Good Friday evening! Today we published 6 articles that were read a total of 10172 times on FFXnow alone, so far.
📈 Top stories
The following are the most-read articles for today (May 26, 2023)…
- Former American Idol winner to headline Herndon Festival
- New Asian restaurant, Eve’s Garden Lounge, has launched in Reston
Since it’s Friday, we’ve also compiled a list of the most-read articles of the week, below.
- Merrifield restaurant named among top 5 newcomers to D.C. area’s dining scene by Washington Post (11508 views)
- BREAKING: FCPS wins appeal of lawsuit challenging TJ admissions (5369 views)
- Public hearing dates set for proposed shift of unbuilt housing from Reston Station (2557 views)
- Fairfax County board opposes push for longer flights at National Airport (2014 views)
- Police: Man arrested at McLean preschool had guns in car (1928 views)
- Former American Idol winner to headline Herndon Festival (2961 views)
- Arrowbrook Centre proposal set for planning commission public hearing (744 views)
- Former Trump admin official among newly elected McLean Community Center board members (701 views)
- Fairfax Connector proposes new bus service in I-66 corridor using future parking garages (557 views)
- Vienna Police: Raccoon killed in dog attack had rabies (552 views)
- Reston Association kicks off pool season, but Lake Thoreau opening still pending (503 views)
📅 Upcoming events
Here is what’s going on Saturday in Fairfax County, from our event calendar.
☀️ Saturday’s forecast
Mostly sunny, with a high near 75. Northeast wind 7 to 14 mph, with gusts as high as 23 mph. At night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 53. Northeast wind 8 to 11 mph. 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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