Good Friday evening! Today we published 7 articles that were read a total of 6801 times on FFXnow alone, so far.
📈 Top stories
The following are the most-read articles for today (Apr 7, 2023)…
- UPDATED: Construction on I-495 toll lanes can continue during lawsuit, judge says
- UPDATED: Pedestrian killed in crash at Richmond Highway near Fairfax County Parkway
- Tysons sushi restaurant, Kusshi Ko, closes temporarily
Since it’s Friday, we’ve also compiled a list of the most-read articles of the week, below.
- Proposed Pan Am redevelopment in Merrifield drops townhouses, going all in on apartments (15873 views)
- EXCLUSIVE: Abrar Omeish bows out of school board race to work with youth-focused legal nonprofit (6324 views)
- Korean BBQ and hot pot restaurant coming soon to Herndon (4920 views)
- Police: Two hospitalized by separate shootings in Reston and Groveton (3295 views)
- Southbound GW Parkway in McLean to close this month, shifting traffic to new, reversible lane (2334 views)
- Woman reportedly abducted in New York killed in gunfight between police and suspect on I-95 (1562 views)
- Ruth’s Chris Steak House now open in Reston Town Center (1432 views)
- New Annandale Civic Space begins to replace parking lot, set to open later this year (1277 views)
- County invites residents to drop off food and yard waste for composting at I-66 facility (1217 views)
- Unionized workers at Kingstowne Safeway protest potential grocery store merger (1056 views)
📅 Upcoming events
Here is what’s going on Saturday in Fairfax County, from our event calendar.
- 1:00 pm: Learn 2 Play Dungeons and Dragons
- 5:00 pm: New Art Exhibition–You are invited!
Here are the events planned for Sunday:
- 9:00 am: FREE Easter Egg Hunt
- 12:15 pm: Easter Egg Hunt
☔ Saturday’s forecast
Light rain. Overcast. Cool. High of 52 and low of 0. Sunrise at 6:43 am and sunset at 7:39 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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