Mount Vernon News

The following homes will be open for viewing on Sunday from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. Check out some of the options in the Mount Vernon area.

The Fairfax County School Board voted to approve a $2.4 billion fiscal year 2013 advertised budget at its meeting Thursday, forwarding a plan to supervisors that asks for $202.3 million more than last fiscal year to accommodate unprecedented student growth and the staff levels and compensation needed to address it.

What's in a name? As William Shakespeare once wrote, a rose by any other name would smell as sweet.

George Washington was born on Feb. 22, 1732 in Westmoreland County, Va. While in his teens, he trained as a surveyor, and at the age of 20 he was appointed adjutant in the Va.

Mount Vernon District Supervisor Gerry Hyland got behind the wheel of his virtual bus tour for the 25th time on Saturday.

This Q&A feature helps readers learn more about Mount Vernon area residents working in our business community.

We stood still in our snowshoes and turned our noses up into the wind, animals in tuques trying to attune ourselves to the stirrings of nature.

The following homes will be open for viewing on Sunday from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. Check out some of the options in the Mount Vernon area.

Fairfax County police have released the name of the woman killed in a car crash Sunday in Kingstowne.

The following homes will be open for viewing on Sunday from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. Check out some of the options in the Mount Vernon area.

With the approval of its $848.5 million five-year capital improvement plan Thursday night, the Fairfax County School Board said it will also ask county supervisors to increase its capital funding limit from $155 million to $180 million starting next fiscal year.A The motion, made by member Ilryong Moon , came after a work session Monday in which ... (more)

A The Fairfax County School Board will consider a motion to restore five previously eliminated honors courses at tonight's meeting.

Brown covers Fairfax County schools. Follow them on Twitter at @emmersbrown and @ksieff . Less than four weeks after taking office, members of the new Fairfax County School Board appear likely to reinstate several English and social-studies honors courses in 2012-2013, reversing a policy championed by Superintendent Jack D. Dale and satisfying ... (more)

This Q&A feature helps readers learn more about Mount Vernon area residents working in our business community.

The Fairfax County School Board will revisit its position next week on high-level class offerings - a discussion it put on hold last summer - so any changes made can be implemented before the 2012-2013 course catalog is printed.

Fairfax County police have charged three men they say are responsible for a fatal December shooting in Reston after a cocaine deal went bad.

The following homes will be open for viewing on Sunday from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. Check out some of the options in the Mount Vernon area.

This is not written to evoke any sympathy - it is designed to provide another perspective.

Each week, Mount Vernon Patch brings you some of the area's job listings. Here are some of this week's noteworthy finds: The Happy Tart , a new gluten-free patisserie in Del Ray is looking for counter help, as well as a baker's assistant, either full- or part-time. Culinary school interns/students and graduates encouraged to apply.

It's Sunday ... it must be the day to peruse the classifieds! But drop the red pen; we'll bring the list of new jobs open in Fairfax County government to you.