McLean Week in Review: Feb. 6-10

Monday, Feb. 6

• $12 Million Surplus Spawns Competition Among McLean Residents. How to spend the community center surplus: downtown or for a gym? 
• Questions about Toll Revenue. Reston Citizens Association questions toll estimates that will pay for the second phase of the subway line to Dulles Airport.
• This Week's Traffic Traumas. Up to 30 minute Beltway lane closings overnight. Disruptions along Route 7 in Tysons Corner.
• If you have opinions you want to share with your McLean neighbors, please consider creating a blog on McLean Patch. It's free. It's easy.

Tuesday, Feb. 7

• Hickory Hill Construction Update. New owner adding large addition, first-time garage and cutting down 15 trees at historic home.
• Death of a McLean Firefighter. Hundreds attended services for a McLean firefighter who died last week.
• Heartbreaking News at Greenberrys. Well-known barista loses her husband a month after becoming a mom.
• Cheap Gas - With gas prices surging upward, we can help you find the cheapest gas in McLean.

Wednesday, Feb. 8

• for three adults and two teens to sit on its 11-member governing board. 
• by Fairfax County police for a variety of offenses during a time period ending Feb. 3. 
• Langley High School Principal Matt Ragone talked with parents on Tuesday morning about , which will be implemented this fall.

Thursday, Feb. 9

• is about to become a lot safer for pedestrians. Construction of safety crossings is underway.
• Some Cox Communications subscribers complained about having to watch . Did you have a similar problem with the broadcast in your house?
• Door-to-door and booth sales start later this month. Find out about the new flavor and revisit your old favorites.
• Learn five things you probably didn't know about the

Friday, Feb. 10

• Catch up on the hottest gossip and goings-on about town, including which Redskins players are moving out of McLean, in this week's edition of .
• A shows nearly 100 Fairfax County employees collected retirement last year, then returned to the payroll.
• The continues to elude federal authorities, even after the FBI launched a blitz campaign last year to identify the man believed to be responsible for a string of rapes and one murder in the Washington metro area.