Welcome New Residents!

We would like to heartily welcome all of our new residents to Kings Park. Please contact your Block Captain. The KPCA has a welcome package with important information, such as a current Kings Park Directory.

Annual Virginia Tax Holiday Applies to School Supplies, Clothing Purchases

Families in Virginia will get a sales tax break on clothes and supplies for school when the state holds its annual Virginia tax holiday, August 6-8.

To be eligible for the tax break, school supply items must be priced at $20 or less, and clothing and footwear must be priced at $100 or less. The tax holiday does not apply to the purchase of computers.

Among the eligible school supplies are art and music supplies, composition books and notebooks, paper, dictionaries, crayons, lunch boxes, pens, pencils, and reference books.

For more information about the Virginia tax holiday, including complete lists of eligible school supplies and clothing items, visit http://www.tax.virginia.gov/site.cfm?alias=SchoolSuppliesandClothingHoliday. When buying filler paper, notebooks, composition books, please remember to look for items made using recycled paper.

Subscribe to the Cook Advisory

To subscribe or unsubscribe to the Cook Advisory, provided by Braddock District Supervisor John Cook, send a messagel to braddock@fairfaxcounty.gov with SUBSCRIBE or UNSUBSCRIBE in the subject line. 

Coyote Sighting in Kings Park

Coyotes have been seen in and around the trails to Lake Accotink; Kings Park West has had a number of sightings as well. Now there has been a coyote seen in the stream that runs behind the homes on Thames Street. The Wheeler family, while walking their dogs near the corner of Thames and Southampton on July 13, encountered a coyote guarding a deer carcass.

According to information on Fairfax County's website, coyotes are not interested in engaging humans, but there are common sense steps you should take if you encounter one. For information on what to do if you encounter a coyote, see http://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/parks/resources/archives/coyotes.htm. For information on how to recognize a coyote, see http://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/living/animals/wildlife/species/coyote.htm.

We'd like to keep track of any future coyote sightings. If you see one, please email Olga Wheeler at huskyhokie@yahoo.com and Kayleen Fitzgerald at briankayleen@aol.com