Good Friday evening! Today we published 7 articles that were read a total of 6162 times on FFXnow alone, so far.
📈 Top stories
The following are the most-read articles for today (Aug 25, 2023)…
- My Own Pizza now open at Tysons Corner Center
- Fairfax County furthers push to replace gas leaf blowers with electric devices
- Morning Notes
Since it’s Friday, we’ve also compiled a list of the most-read articles of the week, below.
- Reston pub voted as D.C. area’s best place to drink in WTOP poll (13407 views)
- NEW: Caliburger no longer coming to The Boro in Tysons (4847 views)
- One injured in shooting from car on I-66 outside Centreville (4821 views)
- Police: Herndon resident killed in crash on Dranesville Road (4169 views)
- Man and woman found dead in Annandale apartment (3608 views)
- Three teens arrested for armed golf carts robbery at Hidden Creek Country Club (3354 views)
- Plan to replace American Legion Bridge revived with request for federal funding (3111 views)
- District Taco opens in McLean, kicking off franchise era (2805 views)
📅 Upcoming events
Here is what’s going on Saturday in Fairfax County, from our event calendar.
- 11:30 am: Celebrate International Dog Day with PUPatella + Bark & Boarding!
- 👉 12:00 pm: New Moms Groups forming 8/26!
- 7:30 pm: Mary Chapin Carpenter
Here are the events planned for Sunday:
- 3:00 pm: Burke Historical Society
🌤️ Saturday’s forecast
There’s a 20% chance of brief showers today after 2pm, with mostly sunny skies and a high near 88 degrees. Tonight, partly cloudy with a slight chance of showers and thunderstorms before 2am, a low around 68 degrees, and north wind at 5-7 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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