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Fairfax, Virginia is located in Fairfax County. Zip codes in Fairfax, VA include 22037, 22038, and 22032. The median home price in Fairfax is $485,000. More Fairfax information.

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3 hrs ago | Fairfax County

Accidental Herndon Townhouse Fire

Fairfax County Fire and Rescue Department 4100 Chain Bridge Rd, Fairfax, Virginia 22030 Phone: 703-246-3801, TTY: 711 and Fax:703-385-1687 Duty PIO : 703-877-3702 fire-rescue.PA-LSE@fairfaxcounty.gov News Release 13-59 Date: May 22, 2013 Fairfax County Fire and Rescue Department units responded to a house fire, Tuesday, May 21, 2013, at ... (more)

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7 hrs ago | Virginia Business

Amazon Web Services to create 500 jobs in Fairfax

Amazon Web Services Inc. plans to establish an office in the Herndon area of Fairfax County to support growth of its public sector and cloud computing work, creating 500 new jobs.

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11 hrs ago | Directions Magazine

Dewberry Acquires Florida-based Bowyer-Singleton

Fairfax, VA Dewberry, a privately held architecture, engineering, and consulting company, announced today the acquisition of Bowyer-Singleton & Associates, Inc.

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Tue May 21, 2013

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"beyond THe Lyrics" Premieres Today Featuring Temika Moore

Website: http://www.arlingtonmedia.org/live Music: http://www.reverbnation.com/temikamoore/song/13004999-im-not-ok Fairfax, VA - Having recorded the first show on February 19, 2013, quite often it seemed as if this day was not going to come to fruition; but finally it has arrived.

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Mon May 20, 2013

Modern Healthcare

WEDI announces ICD-10 best-practices initiative

Health information organizations in four states are the founding members of a new collaborative initiative to exchange information about best practices in preparation for conversion to ICD-10 diagnostic and procedural codes.

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Patch.com

May 20 Deadline to Register for Democratic Primary

Residents who want to vote in the June 11 Democratic Primary to nominate candidates for Lt.

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Patch.com

Del. Albo Recognized with Three Service Awards By Virginia Chamber of Commerce

Del. Dave Albo was given three awards last week for his 2013 voting record by the Virginia Chamber of Commerce .

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Business Journal

Downtown Durham names Durham as CEO

Most recently, Durham acted as economic development director for Fairfax, Va., and prior to his stint there, he worked Silver Spring, Md., where he developed capital improvement projects for the urban district and managed property development and budgetary needs.

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Patch.com

Virginia Jobless Rate Hits 4-Year Low

Virginia's unemployment rate dropped to 5.2 percent in April, the lowest it's been in more than four years.

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Sun May 19, 2013

PRLog US Entertainment

Teenage Magician Builds Own Party Business

May 17, 2013 - FAIRFAX, Va. -- Magician Drew Kennerley has been performing magic for over 10 years, but has recently created his own party business in 2010.

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Fairfax County

Fatal Falls Church Fire Ruled Accidental

Fairfax County Fire and Rescue Department 4100 Chain Bridge Rd, Fairfax, Virginia 22030 Phone: 703-246-3801, TTY: 711 and Fax:703-385-1687 Duty PIO : 703-877-3702 fire-rescue.PA-LSE@fairfaxcounty.gov News Release 13-55 Date: May 16, 2013 Fire investigators have determined a wall mounted natural gas heater in the living room caused the fire, ... (more)

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Sat May 18, 2013

NH Insider

ALG - IRS rules already clear on 501(c)(4) political activity

May 17, 2013, Fairfax, VA - In testimony before the House Ways and Means Committee, outgoing Internal Revenue Service Commissioner Steven Miller suggested that the targeting of tea party and other groups was in part caused by Congress' failure to provide "clear rules" on what constitutes political activity.

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Patch.com

Volunteer Fairfax Announces Initiative to Engage Senior Citizens in Volunteer Service

Volunteer Fairfax was recently awarded a federal grant to sponsor RSVP , a program which invites individuals age 55 and older to participate in volunteer opportunities.

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Fri May 17, 2013

Patch.com

May 20 Deadline to Register for Democratic Primary

Residents who want to vote in the June 11 Democratic Primary to nominate candidates for Lt.

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Loudoun Times

Arundel acquires remaining family shares of Times Community Media

Times-Mirror Photo/Beverly Denny Peter Arundel, 52, is now the sole member of his family with ownership in Times Community Media, which operates several community newspapers and websites in Northern Virginia and the Greater Piedmont.

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Patch.com

As New School Year Approaches, Digital Learning Back in Focus

Teachers, students and parents in Fairfax County didn't have the smoothest experience with digital learning in 2012-2013. As Fairfax County Public Schools rolled out a new online math program in Fall 2012 , students and teachers complained they had difficulty navigating the books, saying there were publisher errors and inconsistencies, technology ... (more)

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Thu May 16, 2013

Washington Times

EDITORIAL: Making college affordable

Every parent with a college-age child worries about the spiraling cost of education.

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Loudoun Times

New health care plan for LCPS employees: how does it stack up?

Part-time employees in the Loudoun County Public School system breathed a sigh of relief when they were grandfathered past a new policy that provides no health benefits for employees working under 20 hours a week.

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Fairfax Times

All fired up over gun laws

Martina Leinz, head of the Burke-based Northern Virginia Chapter of the Million Mom March, addresses the audience at the McLean Commubnity Center about what she says has been a 13-year battle against inadequate gun laws in Virginia.

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TBD.com

Fairfax police arrest three suspects in series of McLean-area burglaries

Ten burglaries in a few hours had been reported in McLean on Friday, May 3. Similar burglaries have been reported in Falls Church and in Vienna.

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