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Centreville High students’ research reports finding DNA residue in Pfizer COVID vaccines
January 17, 2025, 5:00 am |
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Three students from Centreville High School in Clifton discovered a potentially harmful substance – DNA residues, or tiny fragments of genetic material – in Pfizer’s messenger RNA COVID-19 vaccine, and published their findings in a peer-reviewed article in the Journal…
Council warns about future greenhouse gas emissions
January 17, 2025, 5:00 am |
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In a new environmental report, Fairfax County’s Environmental Quality Advisory Council warned the county needs to reduce transportation emissions and data center electrical consumption to achieve a cleaner, more sustainable future.
Edison Girls’ Basketball shows no mercy with a hot start, echoing their coach’s mindset
January 17, 2025, 5:00 am |
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Virginia Attorney General escalates investigation into American Muslims for Palestine nonprofit
January 17, 2025, 5:00 am |
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The spotlight on anti-Israel activism and anti-Jew hate in the country intensified this week as Virginia Attorney General Jason Miyares escalated his investigation into American Muslims for Palestine, filing a petition in Richmond City Circuit Court to force the 501(c)(3)…
Adorable Adoptables: A Forever Home
January 17, 2025, 5:00 am |
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Ajax
Come meet your new best friend
January 17, 2025, 5:00 am |
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Beacon- altered male 2 years old
Countertenor John Holiday returns to Wolf Trap’s Barns
January 17, 2025, 5:00 am |
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The Wolf Trap Opera alumnus is doing big things in the opera world
Reston Community Players stages hilarious and romantic "4 Weddings and an Elvis"
January 17, 2025, 5:00 am |
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The play includes a host of local favorites
“Prison Reimagined” exhibit finds the perfect venue at Workhouse Arts Center
January 17, 2025, 5:00 am |
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This weekend the exhibition “Prison Reimagined: Presidential Portrait Project” opens at Workhouse Arts Center. What makes this show unique? All the art, poetry, and essays were created inside America’s prisons. The show’s curator, Caddell Kivett, has been incarcerated since 2010.
Weight loss drugs: hype or the real deal?
January 17, 2025, 5:00 am |
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Unless you have no TV or Internet, you’ve likely heard of the GLP-1 craze – glossy commercials and ads featuring people purporting to have lost lots of weight, and they’ve lowered their A1c. Is this really that great, and are…
Robinson basketball coach hopes culture shift will lead to more wins
January 17, 2025, 5:00 am |
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People and Places - Week of January 17, 2025
January 17, 2025, 5:00 am |
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Public Safety - Week of January 17, 2025
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Man arrested after burglary
Fairfax County faces potential budget cuts to fire and rescue services
January 17, 2025, 5:00 am |
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LAs firefighters wage calamity in southern California, the International Association of Fire Fighters (IAFF) Local 2068, the union representing the Fairfax County professional firefighters and paramedics, urged citizens to contact local leaders to stave off planned budget cuts to fire…
Championing dark skies
January 17, 2025, 5:00 am |
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Most people in North America cannot see the Milky Way in the night sky from where they live. This is because of light pollution. Rushil Kukreja, a 15-year-old Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology junior, is working to…
FCPS suspends Edison High basketball coach as Virginia lawmakers target unethical recruitment
January 15, 2025, 3:51 pm |
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Fairfax County Public Schools superintendent silent about a massive data breach by a tech vendor, PowerSchool
January 11, 2025, 3:30 pm |
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Scout performs rescue in the rapids
January 10, 2025, 5:00 am |
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Reston Association’s Senior Movie Day celebrates 30th Anniversary
January 10, 2025, 5:00 am |
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Senior Movie Day, one of Reston Association’s most popular ongoing events, will celebrate its 30th anniversary season this year.
Pat Herrity announces campaign for lieutenant governor
January 10, 2025, 5:00 am |
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This past week, Pat Herrity, Fairfax County’s only Republican politician elected to office, announced his campaign for lieutenant governor of Virginia.
Woodson Girls’ Basketball plans to rebound after snowstorm
January 10, 2025, 5:00 am |
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Citizens raise concerns to county’s General Assembly delegation
January 10, 2025, 5:00 am |
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This past weekend, about 80 residents streamed into the Board Auditorium of the Fairfax County Government Center to voice their concerns to the Fairfax County delegation to the General Assembly, days before the start of the 2025 legislative session.
Journey to zero emissions: one resident’s vision of a cleaner and healthier future
January 10, 2025, 5:00 am |
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Cats Bring Joy!
January 10, 2025, 5:00 am |
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Woodson Boys’ Basketball hits their stride early, looks to keep momentum in 2025
January 10, 2025, 5:00 am |
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Adorable Adoptables: A Forever Home
January 10, 2025, 5:00 am |
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Last Train Home on track for The Birchmere
January 10, 2025, 5:00 am |
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The band has been wowing audiences for more than 25 years
5 ways to curb your sugar cravings
January 10, 2025, 5:00 am |
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There are physiological and psychological mechanisms that make us crave and overeat sugar. While we can’t rewire our brains to stop craving sugar, we can decrease the urges of those cravings. It helps to become aware of your eating habits,…
Get to know Eric Carzon, the library's new director
January 10, 2025, 5:00 am |
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Michael Clem celebrates his birthday with annual Jammin Java gig
January 10, 2025, 5:00 am |
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The Cliedness Bell will include his former Eddie From Ohio bandmate Eddie Hartness
Winter weather and safety precautions for people with dementia
January 10, 2025, 5:00 am |
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Winter weather conditions — such as freezing temperatures, snow, ice and early darkness — can be dangerous, and even life-threatening, for people living with Alzheimer’s or other dementias. However, officials at the Alzheimer’s Association say that by planning and taking…
FCPS selects TJHSST alum Michael Mukai to be new principal
January 10, 2025, 12:25 am |
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Defense, intel veterans reject Tysons casino as ‘acute’ health and national security risk
January 3, 2025, 5:05 am |
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As some Virginia lawmakers position themselves to support new legislation to bring a controversial casino to Tysons, a Who’s Who of 109 national security leaders – including 57 former CIA officials, two former members of the U.S. Congress, and 18…
Here’s what you can do about the youth opioid epidemic
January 3, 2025, 5:00 am |
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“Cayden died six weeks after taking his first pill.” These were the words of Sean Foster, a father who lost his only son to an overdose. A little over a year ago, on Jan. 31, 2023, Cayden Foster was found…
Commission on the Arts awards $22,700 in grants to 15 organizations
January 3, 2025, 5:00 am |
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The City of Fairfax Commission on the Arts has selected 15 arts organizations to receive $22,700 in project support grants. These recipients represent a diverse selection of artistic disciplines in Fairfax City for all ages, including playwriting, brass music, multimedia…
West Potomac Girls’ Basketball drops buckets in red-hot start
January 3, 2025, 5:00 am |
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Many families and parents of high school athletes balk at the idea of their kids participating in athletics during the holidays, as it interferes with family gatherings and travel plans.
Hayfield Boys’ Basketball looks to rebound after the holidays
January 3, 2025, 5:00 am |
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The holidays are in full swing, but the Hayfield Hawks are looking to regroup after their latest loss against John Marshall in The Way Classic, 67-41 on Dec. 21. Head Coach Carlos Poindexter said John Marshall had high-level talent, making…
Biden commutes sentence of death row inmate guilty of Fairfax County killing
January 3, 2025, 5:00 am |
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Thirty-one years after being sentenced to death, a Fairfax County killer had his sentence changed to life in prison.
Healthy family dinners: Tips for meal planning and building balanced meals
January 3, 2025, 5:00 am |
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Meal planning is a powerful tool for staying on track with your healthy eating goals, especially when you’re cooking for the whole family. With the right approach, you can prepare delicious, nutrient-packed dinners that everyone will enjoy. I’m sharing practical…
Adorable Adoptables: Four Paws
January 3, 2025, 5:00 am |
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Danger Bird pays tribute to Neil Young
January 3, 2025, 5:00 am |
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The popular cover band heads to the State Theatre
Arts for Learning storyteller finds the beauty in imperfection: “The Crack in Everything”
January 3, 2025, 5:00 am |
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Arts for Learning Virginia storyteller Robin Vivian said she was recently skimming her daughter’s PTA newsletter when her jaw dropped.
Kennedy Center brings celebrated novel “Life of Pi” to Stage
January 3, 2025, 5:00 am |
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Puppeteer Betsy Rosen helps bring the beloved story to life
Adorable Adoptables: A Forever Home Dogs
January 3, 2025, 5:00 am |
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Public Safety: Week of January 3, 2025
January 3, 2025, 5:00 am |
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People & Places: Week of January 3, 2025
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Treating repetitive motion injuries in young athletes
January 3, 2025, 5:00 am |
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“If you’re doing one sport for a few months and then another, there are different types of stresses and strains on the body,” said orthopedic surgeon Christopher Good, M.D, of Virginia Spine Institute (VSI) in Reston. According to Good, nowadays,…
Finding purpose in an unexpected gift
January 3, 2025, 5:00 am |
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What does it take to become an expert at what you do? Eddie Paik believes the adage that it is about 10,000 hours of specialization. Paik is a piano tuner who strives for excellence with every piano he encounters.
House Bill 500 could be the change that FCPS needs
December 27, 2024, 5:00 am |
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Proposed initially during the 2024 session and continued to 2025, House Bill 500 addresses this issue and, if implemented, requires that the state’s Board of Education develops SOLs using Universal Design for Learning (UDL) principles. UDL training helps teachers learn…
Dunn Loring redevelopment sparks community outcry
December 27, 2024, 5:00 am |
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Dunn Loring Elementary, established in 1939, has long been a part of the community’s storied history. Once bustling with students, the school was closed in 1978 and repurposed for administrative use. The proposal to redevelop the site into a new…
The history of the newspaper can be traced back to when Arthur W. “Nick” Arundel established the Times Community Newspapers. Back in 1963, Arundel, who happened to be the son of Russell Arundel, a notable figure in Pepsi-Cola bottling, acquired the long-standing Loudoun Times-Mirror, which had been in operation for 165 years and was centered in Loudoun County, Virginia. With enthusiasm, Arundel expanded his newspaper venture, acquiring papers in various locations across Virginia such as Annandale, Centreville, Chantilly, Fairfax, Herndon, McLean, Reston, Springfield, and Vienna.
The year 2008 witnessed a significant development when Times Community Newspapers merged its local newspapers in Centreville, Fairfax City, Fairfax Station, Herndon, McLean, Reston, and Vienna into a single publication. This new combined publication came to be known as the Fairfax County Times.
In 2009, there were speculations that the Loudoun Times-Mirror might merge with the Fairfax County Times. During this time, the Loudoun Times-Mirror reduced its workforce and joined forces with the Fairfax County Times to streamline operations. However, no actual merger took place.
Then, on May 26, 2009, Times Community Newspapers made a sale, transferring ownership of the Fairfax County Times to The Gazette, a newspaper group headquartered in Gaithersburg, Maryland. Notably, The Gazette group is a part of Post-Newsweek Media, a subsidiary of The Washington Post Company. By February 2012, the Fairfax Times was operating under the umbrella of the Post-Newsweek Media division.
In November 2012, the Fairfax Times welcomed a new co-tenant as D.C. television station WRC-TV established its Northern Virginia bureau within the newspaper’s offices.
Moving ahead to August 2013, Jeff Bezos, the founder of Amazon.com, acquired The Washington Post Company’s newspaper business for $250 million. This acquisition included The Washington Post, the Post Express daily free newspaper, El Tiempo Latino (a Spanish language newspaper), The Gazette weeklies, a printing plant located in Springfield, Virginia, and a parcel of land in Charles County, Maryland. Following this transaction, Nash Holdings LLC, a company owned by Bezos, officially became the owner of the Fairfax Times on September 30, 2013, when the sale was finalized.
The story continued in June 2015 when Nash Holdings made the decision to sell the Fairfax Times to Whip It Media. This locally owned company was founded by Richard Whippen, who previously served as the newspaper’s general manager.
