Good Friday evening! Today we published 7 articles that were read a total of 4457 times on FFXnow alone, so far.
📈 Top stories
The following are the most-read articles for today (Dec 16, 2022)…
- Marco’s Pizza to open new location in Reston area
- Fairfax County top prosecutor Steve Descano to seek reelection in 2023
- Fairfax County could put bicycles and transit on par with cars when gauging transportation needs
Since it’s Friday, we’ve also compiled a list of the most-read articles of the week, below.
- Lack of “destination” retail at future Herndon Metro development worries town council (3205 views)
- Police: Driver was speeding in fatal Old Keene Mill Road crash (3097 views)
- Luxury of a different kind is coming to Tysons (2753 views)
- Ashburn, Dulles Metro stations are busiest on Silver Line extension so far (1796 views)
- Development proposals in Reston push for more housing, less office (1712 views)
- Flagship Carwash to open another location in Herndon (1643 views)
- Gold’s Gym in Reston’s Plaza America to relocate (1278 views)
- NEW: A pedestrian crossing on Route 123 from Tysons Corner Center is in the works (1006 views)
- Bomb and shooting threat sent over ‘drag brunch’ at Fair Lakes restaurant (981 views)
- Yard House sports bar has set a grand opening date at Tysons Galleria (912 views)
- Stormwater crews rescue Pickles the cat from Lake Anne drain after hours-long effort (892 views)
- Tweaks sought for major Aurora Station at Dulles development near Innovation Metro (770 views)
- County board devotes more Covid relief funds to affordable housing (752 views)
📅 Upcoming events
Here is what’s going on Saturday in Fairfax County, from our event calendar.
- 👉 9:00 am: Breakfast with Santa
- 10:00 am: Reindeer Romp 5K Family Fun Run
- 11:30 am: Reston Town Center Holiday Performances
- 12:00 pm: Winter Market & Seasonal Festivities
- 1:00 pm: Northern Virginia Model Railroaders’ Holiday Open House
And here are the events planned for Sunday:
- 11:00 am: Santa Brunch
- 11:30 am: Reston Town Center Holiday Performances
- 1:00 pm: Holly Dangles! Be Jeweled – Polymer Clay Beginners Workshop
⛅ Saturday’s forecast
Partly cloudy throughout the day. High of 41 and low of 26. Sunrise at 7:23 am and sunset at 4:50 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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