annandale, is sponsoring a version of the Citizen Police Academy (CPA) as part of their new initiatives for 2013. The CPA is mostly geared toward residents who live or work in the Greene Hills Estates in Springfield. The program is free to all. Children ages 5-11 years can also particpate. "The Citizen Police Academy is one of the many initiatives and partnerships we are involved in to ensure safe communities," said Capt. Joe Hill, commander of the station, in an email to Patch. Training will last for five weeks on Tuesday nights from 6:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. until June 18 at Saratoga Elementary School, located at 8111 Northumberland Road in …
Memorial Day weekend celebrations Friday through Monday in Northern Virginia.
Plus, we tell you where NOT to find your next lawnmower.
Editor's Note: Patch has 31 sites in Virginia and D.C., and not a day goes by that something weird isn't happening somewhere in the area. Here's a look back at some weird goings on over the past week. Cicadas Everywhere (Or Not): A line has been drawn, and it isn't residents rejecting the D.C. metro label — it's cicadas that have decided they'd rather avoid the congestion inside the Beltway. We've been anxiously anticipating a crazy spring of buzzing cicadas crawling everywhere. Now, some of us are finding the big bugs crawling out of holes and up trees in Fredericksburg, Woodbridge and lower Fairfax County, but others haven't seen any of this year's brood. Enjoying the Breeze: Manassas City Police have a description of a suspect in …
Friday, May 24, 2013
You can use this gas price widget to always find the lowest price of the moment. Pro tip: Gas up early this week to save money.
Click here for a full-screen view of the gas price map. If you don't see a map of our local area, click the magnifying glass in the upper right to enter your address. Nationwide, gas prices were predicted to be lower this summer compared to the last three years, but that won't translate into savings at the pump this Memorial Day weekend, experts said. "Motorists this year are facing rising gas prices heading into the Memorial Day holiday," said Michael Green, a AAA spokesman, adding that Memorial Day 2013 would probably be the most expensive since 2011. In past years, prices have declined heading into early summer as oil refineries produced more gasoline to meet expected summer driving demand. This year, though, Midwest refineries haven't …
In budget approval, school board members divided on how best to keep teacher pay competitive moving forward.
After months of debate on how to fairly compensate Fairfax teachers and keep pace with salaries in other jurisdictions , the Fairfax County School board voted for a $2.5 billion budget Thursday that will give employees a 2 percent mid-year market-scale adjustment — making good on a commitment from school board members to provide some sort of compensation relief during this fiscal year. Much of the Fiscal Year 2014 spending plan, which passed on an 8-4 vote, is dedicated to changing demographics and unprecedented student growth — 3,089 students are expected to join the system next year, pushing total enrollment to 184,625. To view the full budget, click here. The pay raise was the biggest hurdle in this year's budget, school board …
Kevin Cao was recently acknowledged by the Fairfax County Office of Public Private Partnerships.
Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology student Kevin Cao was recently awarded the Tony Griffin Partnership Leader Award for his work with Growth and Inspiration through Volunteering and Education (GIVE) — a non-profit organization he founded with a fellow classmate and another student from Robinson Secondary School. Fairfax County and Fairfax County Public Schools (FCPS) recognized Cao and 11 other public private partners at an awards ceremony on May 21 hosted by George Mason University at the Mason Inn Conference Center and Hotel in Fairfax. “Hundreds of our local business and individuals are giving their time, talent and resources as partners in the community. When businesses, the county, FCPS and the local nonprofits …
The annual carnival will include rides and games for kids of all ages and other family entertainment.
The 63rd annual Annandale Spring Carnival, which will feature games, rides, food and local entertainment, will open to the community on June 6 and last through June 16. Sponsored by the Annandale Chamber of Commerce and run by Reithoffer Shows, the carnival will return to its previous location in the Kmart parking lot this year. When it opened in 1950, the carnival was held on the property that is now Giant Food. The carnival moved to the property that now holds Kmart and the Kmart owners allowed the Chamber to continue hosting it in the parking lot. Last year, the carnival briefly relocated to the AMF Bowling Lanes parking lot. The move back to Kmart is especially fitting as the carnival will also celebrate its 50th anniversary at that …
The following information was supplied by the Fairfax County Police Department in the most recent daily reports released May 23. Arrests do not indicate a conviction.
The following items are from the recent daily activity reports from the Mason, West Springfield and Franconia Police District Stations of the Fairfax County Police Department. Larcenies 7400 block of Little River Turnpike, shrimp and beer from business 4300 block of Americana Drive, tools from vehicle No major incidents were reported. No vehicle thefts were reported.
Applications for the incoming class of 2017 have to be received by May 31.
All eighth grade students who moved to Fairfax, Arlington, Loudoun or Prince William County or the City of Falls Church after Sept. 30, 2012 are still eligible to apply for admission to Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology (TJHSST) for their summer round of admissions for the class of 2017. Applications for the class of 2017 (ninth grade), as well as for the class of 2016 (tenth grade), and the class of 2015 (eleventh grade) must be received by 4 p.m. on May 31, according to a news release from FCPS. Read more: Which Middle Schools Had the Most Students Accepted to TJHSST? To be eligible, all students have to take the TJ admissions test on Wednesday, June 5, and complete a student information sheet on Friday, June 7. …
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