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Delegate Filler-Corn Addresses Student Leadership Conference

Last Wednesday, Del. Eileen Filler-Corn (D-41) served as the keynote speaker at the Jobs for Virginia Graduates' Student Leadership Conference in Richmond. She currently serves as chair of the organization.

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Burke Boosterthon Fun Run Inspires Students to Build Character Through Sports

On Sept. 18, more than 780 students ran in the Boosterthon Fun Run at Keene Mill Elementary.

Fairfax County: School Bond Referendum Tops $300 Million

The Nov. 3 election ballot will include a Fairfax County Public Schools bond referendum, featuring school improvement projects totaling $350,000,000.


Fairfax County Public Schools To Relocate 500 Staff

Fairfax County Public Schools has signed a 13-year lease at the Willow Oaks Corporate Center in Merrifield to relocated 500 support staff from the Fairfax Ridge Administration Center, where its lease it set to expire in March 2016.

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Herrity: Fairfax County Board Made Decisions Not to Disclose Geer Information

Springfield supervisor speaks up on transparency at first committee meeting to review 140+ recommendations from ad hoc police commission.

While Commonwealth’s Attorney Raymond Morrogh was held up as one source of stalling the release information regarding the 2013 shooting death of Springfield man John Geer by then-Fairfax County police officer Adam Torres, Supervisor Pat Herrity (R-Springfield) offered that “decisions we made” on the Board of Supervisors, on the counsel of the Fairfax County attorney, were also responsible for Torres’ name, discrepancies in the investigation and other details of the incident being withheld from the public and Geer’s family until a lawsuit finally forced the police department to release everything.

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Burke and Springfield: Lake Braddock Homecoming Parade 2015

Residents line treets, stomachs before showdown with TC Williams

If Dorothy’s slippers had been purple and gold rather than ruby, she may have clicked her heels and found herself at Lake Braddock’s homecoming parade.


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Burke, Fairfax: Cook, Kincaid and Silverthorn Host Domestic Violence Awareness Event

Fairfax County reports nearly 160 domestic violence arrests are made each month in the county. To bring more attention to this issue and in light of October being declared Domestic Violence Awareness month in Fairfax County, supervisor John Cook (R-Braddock) hosted his third annual Stop Domestic Violence Community Awareness Event on Oct. 15 at Chuy’s restaurant in Fairfax.

Fairfax County Board of Supervisors-Sully: Kathy Smith (D)

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Fairfax County Board of Supervisors-Sully: John Guevara (R)

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Fairfax County Board of Supervisors-Mason: Mollie Loeffler (I)

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Fairfax County Board of Supervisors-Mason: Penelope A. “Penny” Gross (D)

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School Board-Mason: Sandy Evans

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Fairfax County: School Board Promotes Dyslexia Awareness

And adopts two-hour delay for March Primary.

Nine-year-old Maxwell Gebharts stood confidently on a step-stool to address the Fairfax County School Board Oct. 22. “My old school didn’t know I was dyslexic,” he said. “I was very sad and felt like I wasn’t keeping up with everybody.”

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State Senate-District 39: Joe Murray (R)

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State Senate-District 39: George Lincoln Barker (D)

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State Senate-District 37: Dave Marsden (D)

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State Senate-District 37: Dave Bergman (R)

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State Senate-District 36: Scott A. Surovell (D)

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State Senate-District 36: Gerald “Jerry” Foreman (R)

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