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Top Fairfax Headlines for July

Most-read Patch stories in July in Fairfax City.

This month's top headline include local derecho coverage, the sudden closing of a thrift shop, fireworks and hopes for a now-empty shopping center.
For more on each story, click the links below. Stories are listed in order of popularity as of July 30.

  1. : A derecho struck Fairfax at the end of June, cutting power to hundreds of thousands in Northern Virginia and killing a few.
  2. : Apparently this was a popular question. This article showed timelapse radar of the storm as it swept across states and hit Northern Virginia.
  3. : The long-lived thrift store bailed on its downtown Fairfax located, leaving behind donated goods and a half-eaten birthday cake.
  4. : Fairfax residents chime in on what they'd like to see put in the shopping center at Main Street and Pickett Road.
  5. : Police arrest two men charged with robbing a store owner and her daughter.
  6. : Our entertainment blogger shares her thoughts on the annual convention.
  7. : Dominion Virginia Power estimated more than 250,000 customers remain without power in Northern Virginia  July 1, two days after the storm. It was nearly a week before electricity was completely restored in Northern Virginia.
  8. : Why this year's fireworks show was cut short.
  9. : The couple promised to return the car to the Hooters parking lot the next day.
  10. : Caregiver charged with child abuse, murder in 11-month-old's death after car ride from Vienna to Reston.
  11. : Photos from this year's July 4 celebrations.


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