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City of Fairfax 2013 Summer Camp Programs General Info The City of Fairfax Parks and Recreation Department strives to provide safe, fun and affordable camp programs for your children! This year, camp will run for seven weeks, from June 24 th through August 9 th .

Representatives from Celebrate Fairfax, Inc., the 501 nonprofit producer of the Celebrate Fairfax! Festival, have announced the winners of this year's Community Spirit Scholarship Program - and a few Fairfax area students are on the list.

You can buy crockery and other things for a few cents. A garage sale in Fairfax, Virginia.

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 13-61 Date: May 24, 2013 Fairfax County Fire and Rescue Department units responded to a house fire, Thursday, May 23, 2013, at ... (more)

More than 6,600 Fairfax County students had their statewide Standards of Learning standardized tests rescheduled after an Internet outage on Thursday.

After months of debate on i»¿ how to fairly compensate Fairfax teachers and i»¿ keep pace with salaries in other jurisdictions , the Fairfax County School board voted for a $2.5 billion budget Thursday that will give employees a 2 percent mid-year market-scale adjustment - making good on a commitment from school board members to provide some sort ... (more)

Fairfax County police are searching for Arria Washington, 16, of Fairfax, and two other juvenile residents of a group home in McLean who reportedly ran away on Monday.

Last year in this space, we took the opportunity to honor dozens of Fairfax natives who lost their lives in Afghanistan or Iraq during the past decade.

A North Korean envoy told a top Chinese official his country is willing to return to dialogue, as the U.S. and China press the totalitarian state to come back to the negotiating table over its nuclear weapons program.

A man ascends by bungee cords from a large former well during a traditional ceremony in the village of Ndande, Senegal, on May 19.

It started more than a decade ago, a few hundred motorcycle riders looking for an informal group to join for a 20-mile trip through Northern Virginia to the Pentagon, where nearly a half-million fellow bikers idled before the national Rolling Thunder event.

Coming soon to a theater near you: Fairfax area advocates and police on the big screen warning moviegoers not to drink and drive.

MRS. OBAMA: Good morning. Thank you so much. Good morning, everyone. Thank you. I am truly delighted to be here.

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

U.S. first lady Michelle Obama gestures alongside Aidan LeBlanc, a 12-year-old 6th grader dressed as Abraham Lincoln from Willow Springs Elementary School, in Fairfax, Virginia, as they participate in a play about the emancipation of slaves during Abraham Lincoln's presidency, at historic Decatur House in Washington, May 22, 2013.

Robert Falkner, shown in a 2011 file photo, is back in custody after a long history of avoiding incarceration.

Several people are believed to have stole checks from at least seven businesses and then cashed them at banks in multiple Virginia County.

May 22, 2013 - FAIRFAX, Va. -- The wait is finally over for fans that have been waiting for Temika to give them 'Moore'. Temika Moore mesmerizes the electronic dance music scene in her debut collaboration with GrammyA Winning Production Duo Helen Bruner & Terry Jones.

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)

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.