Commentary: Gun Shop Location Puts Children at Risk
The decision by the owners of the NOVA Gun Shop to locate their new retail store adjacent to Franklin Sherman Elementary School in McLean is unwise and inappropriate, and potentially puts the health and safety of schoolchildren and faculty at unnecessary risk.
Cardinal Bank Names Fabiola Tapia Branch Manager of Greensboro Office
Cardinal Bank has announced that Fabiola Tapia has been promoted to Assistant Vice President, Manager of Cardinal Bank’s Greensboro Banking Office. Tapia will oversee the business development efforts and client relationship management in the Tysons Corner market. Her office is located at 8270 Greensboro Drive, McLean.
Hundreds Protest as Gun Shop Opens Next to McLean Elementary School
Hundreds of people protested in McLean outside the gun shop NOVA Firearms on its opening day, Saturday, Sept. 26. Protesters were upset because the gun shop is on property that borders Franklin Sherman Elementary School.
McLean’s Color Wheel Celebrates 50 Years
Family business knows how to make a house a home.
Charlie Boswell says “To make a long story short,” several times when he told the story of his family’s store, Color Wheel. But 50 years of being in business makes it difficult to compress the history of the McLean institution located in the Langley Shopping Center.
McLean: Helicopter, Hikers Needed for Rescue
Fire and Rescue personnel lifted an injured hiker from Scott’s Run Park Sunday morning.
Fairfax County Fire and Rescue Units rescued an adult woman who fell from the rocks in Scott's Run Park in McLean at approximately 11:20 a.m. on Sunday, Sept. 20.
McLean Citizens Association: By the Numbers
On the 28th of September from 7-8:30 p.m., MCA is scheduled to host a conversation with Fairfax County Public Schools Superintendent Dr. Karen Garza at the McLean Community Center, 1234 Ingleside Ave.
McLean: Nutrition’s the Mission
McLean High senior takes on a Girl Scout Gold Award project which spreads awareness about running nutrition.
Varsity track is notorious for being one of the most competitive sports in high school; not only are athletes constantly trying to beat their own records, but also the records of their competitors and even teammates.
McLean: Middle Eastern Food Festival Draws Hundreds
Annual Labor Day weekend event features Arabic food and sweets.
It was only a matter of minutes before the parking lot of Holy Transfiguration Melkite Greek-Catholic Church on Lewinsville Road filled to overflow on Sept. 5.
McLean: Inspiring Students to Speak Up
McLean High students work with the Longfellow Middle School’s debate team and D.C.’s Stanton Elementary to improve students’ public speaking skills.
Public speaking: these two words strike fear in almost anyone, whether 6 years old or 60. McLean High School senior Michelle Ma tackles this fear one child at a time through “The Speak Up Initiative.”
Stream Team Convenes in McLean
Plans to restore Dead Run in McLean Central Park will involve removal of dozens of trees.
Supervisor John Foust’s Stream Team was scheduled to convene for its first meeting Tuesday, Aug. 18 at the McLean Community Center to discuss and potentially make decisions that will impact the McLean Central Park.
Week in Great Falls
Weekly happenings in Great Falls
Mary Anne Hampton Named 2015 ‘Friend in Deed’
Friends of the McLean Community Center recognize the ‘go to’ Board member.
The Friends of the McLean Community Center (FMCC) organization has named Mary Anne Hampton the recipient of its 2015 “Friend in Deed” award.
Meet Best Friends of McLean
Best friends of McLean
McLean: Summer on a High Note
Spring Hill Elementary School Orchestra Director’s Strings Camp remains McLean’s summer tradition.
Every summer, Spring Hill Elementary School orchestra director Ruth Donahue runs an orchestra summer camp for children to improve their music skills.
Marta Sniezek: All-American
It’s not easy being the second youngest member of a family of 11.
For Marta Sniezek, ranked one of the top basketball players in the country, her parents and her siblings are her motivators in a family where success is a blueprint.