Good Friday evening! Today we published 7 articles that were read a total of 11171 times on FFXnow alone, so far.
📈 Top stories
The following are the most-read articles for today (Dec 2, 2022)…
- NEW: Abrupt Haulin’ Trash closure sends county residents scrambling for new collector
- Comstock angles to redevelop Koons auto dealerships in Tysons
- Winter Lantern Festival will light up Tysons this month in D.C. area debut
Since it’s Friday, we’ve also compiled a list of the most-read Arlington articles of the week, below.
- UPDATED: One dead after multiple vehicle crash in Tysons shuts down Beltway (15038 views)
- Roofing company to relocate from McLean to Reston, bringing 400 jobs (5344 views)
- Police: FCPS instructional assistant stole over $10K from Chantilly Target (5116 views)
- Mixed-use ‘donut’ building floated to replace Idylwood shopping center (4438 views)
- NEW: Developers propose turning Reston’s golf courses into open space with housing (3514 views)
- Pedestrian killed in crash on Route 29 outside Centreville shopping centers (2679 views)
- Electronics trading store to open in Reston’s Home Depot Center (2483 views)
- BREAKING: Man killed by SUV after collision on I-495, closing toll lanes (2227 views)
- Fairfax County warns budget could be ‘challenging’ due to slowing real estate market, rising staff costs (2052 views)
- FCPD takes person into custody after shooting in Mount Vernon (1966 views)
- NEW: Abrupt Haulin’ Trash closure sends county residents scrambling for new collector (6674 views)
- GW Parkway road diet and Mount Vernon Trail widening proposed in southern Fairfax County (1564 views)
- Jason’s Deli to close after 14 years in Idylwood due to rising rent (1539 views)
- Fairfax County considers turning vacant commercial space into emergency homeless shelters (1483 views)
📅 Upcoming events
Here is what’s going on Saturday in Fairfax County, from our event calendar.
- 8:30 am: 6th Annual Candy Cane Kids’ Fun
- 10:00 am: Gifts from the HeART Shopping Event
- 10:00 am: Gingerbread House Competition
- 10:00 am: Breakfast with Santa
- 10:00 am: Holiday Maker Market – Free Family Fun and Shopping
- 10:00 am: Used Book Sale at Tysons-Pimmit Library
- 10:00 am: Herndon Holiday Model Train Show
- 11:30 am: Reston Town Center Holiday Performances
- 11:30 am: Gift Making: Holiday Ornament
- 4:00 pm: Miscellaneous Fantasy: A Solo Exhibition by Ruby Rawi
- 👉 4:00 pm: The Wonder of the Season
- 7:30 pm: The Wonder of the Season
- 7:30 pm: Holiday Wonders with the McLean Symphony
And here are the events planned for Sunday:
- 10:00 am: Used Book Sale at Tysons-Pimmit Library
- 11:30 am: Reston Town Center Holiday Performances
☔ Saturday’s forecast
Rain in the morning and afternoon. High of 60 and low of 32. Sunrise at 7:12 am and sunset at 4:48 pm. See more from Weather.gov.
🌅 Tonight’s sunset
We hope you have a great weekend! Feel free to discuss the most-read stories of the week, the upcoming weekend events or anything else of local interest in the comments. 👋
Recent Stories
Good Friday evening! Today we published 6 articles that were read a total of 6621 times on FFXnow alone, so far. 📈 Top stories The following are the most-read articles…
Lake Anne’s plaza will once again spring to life this summer with concerts. Lake Anne Live! — an event series that kicked off last year — brings Thursday evening concerts…
The proposed repurposing of Inova Health System’s former corporate headquarters in Merrifield as live/work and workforce housing units got a hearty recommendation from the Fairfax County Planning Commission earlier this…
Are you ready for summer? Live Fairfax has a bucket list of indoor activities, outdoor escapades and trips to explore this summer.
Camps are just the beginning of what’s in store at Art House 7 this summer. We’re thrilled to offer an array of exciting classes for both kids and adults!Rediscover your creativity with some of our AH7 favorites, such as drawing, hand-sewing, modern embroidery, and our popular 3-week Jump into Crochet classes. But that’s not all! We’ve added some fresh and exciting options to our summer class selection, guaranteed to spark your imagination.
To enhance your artistic journey, we have intensified some of our Ceramics: The Wheel classes to a full 3-hour duration. This extended time allows for more creativity and skill development in each class session. If you’re eager for a captivating twist, give Contemporary Still-Life Drawing & Painting a go. Or why not try an immersive outdoor painting adventure? We have a unique opportunity for you to bring your painting skills to life while learning and creating in the great outdoors with our Landscape Painting: Studio and Plein Air class!
We invite you to visit our website and explore our full Summer Session schedule, brimming with a diverse range of classes and camps. Classes and camps begin June 20th. Unleash your inner artist, broaden your horizons, and embark on a summer adventure like no other. Let’s make this a summer to remember at Art House 7!
Potomac Harmony Chorus has a new director! We’re ready
to kick off the season with new music, a new approach, and YOU!
Potomac Harmony is one of 500 choruses in Sweet
Adelines International. We’re a vibrant,
contemporary, inclusive, welcoming, and open community of women singers who
perform four-part harmony, barbershop style, committed to a high level of
achievement through teaching, mentoring, personal growth, and performance. Our vision is to entertain, educate, and
enrich lives through musical expression while promoting the barbershop art
form.
Potomac Harmony recently had our first performance
with our new director, receiving rave reviews! We invite you to stop by any Wednesday
evening and be part of the fun and harmony!
Army Birthday Festival – Free and Fun
Make Saturday, June 10, 2023 a great day!
Come celebrate the Army Birthday Festival at the National Museum of the U.S. Army from 9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. Rain or Shine!
• Experience outdoor and indoor fun activities, for all
Unveiling of West Ford historical highway marker
Gum Springs will be celebrating 190 years of its founding by freedman West Ford on Saturday, June 17, 2023. To kick-off the celebration, there will be an unveiling of a Virginia historical highway marker for West Ford on Fordson Road
