Lady Luck Shines on Herndon
Festivities went on without a hitch at Herndon Festival 2016
Lady Luck – if not the sun – shone down on the 36th annual Herndon Festival.
Fairfax County: School Board Adopts $2.7 Billion Budget
FY 2017 budget aims to raise teacher salaries, lower class sizes.
The Fairfax County School Board has made good on Superintendent Dr. Karen Garza’s promise when she introduced a FY 2017 budget for the school system.
Herndon: Wings of Magic
Help Herndon sign the Mayors for Monarchs pledge to increase monarch butterfly habitat and population.
Carol and Jay Hadlock take precise details to facilitate the birth of monarch butterflies in their Herndon home.
Herndon Garden Tour
Garden Tour approaches: Saturday, June 18, noon to 4 p.m.
Herndon enjoys cultivating community initiative. This year’s 2016 Herndon Garden Tour on Saturday, June 18 from noon to 4 p.m. is one budding example.
Get Involved: Herndon’s Future Downtown
The Herndon Town Council wants the public’s feedback on two potential proposals for Town’s downtown.
Herndon Hosts Second TEDxHerndon Event
Saturday, May 21, Herndon hosted its second TEDxHerndon event at Herndon Middle School. In the spirit of ideas worth spreading, TEDx is a program of local, self-organized events that bring people together to share a TED-like experience. TED (Technology, Entertainment, Design) is a global set of conferences run by the private nonprofit Sapling Foundation.
Herndon: Thanks for 40 Years, Miss Helen
Helen Guest has been the director at St. Timothy’s Pre-School more years than Carrie Manetto has been alive.
Herndon Festival Returns June 2-5
Event features free entertainment, fireworks and carnival
The 36th Annual Herndon Festival will be held June 2-5.
Fairfax County shares plan for mitigating effects of Safe Track maintenance
Bracing for shutdown "surges" in face of Metro crisis
If you use Metrorail from Vienna or Reston or Tysons, be on notice: The Orange and Silver lines will be the first affected.
Fairfax County: Kaine Requests Funding for School Drinking Water Testing
FCPS developing testing plan; last test was 2004.
In response to the lead contamination of drinking water of Flint, Michigan, U.S. Sen. Tim Kaine joined 24 other senators asking Congress for funding to have school drinking water tested for lead and other toxins.
Fairfax County: 15th Day Prom held for students with disabilities
Students’ bodies bounced, swayed and spun on the dance floor while the Black-Eyed Peas’ “I Gotta Feeling” blared from towering speakers. In another room, glamorous girls and boutonniered boys waited in line to pose for a professional photographer. It was a prom.
Oak Hill and Herndon Home Sales: April, 2016
In April, 2016, 102 homes sold between $857,000-$159,600 in the Oak Hill and Herndon area.
Oak Hill and Herndon Home Sales: April, 2016
Herndon Elementary School Student Honored for Clean Air Initiative.
Jaeya Taxali, a sixth-grade student at Crossfield Elementary, gained her inspiration from the school bus ride home.