Tuesday, July 24, 2012
Needs include "intellectual classes" for seniors.
The taskforce created by Supervisor John Foust to look at aging in place in McLean meets tonight after a busy month on the aging front in McLean. About 100 people met at Temple Rodef Shalom in late June, where seniors urged officials to help them stay in McLean. "People are choosing to stay here after they retire, in their own home or downsizing," said Sharon Levy, who spoke at the Rodef meeting. “They want to remain in the community they helped to build here in Northern Virginia.... We are getting older, and we need services and not the kids,” she said. “We need more services [and] programs so that our graying population remains active and engaged.” At the meeting, John Elligers said many seniors like himself are looking for "…
Sunday, July 22, 2012
Seen Around McLean
The signs on the door of the store space next to Bistro Vivant in the Langley Shopping Center say PR Partners is moving in. _______________________ Some neighbors have asked about the construction equipment that recently arrived behind the former McDonald's restaurant on Elm Street. It's part of the construction of undergrounding the power lines that now crisscross the intersection of Old Dominion Drive and Chain Bridge Road in the center of downtown. All the construction that you see downtown from the former Chicken Out to Old Dominion is all connected to the "undergrounding" project. ________________________________ The beginning of the overhead station structure appears to be emerging atop the McLean station along Dolley Madison …
Wednesday, July 4, 2012
Estimated 6,000 McLean customers received power back Tuesday.
Dominion Power says somewhere between 9,000 to 13,000 customers in Fairfax County remain powerless five days after a power storm hit the area Friday night. The Dominion Power website displayed the 9,000 - 13,000 range of customers still without power. The company had issued no updated press release as of 5:30pm with updated restoration times. The website carries no restoration time. Crews worked through the day. Dranesville Supervisor John Foust is still without power along with about 80 neighbors in the vicinity of Swinks Mill Road. Foust, who worked today, says he has a cool basement, hot water and an air-conditioned office. ORIGINAL STORY 5:59am Dominion Power restored power to an estimated 6,000 McLean customers Tuesday leaving …
Wednesday, March 14, 2012
MCA campaigns against Community Center $10-$12 mil surplus
The McLean Citizens Association voted last week to continue its campaign to get the McLean Community Center board to either decide how to spend its $10-$12 million surplus or reduce the property tax rate it charges residents. The MCA, an organization of McLean homeowner associations, voted to ask Dranesville Supervisor John Foust to support a reduction in the current property tax that McLean area residents pay to support the center. "I personally lobbied our supervisor to make some kind of reduction," said Ted Smith, who as chair* of the MCA Taxation and Budget Committee, has played a leading role in pushing the MCC to spend its surplus. MCA member John Adams: “I’m concerned that John Foust stiffed us. . . I’m shocked to be honest with …
Tuesday, March 6, 2012
Adult day care, child day care, senior apartments, senior center will remain
More than 70 people, jammed a meeting room at the Lewinsville Center last week to hear plans for building a new center that would be double the current size. This Fairfax County's second attempt to tear down the former Lewinsville Elementary school built in 1964 then transformed into a building with four uses --- a senior day care center, two child day-care centers, apartments for senior citizens and a senior activity center. In 2004, the County approved the renovation of the building to include all the current uses, including 22 independent living units, plus 60 assisted living units and the Alzheimer’s Family Day Care Center. The recession dashed those plans. Now, at the urging of Dranesville Supervisor John Foust and senior citizens, …
Thursday, March 1, 2012
Merger could result in lower bills to McLean residents
The Fairfax County Water Authority has proposed to the Falls Church Water Authority --- proposed a merger of the two systems to lower costs to customers many of whom live in McLean. Charles Murray, general manager of Fairfax Water sent a six-page letter to Falls Church city manager Wyatt Shields Tuesday saying Falls Church customers, 90 percent of whom live in Fairfax County, pay an average of $86.50 quarterly compared to the average Fairfax bill of 57.31 quarterly. Fairfax rates will increase April 1 to an average of $60.19 quarterly, Murray wrote. Fairfax Water also offered Falls Church a seat on its board of director. It is unclear whether any money would change hands as part of a merger. The merger proposal is the latest development …
Wednesday, February 29, 2012
Proposed Budget: No Frills, Taxpayers Pay More
Fairfax County taxpayers can begin commenting on an essentially no-frills $6.7 billion proposed county budget which includes higher bills for homeowners that the Fairfax County Executive presented to the Board of Supervisors Tuesday. Today, taxpayers can chat online with the county executive about his proposed budget at 2pm. Submit questions now. The budget proposed by County Executive Anthony Griffin restores no cuts in services made in the past several years. It includes a two percent pay raise for county employes beginning July 1, an increase in police overtime, and half the amount requested by county schools. How does the proposed budget affect your wallet: The proposed budget does not contain a meals tax, which is a tax on meals eaten…
Thursday, February 9, 2012
Safety zones for crossing this wide residential street
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Thursday, February 9, 2012
Residents of Westmoreland Street are finally getting their wish for safety zones to help them safely walk across this wide residential street. At the request of many citizen groups, including representatives of McLean High School and its PTO, Dranesville Supervisor John Foust has worked with representatives of VDOT, the County’s Department of Transportation and the Police Department to find ways to improve pedestrian safety along Westmoreland Street. The Fairfax Department of Transportation conducted a review of every intersection along Westmoreland and proposed the addition of pedestrian crossing medians at several of the key cross-walks, Foust announced in his recent newsletter. Construction began earlier this month. The intersections …
Thursday, February 2, 2012
Site across the street from McLean House
McLean's first personal storage facility got underway in downtown Wednesday with a ceremonial groundbreaking attended by politicians, business people and residents. Extra Space Storage will be built on what is now the parking lot behind the animal hospital by Compson Development which owns the neighboring Madison Building. The 544-unit building at 1320 Old Chain Bridge Rd. actually looks like an office building. Its color and design blend with surrounding buildings. "This facility will look nothing like the traditional storage faility we are used to seeing," Dranesville Supervisor John Foust told the crowd of about 40 that gathered for the groundbreaking. "It will look like an office building. . . We hope it will spark" more new …
Friday, January 27, 2012
We Hear to Tell
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Friday, January 27, 2012
Old Warning Sign at Langley. Last week we reported on a sign hanging at the gym entrance, warning about thefts at Langley high school. We checked with the McLean Police District and learned: Those signs are old and were placed when the school was experiencing janitorial thefts. All those cases were cleared up and there are no ongoing issues at this time. Perhaps the folks at Langley could finally remove the sign and stop scaring the neighbors. New Downtown Christmas Tree??? Rumors are circulating that McLean will actually get a pretty community Christmas tree downtown. We all know the forlorn little tree we now have in the triangular park across from Rocco's. John Foust mentioned the possibility of a new tree when he spoke to the Greater …
Bobbi Bowman
6:02 pm on Tuesday, July 24, 2012
The story is about both efforts: the meeting today of the group organized by Supervisor Foust and the June meeting by Voice at Temple Rodef Shalom. more ›