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- Fairfax County Attracts Innovative Technology Firms
- Celebrating ‘Everyday’ Heroes
- Brief: Area Roundups
- Honoring Movement for Women’s Rights
- Brief: Week in Fairfax
Sports
- Robinson Boys’ Lax Finishes Concorde Runner-up
- Laurel Hill Golf Club To Host National Tournament
- Woodson Girls' Lacrosse Returns to Patriot District Championship Game
- Five Northern Region Athletes Compete at Capital Classic
- The Comeback Kid
Opinion
- Editorial: Vote in Spite of Election Fatigue
- Editorial: Some Limits, More Disclosure
- Opinion: The Power of Tourism
- Letter: Bookfair in Support of School
- Letters: How to ‘Make Life Greener?It was fantastic to read about Vienna’s commitment to more sustainable living [“Making Life ‘Greener’ in Vienna” (The Vienna and Oakton Connection, April 24-30, 2013
Politics
- Absentee Voting Starts Now for Democratic Primaries
- Governor McDonnell Endorses Springfield Site for FBI Headquarters
- Fairfax County Union Officials Say Board’s Budget Fails Staff, Residents
- Fairfax County Budget Reflects ‘Increasing Needs, Decreasing Revenues’
- City Votes 6-0 to Get Out of Water Business
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Fairfax Home Sales: April, 2013
In April 2013, 95 Fairfax homes sold between $1,575,000-$135,200.
Fairfax Home Sales: April, 2013
Fairfax County Attracts Innovative Technology Firms
More than 1,400 jobs added to local economy in first quarter.
Continuing consumer demand for innovative technology such as web filtering, data security and cloud computing has helped Fairfax County post gains to the local economy, countering the sequester effect stalling business growth in other sectors. According to the Fairfax County Economic Development Authority (FCEDA), 27 businesses added more than 1,400 jobs in Fairfax County during the first quarter of 2013.
Brief: School Board Requests Bond Referendum on November Ballot
The Fairfax County School Board has approved a resolution to request that the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors place a school bond referendum for $250,000,000 on the ballot for the November 2013 general election.
Editorial: Vote in Spite of Election Fatigue
Primary voting, absentee voting, Republican convention.
Absentee voting, including “in-person” absentee voting, is already underway for the June 11 primary, a statewide Democratic party primary for lieutenant governor and attorney general, plus one delegate race in Northern Virginia. Voters in the Democratic primary will choose between Ralph S. Northam and Aneesh Chopra for lieutenant governor; and between Mark R. Herring and Justin E. Fairfax for attorney general.
Celebrating ‘Everyday’ Heroes
Molina Healthcare honors local residents for making a difference in the community.
In the 1980s, Vienna resident John Horejsi and a “ragtag” group of social justice pioneers learned that Virginia was charging sales tax on food stamps. They discovered the sales tax boosted the state’s coffers by $9.5 million every year, money that they believed belonged to poor families for food or other necessary items.
