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 — Mar 22, 2024.
- 8:15 am: Morning Notes | 🗣️ Comments
- 9:30 am: Falls Church mixed-use development pitch runs into city council backlash | 🗣️ Comments
- 10:15 am: Volunteers sought for annual Reston Pride Festival, returning in June | 🗣️ Comments
- 11:00 am: Fast-casual Turkish restaurant, fashion stores coming to Tysons Corner Center | 🗣️ Comments
- 11:45 am: County board to consider more funding for library books in new budget | 🗣️ Comments
- 1:15 pm: Teen arrested in McNair shooting that killed Westfield HS student | 🗣️ Comments
- 2:30 pm: The Mountain Goats, Nas and more join Wolf Trap’s summer concert line-up | 🗣️ Comments
Since it’s Friday, we’ve also compiled a list of the most-read articles of the week, below.
- JUST IN: Teen shot at hotel in Herndon near Dulles Airport (19752 views)
- NEW: Japanese grocery store to open in Tysons later this year (15531 views)
- County to take stock of Reston’s ‘alphabet soup’ community infrastructure (11345 views)
- Hello Kitty Cafe Truck is coming to Tysons Corner Center this Saturday (6411 views)
- Great Falls man pleads guilty to $1.8M in tax fraud (5859 views)
- FCPD removes crossing guards for Herndon, Fort Belvoir and potentially Vienna schools (4174 views)
- Police identify 18-year-old as suspect in fatal shooting outside McNair hotel (3390 views)
- Pimmit Hills man arrested after being found with missing teen, police say (3179 views)
- Fairfax County to revise zoning regulations for data centers amid surging usage (2960 views)
- St. John’s Wood Apartments in Reston to rebrand despite some community qualms (2107 views)
📅 Upcoming events
Here is what’s going on Saturday throughout the county, from our event calendar.
- 10:00 am: 14th Annual Northern Virginia Housing Expo
- 11:00 am: Puzzle Swap
- 1:00 pm: Reception and Show Remembering Sharon Safran
- 1:00 pm: Reception and Show Remembering Sharon Safran
- 1:00 pm: Reception and Show Remembering Sharon Safran
- 4:00 pm: Operation Deploy Your Dress
- 4:00 pm: Operation Deploy Your Dress
- 8:00 pm: NextStop Theatre’s – School Girls Or, The African Mean Girls Play
Here are the events planned for Sunday:
- 3:00 pm: Burke Historical Society Meeting
- 7:00 pm: Trinity Irish Dance Company
🌧️ Saturday’s forecast
Rain, heavy at times, and patchy fog are expected before 2pm and 3pm, respectively, with a high near 56. East wind will shift to the north, increasing from 6-11 mph to 12-17 mph, with gusts up to 29 mph. Precipitation is certain with new amounts between 1-2 inches. Tonight, clouds will gradually clear, and the temperature will drop to around 31. A blustery north wind of 18-20 mph continues, with gusts up to 33 mph. See more from Weather.gov.
🌅 Tonight’s sunset
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. 👋