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 — Aug 9, 2024.
- 8:15 am: Morning Notes for August 9, 2024 | 🗣️ Comments
- 9:45 am: Bob & Edith’s Diner cooks up expansion to Newington | 🗣️ Comments
- 10:30 am: First phase of mixed-use Herndon Parkway development under review | 🗣️ Comments
- 11:30 am: D.C. chef starts fresh at Tysons Galleria with new Mexican street food eatery | 🗣️ Comments
- 1:30 pm: JUST IN: Man who killed wife in West Falls Church pleads guilty 33 years later | 🗣️ Comments
- 2:15 pm: Fairfax County goes for ‘gold’ in federal initiative to expand EV charging | 🗣️ Comments
- 3:30 pm: After 55 years, Mount Vernon’s horticulturist and longest-serving employee is set to retire | 🗣️ Comments
Since it’s Friday, we’ve also compiled a list of the most-read articles of the week, below.
- More than 30 Fairfax eateries to participate in upcoming Summer Restaurant Week (9901 views)
- Chantilly housing development advances after facing questions about wildlife, traffic impacts (7395 views)
- Reston Midline takes shape with more residential development in the works (4506 views)
- Fairfax County executive unveils proposal for $260 million budget surplus (4431 views)
- Park Authority seeks tenant to rehabilitate historic Tysons house (3991 views)
- NEW: Bonchon to revive Herndon and Annandale restaurants (2922 views)
- Fairfax County Public Schools ACE launches over 250 new training, certification programs for adult learners (2697 views)
- Avoid Georgetown Pike bridge over I-495 during coming lane closures, VDOT warns (2303 views)
📅 Upcoming events
Here is what’s going on Saturday throughout the county, from our event calendar.
- 12:00 am: Lake Anne Cardboard Boat Regatta
- 👉 10:00 am: Storytime Brought to Life!
- 11:00 am: Second Saturday Sungazing
- 9:00 pm: The Maiden Band at The Old Fire Station #3
☀️ Saturday’s forecast
Expect sunny skies and a high of around 86 degrees, accompanied by a northwest wind blowing at 5 to 8 mph. As night falls on Saturday, the skies will turn partly cloudy and the temperature will drop to approximately 65 degrees, with the north wind maintaining a speed of around 5 mph. See more from Weather.gov.
🌅 Tonight’s sunset
The MonumentCam screenshot above is used with permission of the Trust for the National Mall and courtesy of EarthCam.
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. 👋
