Cassandra Raucheisen

As the fall semester gets underway, many first-year students spent August preparing for the transition to college life and all that it entails. Many freshmen have already completed the dormitory move-in process.

Residents filled Chantilly High School’s auditorium on July 16 to hear the controversial plans to redevelop the land that Chantilly Regional Library sits on, including demolishing the current library to build a new one and adding affordable housing units. “This project is one way the county can use public land thoughtfully to support housing, public facilities, and long-term community benefit.

Col. (Ret.) Harvey “Barney” Barnum, Jr. and his wife, Martha Hill. After 27 years in the U.S. Marine Corps, Col. Harvey Curtiss “Barney” Barnum Jr. retired as a Vietnam War hero. It was then that he settled in Reston. “I think leadership was a part of my whole self,” said Barnum. In 1958, Barnum joined the U.S. Marine Corps after a recruiter visited his high school.