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FFXnow Daily Debrief for Feb 2, 2024

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 — Feb 2, 2024.

Since it’s Friday, we’ve also compiled a list of the most-read articles of the week, below.

  1. NEW: The St. James to shutter Reston Town Center gym soon (22664 views)
  2. Fairfax County drops some road widening projects from long-term, regional plan (15762 views)
  3. Conversion of Sheraton Tysons Hotel into multi-family housing approved (13563 views)
  4. Gaming playground with food and craft brews coming to Tysons Corner Center (9563 views)
  5. Suspect in Herndon area shooting also linked to fatal shooting in Woodbridge, police say (4829 views)
  6. NEW: Duck Donuts to open shop in Vienna (4778 views)
  7. McAlister’s Deli, unnamed ‘national grocer’ coming to Old Keene Mill Shopping Center (4560 views)
  8. Athletic fitness facility warms up for grand opening in Reston next month (4494 views)
  9. Casino bill appears to help state more than Fairfax County, supervisors say (3740 views)
  10. Local nonprofit seeks winter clothing to help adults experiencing homelessness (2643 views)

📅 Upcoming events

Here is what’s going on Saturday throughout the county, from our event calendar.

Here are the events planned for Sunday:

☀️ Saturday’s forecast

Expect sunny skies and a high of 47 degrees, accompanied by a north wind blowing at 7 to 9 mph. For Saturday night, the weather will be clear with the temperature dropping to around 30 degrees, while the north wind slows down to 3 to 5 mph. See more from Weather.gov.

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. 👋