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- Homework Overload
- First Lady Comes to GMU, Campaigns for Clinton
- Police Investigating Two Related Burke Break-ins
- Burke, Fairfax: Police Investigating Graffiti at Robinson
- Burke, Fairfax, Lorton, Springfield: Volunteers pack 10,000 meals at Burke Presbyterian Church
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Sports
- Burke, Lorton, Springfield: Lake Braddock Running Back Signs for University of Virginia
- Burke, Springfield: Fighting Cancer, One Stroke at a Time
- Dragon Boating
- Burke: Robinson Girls' Lax Repeats as State Champion
- Burke: Robinson Boys' Lax Wins Third Straight State Championship
Opinion
- Fairfax Raises $521,509 for MDA
- Suicide Prevention: Everyone’s Business
- Suicide Loss ‘Club’
- Letter: Does He Bite?
- Editorial: Take One Action to Prevent Suicide
Politics
- ‘Sextortion’ Victims Are Mostly Men
- First Lady Comes to GMU, Campaigns for Clinton
- One Step To ‘One Fairfax’
- Senator Kaine Hosts Interfaith Forum
- Burke and Springfield: McAuliffe Signs High School Curriculum Bill Into Law
Education
- Homework Overload
- Fairfax County: Students learn IT and job skills, earn tech internships.
- Fairfax County Public Schools Superintendent Garza Resigns
- Burke, Lorton, Springfield: Lake Braddock Running Back Signs for University of Virginia
- Fairfax County School Board Postpones Decision on New Sponsorship Policy
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Walk to Prevent Suicide
Walk supports survivors of suicide loss and American Foundation for Suicide Prevention.
The Out of the Darkness Walks are American Foundation for Suicide Prevention’s largest fundraiser, producing millions for suicide prevention programs, and works to unite those who have been affected by suicide, and create communities that are “smart about mental health.”
Homework Overload
Some educators say less can be more, stress balance when it comes to homework.
Paula DeMarco dreads one time of day the most: weekday evenings at 5:30. It’s the time she has set aside for her children begin their homework. That means no screen time, music or other distractions.
‘Sextortion’ Victims Are Mostly Men
Photos, video used to demand money from victims.
Detectives of the Major Crimes Division of Fairfax County Police report a trend in an unsavory type of financial scam. Sexual extortion scams, commonly referred to as “sextortion,” involve meeting someone the victim believes is a real person online who coaxes him or her into feeling a sense of connection and intimacy, and then sending risque photos or video.
First Lady Comes to GMU, Campaigns for Clinton
Speaks on Hillary Clintons 'lifelong record of public service.'
Excitement filled the air when First Lady Michelle Obama addressed an enthusiastic crowd, last Friday, Sept. 16, at GMU’s Johnson Center. Speaking on behalf of Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton, she urged everyone to vote and called Clinton the only qualified candidate in the race.
Police Investigating Two Related Burke Break-ins
Victims assaulted with a machete
Fairfax County Police believe the same four men are responsible for assaulting and robbing two Burke residents at different locations, around 2 a.m. on Friday, Sept. 23.
