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.
Town Councilwoman Sheila Olem hopes to be elected to State Senator Mark Herring's potentially soon-to-vacant seat in the 33rd District.
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The woman and her two co-conspirators defrauded lenders out of millions by falsifying loan documents on 36 Ashburn homes.
Governor-Elect McAuliffe's chief of staff is a member of Herndon High's class of 1978.
City makes it formally known that increasing availability of affordable housing is a priority.
Their latest project is one that will benefit a lot of families across Virginia, and they could use your help.
Employers currently hiring in the Fairfax area.
Employers currently hiring in the Herndon area.
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See scores from football games across Northern Virginia for the VHSL.
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This unique new TV show's latest star is Herndon's own 'The Bakeshop.'
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See what's going on in Herndon this week.
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