Politics & Government

Jan. 2-8: Rally Demands Return of Two Children; Grandmother Sentenced for Death of Grandchild

A preview of legislators' priorities for 2012 General Assembly session

A Fairfax County mother to demand the return of her two children, whose father took them to Tunisia despite U.S. custody laws preventing it.

Carmela dela Rosa, convicted of throwing her granddaughter to her death from a Tysons Corner walkway in November 2010, Friday.

With the upcoming legislative session to begin Wednesday, Oakton Patch talked with some of the local representatives in the General Assembly: Dels. (R-67th District) and (D-35th District), and Sen. (D-32nd District).

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Howell and Del. Ken Plum (D-36th District) meeting last week to hear their priorities for the 2012 session.

Oakton Elementary School that has been under construction for the past year. The new addition will serve as the new main entrance to the school, with the main office having been relocated to that area and the old entrance for students now closed.

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