Look Back, Look Ahead: Fairfax County News to Know

The Super Derecho

Storm coverage dominated the news this past week, as thousands of Fairfax County residents waited out their power outage in the heat and dark. The  knocked out power to  in Virginia, Maryland and the District — the largest non-hurricane outage in Virginia’s history. 

Fairfax County officials are asking Verizon to  in Fairfax and other jurisdictions.

Here’s  in Fairfax County.

: What got you through the power outage?

Crime

A dog was stabbed in the neck multiple times in the Mount Vernon area.

A Fairfax County police officer was in Springfield. 

Success with a Side of Nausea

The Huntington area’s own  won the Nathan's Famous July 4 International Hot Dog-Eating Contest on Coney Island.

Citizenship Ceremony at Mount Vernon

Several people took their . After the ceremony, the National Concert Band, a group of retired military band members, performed.

Readers’ Choice

The deadline for nominations for the Patch Readers’ Choice Summer 2012 is at 11:59 p.m. Monday, July 9. Click to send in your nominations for the best businesses and people in your area. Those with the most nominations will enter the voting round, which starts July 23.

Board of Supervisors Meeting: Equestrian Task Force

The Fairfax County Board of Supervisors is meeting Tuesday. On the agenda: The Equestrian Task Force is . (Patch did a  earlier this year.) The small business commission will also present its annual report.