February 24, 2021 at 9:45am
Fairfax County is considering lowering its real estate tax rate by one cent for the next fiscal year in an attempt to give relief to homeowners during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.
County Executive Bryan Hill presented the proposal to the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors yesterday (Tuesday) as part of an advertised Fiscal Year 2022 budget that illustrated how the pandemic has curtailed the county’s ability to fund top priorities, from education and employee pay to affordable housing and environmental initiatives.
According to Hill, the county’s residential real estate market has been “very strong” over the past year with 88% of residential properties seeing an increase in assessed value, but that also places a greater burden on homeowners at a time when unemployment is up and many people are struggling to pay their bills.
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Families of high school seniors around the DC region wonder if prom and graduation will take place in-personÂ
By Ayesha Khan
Schools discuss plans for prom, graduation
Itâs only February, but prom and graduation are already on the minds of many parents and their high school seniors across the D.C. region.
GAITHERSBURG, Md. (FOX 5 DC) - Even with it only being February, parents of graduating seniors in the DMV are already thinking about prom and graduation.
They are hoping their kids will get to celebrate both milestones in person and not have to deal with what the class of 2020 went through at the beginning of the pandemic when such important events had to be canceled.
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Pfizer, like other COVID-19 vaccine makers, has been struggling to meet the global demand for shots. Now the company is sharing some good news – Pfizer plans to deliver 200 million doses of its vaccine to the U.S. by May, two months earlier than its initial projection.
The company also said it can potentially deliver two billion doses globally by the end of 2021.
South Africa Strain in Maryland
Two Montgomery County residents were found to have a strain of COVID-19 found in South Africa, Gov. Larry Hogan said Tuesday. The patients had recently traveled abroad. Their close contacts are in isolation and contact tracing is underway, the governor said.
The Kosher Gourmet by Nick Malgieri: Chocolate molten delight with creme anglaise is a simple yet elegant make-ahead dessert
The snow-day ritual is an old and familiar one on the East Coast.
On the night of a snowstorm, kids put a spoon under their pillow, wear their pajamas inside-out and flush ice cubes down the toilet - one for each inch of snow they re hoping for.
But now that the pandemic has left many of us with no need to leave our houses for school or work, thanks to virtual learning, Zoom meetings and a completely digital life, will the coronavirus take the snow-day ritual away, too?