Good Friday evening! Today we published 4 articles that were read a total of 3834 times on FFXnow alone, so far.
📈 Top stories
The following are the most-read articles for today (May 5, 2023)…
- Call Your Mother’s mini mobile deli is now open in McLean
- Morning Notes
- Early voting for Democratic primary begins with a slew of local races on the ballot
Since it’s Friday, we’ve also compiled a list of the most-read articles of the week, below.
- Pizza restaurant Mellow Mushroom withers away in Herndon (26589 views)
- Report: Ikea to open new ‘urban format’ store in Fairfax Corner (16135 views)
- Group protesting Bangladesh prime minister shuts down Tysons Blvd (6738 views)
- Barnes & Noble announces opening date for Reston location (6553 views)
- For first time, Cirque du Soleil selects Tysons for U.S. debut of new show (5441 views)
- Fairfax County offers to split the bill for private stormwater projects (2826 views)
- New Lebanese restaurant to take over former Chopt space in Vienna (2479 views)
- JUST IN: Police officer injured in crash on Fairfax County Parkway (1824 views)
- Haulin’ Trash bankruptcy leaves many county residents out of luck getting refunds (1659 views)
📅 Upcoming events
Here is what’s going on Saturday in Fairfax County, from our event calendar.
- 7:00 am: Arlington Civitan Open Air Flea Market
- 8:00 am: Stratton Woods HOA Community Yard Sale
- 9:00 am: Foster the Family 5K & Family Fun Day!
- 2:00 pm: FREE Pilates Day classes/ RTR Pilates
- 2:00 pm: “Bright Star,” presented by South Lakes High School Theater
- 7:30 pm: “Bright Star,” presented by South Lakes High School Theater
Here are the events planned for Sunday:
- 8:00 am: Hopecam 5k Run/Walk
⛅ Saturday’s forecast
Increasing cloudiness. Mild. High of 73 and low of 57. Sunrise at 6:05 am and sunset at 8:06 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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Potomac Harmony is one of 500 choruses in Sweet
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Potomac Harmony recently had our first performance
with our new director, receiving rave reviews! We invite you to stop by any Wednesday
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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
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