Good Friday evening! Today we published 7 articles that were read a total of 24842 times on FFXnow alone, so far.
📈 Top stories
The following are the most-read articles for today (Mar 24, 2023)…
- Armed robbery of Safeway in Great Falls leads to sprawling police pursuit
- Police: 75-year-old man shot wife in Reston murder-suicide
- JUST IN: Fairfax County reverts to old zoning code after Va. Supreme Court nixes 2021 update
Since it’s Friday, we’ve also compiled a list of the most-read articles of the week, below.
- UPDATED: Two people found dead on Reston trail, possibly shot (25457 views)
- McLean residents sue to stop I-495 widening over environmental impacts (12409 views)
- BREAKING: Several people hospitalized by Route 1 crash involving fire truck (4191 views)
- Armed robbery of Safeway in Great Falls leads to sprawling police pursuit (8500 views)
- Construction nears on condo building that led push to revitalize downtown McLean (3201 views)
- One of the first office buildings built in Fair Lakes could flip into housing (3021 views)
- Police: 75-year-old man shot wife in Reston murder-suicide (5108 views)
- BREAKING: Fairfax County police officer who shot Timothy McCree Johnson in Tysons fired (2192 views)
- Park Authority seeks funding, staff to clear 250 acres of running bamboo (1674 views)
- Isaac Newton Square developer shares plan for apartment building with park space (1608 views)
- Plan to redevelop West Falls Church Metro wins planning commission’s support (1407 views)
📅 Upcoming events
Here is what’s going on Saturday in Fairfax County, from our event calendar.
- 7:30 am: You Are Not Alone 5k
- 8:30 am: The Women’s Center 2023 Leadership Conference
- 11:00 am: Mad Hatter Tea Party
- 12:00 pm: Women’s History Month Panel
- 7:30 pm: The McLean Symphony: Inspired by Spring
Here are the events planned for Sunday:
- 1:00 pm: Pajama Glam 2023
☔ Saturday’s forecast
Rain in the morning and afternoon. High of 60 and low of 44. Sunrise at 7:06 am and sunset at 7:26 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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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
