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June's Top 10: Fires, Graduations ... and a Staircase?

See which stories Oakton Patch readers clicked on the most in the month of June

Each month Oakton Patch will list the stories readers found the most fascinating, as measured by page views. 

Once you're done reviewing the list, let us know if you're surprised by this month's top 10. Which story had you talking to coworkers at the water cooler the next day?

Now let's get to June's top 10:

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10. : Each week, Oakton Patch publishes a list of police incidents and arrests. For some reason, readers found the police news from June 14 through June 20 to be far more fascinating than previous weeks. Perhaps it is because this log was the first in weeks to include residents on the arrest log? We can't be sure, so tell us in the comments.

9. : A garbage truck and sport utility vehicle collided at the intersection of Blue Roan and Miller Heights roads on June 13, spilling fuel onto the road. No injuries were reported, and the driver of the garbage truck was . 

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8. : Mary Jean Martin, an 85-year-old Oakton resident , died of natural causes, according to the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner. Martin, who died April 24 while being transported from Inova Fairfax Hospital to Woodburn Mental Health in Annandale after behaving irrationally and exhibiting mental confusion during an examination, died of a tear in her aorta caused by hypertensive cardiovascular disease.

7. : On June 8, Flint Hill School hosted its graduation ceremony for the . Oakton Patch published a photo gallery of the event. , a 1995 Flint Hill graduate, served as guest speaker.

6. : A water main break in the early morning hours of June 2 snarled traffic in Oakton for most of the day, as it shut down a portion of Chain Bridge Road as crews worked on repairs.

5. : The Oakton High girls lacrosse team finished their sweep of title games, winning the AAA Virginia High School League Championship with a score of 12-7 over Langley High on June 9 after also earning the  and  earlier in the postseason. The story includes an extensive photo gallery of the game.

4. : Turns out readers found the opening of the new staircase at Vienna Metro intriguing enough to make it our fourth most read story of the month. Perhaps readers were excited for its completion, or maybe outraged it took so long? Whatever the reason, readers clicked on it in droves.

3. : Firefighters responded to a fire at 11113 Lochinver Lane in Miller Heights the morning of June 11. The home's lone occupant exited the home before crews arrived. Upon the firefighters' arrival, they found smoke coming from all four sides of the home. Using a thermal imager, they found the fire burning in the basement. Investigators determined a light fixture caused the fire, which The resident was displaced.

2. : A photo gallery of Oakton High's graduation ceremony netted the second-most page views in June. Take a look through the gallery one more time to see if you can find your graduate. 

1. : Lightning caused a fire on the second story of Bob and Sonya Mylls' home at 3140 Trenholm Dr. on June 1. The Myllses were present at the time, and escaped after an alert neighbor knocked on their door to inform them of the upstairs fire. Soon after the couple evacuated their home, firefighters arrived to find fire shooting through the roof.

EDITOR'S CHOICE

Every month a few stories slip through the cracks, not garnering nearly as many hits — or at least not enough to make the top 10 of the month — as your humble journalist at the helm of Oakton Patch hopes. So here are a few stories worthy of highlighting once again: 

**: In 2008, Daniel Giguere's mother shot and killed his father at their home during a domestic dispute while Giguere, then 14, and his younger brother were also in the Vienna home. Four years later, Giguere will attend Kenyon College and play basketball, a sport that helped him work through his tragedy.

**Title IX Series: Oakton Patch ran a two-part series focusing on the 40th anniversary of Title IX, which required gender equality not only in athletics but in all aspects of educational institutions that accept federal funds. 

**: Roger Custer, of Oakton, participates in triathlons on behalf of his father Stephen who recently began chemotherapy for a lymphomatic growth in the tissue around his kidney, raising money for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society (LLS).

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