Good Friday evening! Today we published 6 articles that were read a total of 7805 times on FFXnow alone, so far.
📈 Top stories
The following are the most-read articles for today (Sep 15, 2023)…
- County poised to swap land with Inova for Reston Town Center North site
- Fairfax County ignites plan to crack down on illegal fireworks use
- Morning Notes
Since it’s Friday, we’ve also compiled a list of the most-read articles of the week, below.
- New festival to celebrate Virginia coming to Tysons Corner Center (14331 views)
- Fairfax County board approves overhaul of Reston Comprehensive Plan (7081 views)
- County board allows housing at Merrifield’s Pan Am Shopping Center (4791 views)
- Police search for robbery suspect who threatened to kidnap child in Reston (3356 views)
- Starbucks is coming (again) to The Spectrum in Reston (3331 views)
- Former Army employee charged with killing West Springfield woman in 1994 (2882 views)
- Green iguana reported on the loose in Reston (2303 views)
- Fairfax County to get updated COVID-19 vaccines amid surge in illness (1815 views)
- Man dead after breaking into Springfield home while nude, police say (1336 views)
📅 Upcoming events
Here is what’s going on Saturday in Fairfax County, from our event calendar.
- 3:00 pm: GO&Type Vienna Type-In 2023
- 10:00 pm: Coby Siegel + Zach Lloyd
Here are the events planned for Sunday:
- 3:00 pm: CenterStage Cinema – Everything Everywhere all at Once
- 8:00 pm: Ray LaMontagne
☀️ Saturday’s forecast
The upcoming forecast indicates sunny weather with a high temperature near 82°F, accompanied by a northwest wind of 5 to 7 mph. During Saturday night, expect mostly clear skies, low temperatures around 56°F, and gentle, variable winds. 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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