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. 👋
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