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County board celebrates the lives of its legislative director and Pope Francis

2 days ago | ffxnow.com | Scott McCaffrey

Fairfax County supervisors commemorated the lives of county’s top legislative staffer and the head of the Roman Catholic Church at their Tuesday (April 22) meeting. Supervisors also welcomed back a colleague who had been absent for more than a month owing to health issues. Supervisors celebrate life of county legislative directorFairfax County supervisors on Tuesday (April 22) honored the life of the county government’s legislative director, Claudia Hantman Arko.
Nonprofit that offers free piano lessons seeks to extend range in Fairfax County

1 week ago | ffxnow.com | Angela Woolsey

A nonprofit music studio in Arlington is hoping to get more donors and supporters to tune in, so it can expand a program that offers free piano lessons to low-income students into Fairfax County. Piano and More currently has two participants from Fairfax and three from Arlington in its Play It Forward program, which provides free lessons, keyboards and other resources to students at Title I schools.
Fairfax home sales, prices post increases in first-quarter data

1 week ago | ffxnow.com | Scott McCaffrey

The Fairfax real-estate market had a solid start to 2025. Where Fairfax and the broader Northern Virginia region goes from there, however, is an open question. “It is still too soon to tell whether the spring housing market will blossom or stay dormant a little longer,” said Lisa Sturtevant, chief economist for Bright MLS, in parsing March’s housing data.
Gov. Youngkin maintains support for federal cuts and tariffs despite ‘near term’ pain in Virginia

1 week ago | ffxnow.com | Daniel Egitto

Gov. Glenn Youngkin (R) continues to throw his support behind federal job cuts and heightened tariffs, despite many Virginia officials’ and economists’ warnings of economic fallout. In a CNBC interview yesterday (Monday), Youngkin acknowledged the pain that President Donald Trump’s economic decisions have already caused many Virginia residents.
Decline in corporate sponsorship causes challenges for Reston Pride organizers

1 week ago | ffxnow.com | Scott McCaffrey

Despite a decline in corporate support, organizers of the 2025 Reston Pride Festival say they are moving forward with what is planned as the largest in the event’s history. Set to run May 31-June 1 at Lake Anne Plaza, the event’s all-volunteer organizing committee has begun a last-minute effort to attract sponsors, after a number of those that had participated in the past opted against doing so in 2025.
NOVA Parks leader to retire after overseeing regional park system’s expansion over 20 years

1 week ago | ffxnow.com | Angela Woolsey

When Paul Gilbert finishes leading NOVA Parks, the regional park system will be over 1,000 acres larger than it was when he started. The Northern Virginia Regional Park Authority announced last Friday (April 11) that Gilbert will retire as its executive director by the end of 2025.
Ford Motor-inspired restaurant coming to Fairfax

1 week ago | ffxnow.com | Jared Serre

A restaurant brand inspired by the history of the Ford Motor Company has set its sights on Fairfax County. Formulators of Ford’s Garage, a burger and craft beer eatery chain, have joined with an area franchisee to add three of the brand’s restaurants to Northern Virginia, the company announced Tuesday. The deal will bring the brand to four locations across Virginia, following the 2024 opening of a Richmond location.
How to determine the value of a business

1 week ago | ffxnow.com | Vernon Miles

One of the first questions we commonly receive from business owners thinking about selling their business is how the value of their business is calculated. There are several methods to value a business and we guide business owners through the most common and generally accepted business valuation practices.
D.C. region leaders still not sold on I-495 Southside Express Lanes proposal

1 week ago | ffxnow.com | Scott McCaffrey

A recent briefing from the Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) did little to quell questions and concerns from regional leaders about a proposal to extend the I-495 Express Lanes from Springfield into Prince George’s County, Maryland. The Southside Express Lanes project is a “complex and lengthy” undertaking, VDOT Northern Virginia District Megaprojects Director Michelle Shropshire told the D.C. region’s Transportation Planning Board (TPB) at a meeting yesterday (Tuesday).
Lorton man gets prison time after Dulles Airport officials found child sex abuse material on phone

1 week ago | ffxnow.com | Jared Serre

A Lorton man will spend most of the next two decades in federal prison after coercing young girls to create and send him sexually explicit content on social media. Jose Alejandro Belmonte Cardozo, who pleaded guilty in November to one count of transporting child pornography, was sentenced to 18 years in federal prison yesterday (Tuesday) by a judge in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia.