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
Pamela Glasner told those attending Greenspring's Fraud Prevention Summit about the prevalence of financial exploitation of the elderly, and how her family is still suffering the consequences. "No one should have to live through what I've lived through and am still living through," she said.

Government
The Bureau of Land Management on the future of The Stables at Meadowood to July 24.  U.S. Rep Jim Moran (D-8th) said Tuesday the if horse operations cease during renovation

Success with a Side of Nausea
The Huntington area’s own won the Coney Island annual Fourth of July hot dog-eating contest.

Sports
Robinson Secondary School grad in the Giant's three game series against the Nats.

Readers’ Choice
The deadline for nominations for Patch Readers’ Choice Summer 2012 is 11:59 p.m. Monday, July 9. 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 published a earlier this year.) The small business commission will also present its annual report.