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Schools
FCPS Schools Will Open as Usual Wednesday
All Fairfax County public schools and offices will open on time on Wednesday, Oct. 31, the schools system announced Tuesday. Individual schools that may have power outages will be re...
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Elections
Hurricane Sandy Pours Cold Water on 2012 Campaigns, Absentee Voting
Hurricane Sandy upended the campaign schedules for the presidential race, Virginia's U.S. Senate race and congressional races, and put a temporary halt to some early voting and election o...
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Government
Gov. McDonnell: Virginia 'Spared' in Hurricane Sandy Damage
Gov. Bob McDonnell said in his final press briefing for Hurricane Sandy that Virginia was "spared a significant event." “First responders and private partners, they have really done...
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The Neighborhood Files
A Look at Route 1 After Hurricane Sandy
The Route 1 corridor experienced a few broken tree limbs and some traffic light outages after heavy winds and rains from Hurricane Sandy. The Huntington community didn't experience f...
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News
Tuesday Storm Update: Winds, Rain Expected to Diminish
Update - 2:53 p.m. Tuesday Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell said Tuesday afternoon that the commonwealth was "spared a significant event" with Hurricane Sandy. The brunt of the dama...
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The Neighborhood Files
Mail-in Ballot Deadline Extended
The Fairfax County Office of Elections will be closed Tuesday, so the mail-in deadline has been extended because of Hurricane Sandy. Any applications received Wednesday, Oct. 31 — or when...
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Government
County Offices Closed Tuesday due to Hurricane Sandy
Fairfax County Government Offices will be closed Tuesday, Oct. 30 and employees are granted emergency administrative leave. Emergency service personnel will report as scheduled, accord...
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News
Update: More than 80,000 Without Power in Northern Virginia, DC
For Tuesday storm and outage updates, click here. Update 8:30 p.m. Monday: More than 80,000 people are now without power in Northern Virginia. Hurricane Sandy offi...