Jennifer van der Kleut (formerly Jennifer McBride) was born and raised in the southern San Francisco Bay Area in Northern California. She graduated from the School of Journalism and Mass Communications at San Jose State University. She was a full-time writer for Silicon Valley Community Newsgroup from 2004 to 2006, writing for newspapers such as the Los Gatos Weekly and Saratoga News, among others. She wrote the weekly history column Los Gatos: Now and Then for the Los Gatos Daily News throughout 2007, and was a contributing editor at South Bay Accent Magazine from 2008 to 2009. She has also lent her voice to many other publications such as the Los Gatos Weekender and the online Brizzly Guide.
Jennifer was one of the very first freelance writers to contribute to many of the first Bay Patch sites in the Bay Area when they first launched in the fall of 2010. After contributing for more than a year and a half, Jennifer was hired on as an official Patch employee in May of 2012. She is very excited to be a full-fledged member of the Patch family.
In California, Jennifer served as the interim editor for Milpitas Patch in the South Bay, an associate editor for the San Mateo and Foster City Patch sites on the Peninsula, and then served as the head local editor for RedwoodCity-Woodside Patch, before transferring to the east coast in April of 2013.
Jennifer is now the local editor for both Herndon Patch and Fairfax City Patch. She loves being a part of these two communities and getting to know her new home in Northern Virginia.
Jennifer currently lives in the Clifton/Centreville with her husband, Alex and her two sons, Connor, born in Sept. 2007, and Oliver, or Ollie, born in May 2010.
The pay hikes will likely cost the district around $42 million on top of the projected deficit of $140 million.
Have you met the three ladies behind this popular downtown business?
Matt Pastic's documentary, 'Capital Food Fight,' examines the explosive food truck industry in D.C. and its effect on traditional restaurants.
The colorful production runs next weekend, Nov. 15-17.
Homes that just hit the market in the Fairfax area.
Plan your weekend with these fun events taking place around Fairfax County.
See homes that just hit the market in the Herndon area.
Plan your weekend with these fun events taking place around Herndon and Fairfax County.
Now that precincts have reported their counts, what's next, with some races so impossibly close? The electoral board explains.
See how close the race was at Fairfax City polls.
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Just 56 votes separated the two candidates, according to precincts. No word yet on a possible recount.
The two candidates were Democratic incumbent David Bulova and first-time Republican candidate Patrice Winter.
The two candidates were Democratic incumbent David Bulova and first-time Republican candidate Patrice Winter.
Money for new school construction and renovating existing buildings.
Money for new school construction and renovating existing buildings, including Herndon High.
But precincts are looking forward to new equipment next year, county election board said.
But precincts are looking forward to new equipment next year, county election board said.
But precincts are looking forward to new equipment next year, county election board said.
