Good Friday evening! Today we published 10 articles that were read a total of 9477 times on FFXnow alone, so far.
📈 Top stories
The following are the most-read articles for today (Mar 17, 2023)…
- SCOOP: Fairfax County may explore ‘turn calming’ to improve pedestrian safety at intersections
- Design phase of Reston’s Armstrong ES renovation nearly complete
- Italian watchmaker opens first D.C.-area store in Tysons Galleria
Since it’s Friday, we’ve also compiled a list of the most-read articles of the week, below.
- DEVELOPING: One person pulled from overturned car in Herndon crash (5123 views)
- UPDATE: Former Hunter Mill District supervisor has been found, police say (4860 views)
- After scrapped proposal, county lays out new plan for Reston Town Center North (3075 views)
- Police: Vienna man dies in crash on I-66, possibly after speeding (2549 views)
- Requests to seal criminal records soar in Fairfax County courts, as reforms take effect (2215 views)
- Fairfax County Board of Supervisors opens door to potential pay raises (1564 views)
- Gold’s Gym in Reston to relocate this summer (1524 views)
- SCOOP: Vienna Cold Stone Creamery getting replaced by a Mediterranean restaurant (1206 views)
- Board of Supervisors sends Fort Belvoir renaming concerns up to Secretary of the Army (1176 views)
- Clyde’s plots comeback with new restaurant coming to Reston Station (3403 views)
- Metro board set to approve changes to West Falls Church station parking and bus facilities (1051 views)
- Construction on new Fox Mill Road walkway on track to finish in April (754 views)
- Mezeh Mediterranean Grill to open tomorrow at Tysons Corner Center (737 views)
📅 Upcoming events
Here is what’s going on Saturday in Fairfax County, from our event calendar.
- 2:00 pm: Pilates: Escape from March Madness
- 3:00 pm: Crafting a Family History Narrative
⛅ Saturday’s forecast
Mostly cloudy throughout the day. High of 53 and low of 24. Sunrise at 7:17 am and sunset at 7:20 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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