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Homelessness plan approved
- The Arlington County Board has approved a plan that seeks to end homelessness in the county within 10 years.
Seniors, children at highest risk of dying from fire-related causes
- On March 8, a pair of married 81-year-old residents died in a fire at their Annandale home. The woman had discarded a cigarette, starting a fire; her husband went to the phone to call 911 to get help for his wife as the flames began to spread. Both perished in the blaze. Later, while sifting through the wreckage, fire investigators found the husband, still clutching the phone.
Suspect in 18-year-old murders back in Fairfax County
- A man on California’s death row has been returned to Northern Virginia to face capital murder charges in Arlington and Fairfax counties.
Double shooting, one death in Arlington
- The Arlington Police Department is investigating the third homicide of 2006, the shooting death of an 18-year-old in the Columbia Heights West neighborhood.
At courthouse, it’s business as usual
- Red metal barrier gates surround the Federal Courthouse in Alexandria, as well as several police cars from both the city department and Federal police. Behind the barriers and police cars and atop buildings stand several police officers wearing uniforms that make them appear more like paramilitary than average patrol officers.
- Red metal barrier gates surround the Federal Courthouse in Alexandria, as well as several police cars from both the city department and Federal police. Behind the barriers and police cars and atop buildings stand several police officers wearing uniforms that make them appear more like paramilitary than average patrol officers.
Removing the stains of gang activity
- Some say it’s the clothes; others see the attitude. And some may simply see a group of youth together and draw the conclusion.
Trolleys may give Arlington that San Francisco feel
- Arlington may soon be the San Francisco of the East when it comes to the clang, clang, clang of the trolley.
Supervisors could go full time
- When the Virginia General Assembly meets in 2007, lawmakers may have a request from Fairfax County to allow county supervisors to get full-time status.
Maryland teens charged with Virginia slaying
- Two Oxon Hill 15-year-olds accused of killing a man on Saturday in Arlington’s Columbia Heights West neighborhood were returned to Virginia on Tuesday to face charges.
Vienna’s budget reduces tax rate for real estate
- The proposed 2006-07 budget of just more than $18.5 million for the Town of Vienna includes a real estate tax rate of 18.62 cents per $100 of assessed value, down from 22 cents under the current spending plan.
Affordable housing initiative takes a hit in proposed 2007 budget
- A plan by Hunter Mill District Supervisor Catherine Hudgins to increase the share of tax revenue that helps pay for affordable housing came to an end Monday as the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors finalized its markup of the proposed 2007 budget.
With new development comes new dangers
- While technology has made it possible to construct homes faster, lighter and stronger than 25 years ago, the McMansion homes of today are more prone to fire and, once ablaze, burn more quickly, regional fire experts warn.
- While technology has made it possible to construct homes faster, lighter and stronger than 25 years ago, the McMansion homes of today are more prone to fire and, once ablaze, burn more quickly, regional fire experts warn.