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Letter: Experience and Results

To the Editor

State. Sen. George Barker isn’t a party politician. He brings sides together, and looks at each issue individually to see how it affects Virginians in our district and across the Commonwealth.

Opinion: Domestic Violence Includes Financial Abuse

The intertwinement of domestic violence and homelessness in Fairfax County.

What if you wake up one day in fear of your physical safety? What would you do if you had absolutely no access to any of your bank accounts?

Letter: Vote YES for the Fairfax County School Bond Referendum

To the Editor

I urge all Fairfax County citizens to vote YES for the Fairfax County school bond referendum on November 3rd.


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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Clifton Haunted Trail Unites Town, Frightens Thousands

A strobe light pulses through dense fog, briefly illuminating rabbit corpses hung upside down under the arch of a bridge. As vines are brushed aside, a tall, white, hairy figure passes by quietly.

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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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Springfield: Hayfield Football to Face Fellow Conference 6 Contenders

Hawks tied with Madison for first place at 5-0.

The Hayfield football team will host South Lakes on Oct. 30.


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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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