Oakton News

Through the tenure of five county executives and six Board of Supervisors chairmen, Deputy County Executive Verdia Haywood has guided the continual reorganization and improvement of the systems that serve the county's neediest residents.

Chapter 1116 of the National Active and Retired Federal Employees Association celebrated their 40th anniversary on Dec.

The Critics and Awards Program for High School Theater and Journalism -- better known as the Cappies -- is again teaching aspiring journalists how to give a thumbs-up or thumbs-down to high school musicals and plays in Fairfax County.

Midtown Plaza developed by local businessman. Where now a big, deep hole sits on Maple Avenue, a new retail complex will spring.

Thomas Jefferson High School of Science and Technology senior Laura Quintela, 16, of Oakton, will dance the role of the Sugar Plum Fairy in the Ballet Arts Ensemble of Fairfaxa s performance of a oeNutcracker in a Nutshella on Saturday, Dec.

On Friday, county police charged a 15-year-old West Springfield High School student with making a bomb threat, destruction of property and trespassing stemming from an incident on Oct.

LastA Thursday, about 130 small-business owners, financial experts, union leaders, economists and CEOs from across the country convened at the White House to discuss their best ideas for stimulating job growth--and staving off another uptick in the unemployment rate, which climbed to 10.2 percentA in October.

FOR NEARLY 25 years, the AIDS Quilt has traveled the world, raising awareness and stimulating advocacy among the millions who have contributed to it or seen it.

Kent and Sharon Farmer of Port Royal, Va., are pleased to announce the engagement of their son, Jared Kyle Farmer, to Jennifer Lee Jones of Blacksburg, Va.

Aaron Lebovitz and Melinda Curley were married July 18 at the Meridian House in Washington, D.C., with Rabbi Michael Namath officiating.

Civil War markers along Hunter Mill corridor dedicated. Tuesday, November 24, 2009 Thanks to the efforts and resolve of a group of amateur historians in the Oakton, Reston and Vienna area, six historic markers were dedicated on Saturday, Nov.

Thanksgiving weekend art and craft show is at Vienna Community Center. The Northern Virginia Handcrafters Guild returns to the Vienna Community Center over Thanksgiving weekend in its biggest art and craft fair of the year.

School presents play written by Oakton senior Haley Herrinton. Wednesday, November 18, 2009 Oakton High School's drama department has put on shows before.

Chantilly senior claims first in Northern Region cross country final, sets personal best time at Burke Lake Park.

Holy Land gifts, food highlight Nov. 14 celebration. Tuesday, November 10, 2009 The holiday season, bringing food and fairs, opens in the Vienna area mid-November when the American Palestinian Womena s Association [APWA] hosts its annual holiday food and craft bazaar on Nov.

From left, Bob Eldridge, Charlie Balch, Jim Lewis, Steve Hull and Tom Evan, all members of the Hunter Mill Defense League History Committee, pose near a patch of woods where a Union observation post once stood during the Civil War overlooking the intersection of the W&OD Trail and Hunter Mill Road.

Position: Director, Office of Health, Infectious Diseases, and Nutrition, Bureau for Global Health, U.S. Agency for International Development Age: 58 Location: Oakton, Va.

Flat Hat Cartoonist Vicky Chao '10 is an English and literary and cultural studies major from Oakton, Va.

For 25 years, the Chantilly Pyramid Minority Student Achievement Committee has assisted minority students in the Centreville, Chantilly, Oakton and Westfield cluster schools.

Northern Virginians want more local students admitted to state colleges, but at what cost? Thursday, October 29, 2009 Like most elected officials in Northern Virginia, Del.