Raise for Fairfax County School Board? — The FCPS school board will vote in April on raising board member salaries from $20,000 to $35,000. The county Board of Supervisors also recently voted to increase their pay from $75,000 to $90,000 annually. [Washington Post]
Sculptor on CBS — Sculptor Patrick Dougherty, also known as “The Stickman,” was featured on CBS This Morning on Sunday. Dougherty has been commissioned to build an installation next month at Reston Town Center. [CBS]
Reston Native Starts Baseball Mag — Herndon High grad and local baseball coach Joey Kamide has started NOVA Baseball Magazine to serve local players and fans. [Modern Reston]
New Rules For St. Pat’s Pub Crawls — There are new rules in place in Arlington for St. Patrick’s Day Pub Crawls next weekend, partly due to last year’s events, which included a Reston woman getting arrested after stripping naked and walking into the county jail. [Washington Post]
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For this year’s Independent Bookstore Day, local bookworms will be encouraged to collect not just new literary titles, but also places to buy them. More than a dozen shops across…
RELAC Water Cooling will begin delivering air-conditioning services to residents and businesses in Reston’s Lake Anne area this weekend — ahead of its official launch date of May 22. The…
The cost of riding Metro trains and buses will go up, starting July 1, when the transit agency’s new budget takes effect. The Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority’s (WMATA) board…
