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 — Nov 22, 2024.
- 7:30 am: Morning Notes for November 22, 2024 | 🗣️ Comments
- 8:15 am: Fairfax City teams up with NOVA to offer free job training to local residents and workers | 🗣️ Comments
- 9:00 am: Charitable vending machines find home at Tysons Corner Center for winter holidays | 🗣️ Comments
- 9:45 am: National Cherry Blossom Festival celebrates tree plantings at South Lakes HS | 🗣️ Comments
- 11:15 am: County board allows housing on vacant commercial sites in Springfield | 🗣️ Comments
- 1:15 pm: Fashion store Apricot Lane now open at Chesterbrook Shopping Center | 🗣️ Comments
- 2:30 pm: Passengers at Dulles expected to grow, costs to airlines drop in 2025 | 🗣️ Comments
- 6:15 pm: Fall season was collective standout for Potomac School’s sports teams | 🗣️ Comments
- 7:00 pm: Flint Hill and Potomac School field-hockey players contribute in all-star contest | 🗣️ Comments
Since it’s Friday, we’ve also compiled a list of the most-read articles of the week, below.
- UPDATED: Man charged with rape on W&OD Trail in Herndon (13256 views)
- Fairfax Water asks residents to help with evaluation of pipes for lead (7571 views)
- Late-night chicken and gyro eatery coming to Fairfax from New York area (7200 views)
- Sisters Thai’s flagship restaurant opens in Tysons with new dessert cafe (6538 views)
- UPDATED: Man charged in stabbing at Bailey’s Crossroads McDonald’s (5973 views)
- Cheesecake Factory to open at Tysons Corner Center next month (5482 views)
- Judge deems Youngkin’s actions to withdraw Virginia from RGGI ‘unlawful’ (4255 views)
- Inova settles $2.4M Medicaid fraud case over ‘improperly modified’ claims (3722 views)
- Fairfax debuts affordable housing for seniors and families near GMU campus (3432 views)
- County to break ground on Tysons wastewater pump station (3278 views)
📅 Upcoming events
Here is what’s going on Saturday throughout the county, from our event calendar.
- 10:00 am: Fonts Books’ 1st Anniversary
- 11:00 am: Native American Heritage Celebration
Here are the events planned for Sunday:
- 3:00 pm: Burke Historical Society Meeting
☀️ Saturday’s forecast
Expect mostly sunny skies and a high temperature of around 52 degrees during the day, accompanied by a northwest wind blowing at 14 to 18 mph and gusting up to 31 mph. The night will be partly cloudy with a low temperature of approximately 41 degrees, while the west wind will blow at 9 to 13 mph and gust as high as 21 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. 👋
