Good Friday evening, Fairfax County. Let’s take a look back at today’s stories and a look forward to tomorrow’s event calendar.
π News recap
The following articles were published earlier today — Apr 25, 2025.
- 7:00 am: Morning Notes for April 25, 2025 | π£οΈ Comments
- 9:00 am: Possible increase to county’s lodging tax receives mixed reviews | π£οΈ Comments
- 9:45 am: Virginia State Police: Driver killed in early-morning crash on Beltway in Fairfax | π£οΈ Comments
- 1:15 pm: NOVA student accused of threatening to kill professor | π£οΈ Comments
- 2:30 pm: Standoff in Huntington leads to arrest of robbery suspect | π£οΈ Comments
- 3:45 pm: High school stabbing incites budget battle between Fairfax School Board and Board of Supervisors | π£οΈ Comments
Since it’s Friday, we’ve also compiled a list of the most-read articles of the week, below.
📅 Upcoming events
Here is what’s going on Saturday throughout the county, from our event calendar.
- 12:01 am: Online Auction benefiting Sleepy Hollow Preschool
- 👉 8:30 am: Van Metre 5K Run
- 8:30 am: 85-Family Reston Yard Sale
- 9:00 am: Fairfax Funky Flea Market 4/26/25
- 10:00 am: Soar Together Family Day: Aerospace in Miniature
- 10:00 am: Independent Bookstore Day 2025 at Scrawl Books
- 10:00 am: Independent Bookstore Day NOVA Book Crawl
- 10:30 am: Saturday Morning Cartoons
- 11:00 am: Alexandria Art Show & Craft Spring Fair ~ Mother’s Day Celebration @ John Carlyl
- 11:00 am: Arab American Cultural Open House
- 11:00 am: Free drop-in brick building at Bricks & Minifigs Herndon
- 12:00 pm: ALICE (in wonderland) | The Washington Ballet
- 12:00 pm: The Washington Ballet’s ALICE (in wonderland)
- 1:00 pm: Earth Day
- 2:00 pm: Your Personal Brand Storytelling Workshop
- 2:00 pm: Metropolitan School of the Arts to Present Spring Ballet: Snow White
- 3:00 pm: Ice Cream Sundae Poetry Event
- 5:30 pm: ALICE (in wonderland) | The Washington Ballet
- 5:30 pm: The Washington Ballet’s ALICE (in wonderland)
- 6:30 pm: 8th Annual Wine and Crime Dinner
Here are the events planned for Sunday:
- 7:45 am: Vienna Elementary 5K and 1 Mile Fun Run
- 11:00 am: Planet Virginia at George Mason University
- 2:00 pm: ALICE (in wonderland) | The Washington Ballet
- 2:00 pm: The Washington Ballet’s ALICE (in wonderland)
- 3:00 pm: Hunter Mill District’s Earth Day
βοΈ Saturday’s forecast
Scattered showers are expected before 11 am, followed by likely showers and possible thunderstorms between 11 am and 5 pm, and intermittent showers and storms after 5 pm. The day will be mostly cloudy with a high near 78Β°F, southwest wind at 10-14 mph, and gusts up to 22 mph. There is a 70% chance of rain with new totals under a tenth of an inch, potentially higher during thunderstorms. In the evening, anticipate scattered showers and storms before 8 pm, becoming mostly clear with a low around 46Β°F and a northwest wind at 17 mph and gusts up to 30 mph. The precipitation chance drops to 30%. 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. 👋
