Good Friday evening, Fairfax County. Let’s take a look back at today’s stories and a look forward to tomorrow’s event calendar.
🕗 News recap
The following articles were published earlier today — Mar 29, 2024.
- 8:15 am: Morning Notes | 🗣️ Comments
- 9:30 am: Springfield mall hints at possible Build-A-Bear with permit application | 🗣️ Comments
- 10:15 am: Assisted stretching studio Stretch Zone to open next week in Vienna | 🗣️ Comments
- 11:00 am: Annual horse expo returns to Frying Pan Farm next month | 🗣️ Comments
- 11:45 am: Springfield Dunkin’ to host Nats pep rally with free donuts on Monday | 🗣️ Comments
Since it’s Friday, we’ve also compiled a list of the most-read articles of the week, below.
- UPDATED: Man shot into West Springfield day care, hitting two employees, police say (11015 views)
- Fairfax County to clear Reston homeless encampment, open temporary shelter (8873 views)
- Herndon’s former Residence Inn completes transformation into housing (7195 views)
- Damage from deflation requires closure of Herndon’s indoor tennis center (6299 views)
- First wave of FCPD’s bad driving crackdown results in thousands of tickets (5684 views)
- BREAKING: GMU calls off plan for cricket and baseball stadium at Fairfax campus (3389 views)
- Fairfax County wants to make affordable housing easier for people with serious mental illness (3285 views)
- Potomac Yard developer blames Tysons talk for failure of pro sports arena deal (3031 views)
- Poll: What would you think of a Capitals and Wizards arena in Fairfax County? (2981 views)
- New Taco Bamba set to open in Fair Lakes shopping center next month (1914 views)
📅 Upcoming events
Here is what’s going on Saturday throughout the county, from our event calendar.
- No events today. Have one to promote? Submit it to the calendar.
Here are the events planned for Sunday:
- 9:00 am: FREE Neighborhood Easter Egg Hunt
- 10:00 am: Raffle: Vintage Reston Plates
🌧️ Saturday’s forecast
Expect showers after 2pm as clouds increase, bringing a high temperature of around 64 degrees. In the morning, light winds will shift to the south at 5 to 10 mph, and there’ll be a 40% chance of precipitation. On Saturday night, showers are likely mainly before 8pm, followed by partly cloudy conditions and a low of 51 degrees. A west wind at around 9 mph will be present, with a 30% chance of precipitation. 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. 👋
