Email: andre.taylor@patch.com
Phone: 703-439-4933
Hometown: Philadelphia, PA
Birthday: May 3
Bio: I was born and raised in Philadelphia, Pa. and recently moved to Virginia in October. I received my BA in Mass Communications from Cheyney University of Pennsylvania, the nation's first Historically Black College and University. Before attending Cheyney, I attended Temple University in Philadelphia where I was a member of the Owls football team as a scholar-athlete. After a little more than a season of football at Cheyney, I left the game because of an injury. I then focused my attention solely on journalism and quickly rose from a sports reporter to editor-in-chief of our campus newspaper, The Record.
I love to cook and you will get a chance to follow my recipes on this website in my Andre Taylor's Tasty Tidbits column.
Your Beliefs: I live by the old journalistic rule of get it first, but get it right. I believe great, solid journalism is a lost art form. I promise to be fair in all of my reporting and I welcome criticism, good and bad, as that is the only way I feel we can preserve one of our most precious freedoms as Americans: freedom of press. I believe input from the public is needed to make sure the real news is being reported on. I promise to always keep an open ear to anyone willing to speak.
Politics: I have been a registered voter since I turned 18. Since becoming eligible to vote, I have moved around a lot and I have been registered to vote in: Pennsylvania, New York, West Virginia, Delaware, Texas, Maryland and now Virginia. Voting is something I take very serious and a privilege I partake in whenever I can.
Religion: I was raised in a mostly African Methodist Episcopal family. My wife and I are currently looking for a church home.
Local Hot-Button Issues: As a new resident of Fairfax County, I can't say enough how much I dislike the heavy traffic surrounding Interstate-495 near and around Tyson's Corner. As a person who has lived in Philadelphia and New York, I understand traffic, but never have I seen such massive traffic jams during the weekends, late evenings and during the times of day when people should be at work and school and not in a three mile backup.
Samantha Wright moved to Falls Church from the Bay area and brought her love for the Super Bowl XLVII-bound San Francisco 49ers with her.
Skimmer devices and cameras were found in Ioan Cicio’s Falls Church home.
Police say they found skimmer devices and cameras were found in the Falls Church home where the suspect reportedly lived.
After 27-years, the business needed more space.
A $2,500 credit for small businesses employing public university grads is on hold after subcommittee members ask for legislation that would include private colleges.
School buses in the City of Falls Church will be equipped with video cameras to catch people speeding by them while picking up children.
Craig Cheney rejoins the school board after a five-year hiatus.
City’s customer foot traffic one reason why businesses like the new Caribbean Plate eye Falls Church.
Above freezing temperatures Sunday helped melt some ice and snow left from earlier in the week.
Snow hits the area and a local hardware store was prepared with necessities.
New businesses and restaurants are opening across the city, and officials plan to review several mixed-use development projects this year.
Vice President holds panel with Sen. Tim Kaine and other leaders on gun safety, gun laws, expanding mental health.
Mary Ann Gardner and her mother were killed in a fire inside their Falls Church home Wednesday morning.
Forecasters say flakes may fall between 2 and 6 p.m.
More than 500 trucks will be out salting roads, officials say.
More than 500 trucks will be out salting roads, officials say.
More than 500 trucks will be out salting roads, officials say.
More than 500 trucks will be out salting roads, officials say.
More than 500 trucks will be out salting roads, officials say.
More than 500 trucks will be out salting roads, officials say.