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 — Sep 20, 2024.
- 7:30 am: Morning Notes for September 20, 2024 | 🗣️ Comments
- 8:15 am: Fairfax County early voting starts: Here’s what’s on the ballot | 🗣️ Comments
- 9:00 am: Peter Chang’s Herndon restaurant to open next week | 🗣️ Comments
- 9:45 am: Free movie, Winterfest Parade revival to enliven downtown McLean | 🗣️ Comments
- 11:15 am: Fairfax County to refocus how it analyzes transportation impacts | 🗣️ Comments
- 1:15 pm: Growing soup dumplings chain to replace gun shop in Chantilly | 🗣️ Comments
- 2:30 pm: New amenities proposed for park near Hybla Valley Elementary | 🗣️ Comments
Since it’s Friday, we’ve also compiled a list of the most-read articles of the week, below.
- These are the wealthiest zip codes in Fairfax County, national ranking finds (41553 views)
- BREAKING: Woman killed, officer injured in Reston police shooting (19121 views)
- Fairfax County considers new tax options to ease burden on property owners (8588 views)
- Burger joint to hold grand opening in Chantilly this weekend (6482 views)
- Balducci’s celebrates reopening in McLean after major remodel (4892 views)
- Gaming convention to take over GMU for second time this year (4101 views)
- Investigation underway in police shooting of Reston woman (3931 views)
- Final phase of Lake Anne area visioning study nears completion (3370 views)
- County board allows residential development on former Fair Lakes office site (2833 views)
📅 Upcoming events
Here is what’s going on Saturday throughout the county, from our event calendar.
- 9:30 am: Taste of Annandale 5K Run/Walk
- 10:30 am: Taste of Annandale
- 11:00 am: Story time with Deepa Iyer
- 2:00 pm: Celebrate Oktoberfest at The Boro! 🍻
- 5:00 pm: Opening Reception | Ebony G. Patterson
- 👉 7:00 pm: Moon School of Music Faculty and Friends Concert
- 9:00 pm: The Barco Beat Band at The Old Fire Station #3
Here are the events planned for Sunday:
- 10:00 am: Open House
🌥️ Saturday’s forecast
Partly sunny skies with a high of 81 and a light south wind at 3 to 7 mph. Saturday night brings a 70% chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly before 2 am, and a low around 64. New rainfall amounts will range between a tenth and a quarter of an inch, with higher amounts possible during thunderstorms. 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. 👋
