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 — Jul 12, 2024.
- 8:15 am: Morning Notes | 🗣️ Comments
- 9:30 am: Reston Town Center bridge work to temporarily close W&OD Trail | 🗣️ Comments
- 10:30 am: McLean police station designates traffic enforcement officer | 🗣️ Comments
- 11:30 am: Fairfax City to replace more Old Town gas lamps with LED lights | 🗣️ Comments
- 1:30 pm: FCPS plans pilot as Gov. Youngkin seeks to restrict cell phone use in schools | 🗣️ Comments
- 2:30 pm: Fairfax County offers financial aid to protect homes from flooding | 🗣️ Comments
Since it’s Friday, we’ve also compiled a list of the most-read articles of the week, below.
- After 32 years, Herndon’s Russia House restaurant to rebrand as French eatery (10533 views)
- Vienna Police: Woman arrested for assaulting Carnegie Diner workers (10106 views)
- Fairfax Circuit Court finally makes case information available online for free (8649 views)
- UPDATED: Opening of Wiehle Avenue pedestrian bridge delayed (4134 views)
- Four people arrested in Alexandria tied to several Fairfax County ABC store thefts (4121 views)
- Traffic clogs I-95 near Springfield after dump truck crashes into sign (2803 views)
- Reston to mark 60 years with party, cookout at Lake Newport Pool (2699 views)
- Halal burger truck to open first brick-and-mortar spot in Tysons Galleria (2339 views)
📅 Upcoming events
Here is what’s going on Saturday throughout the county, from our event calendar.
- 11:00 am: Second Saturday Sungazing
- 8:00 pm: Watch Rio (2011) under the Annandale Night Sky
- 9:00 pm: The Cinch All Stars Band at The Old Fire Station #3
Here are the events planned for Sunday:
⛈️ Saturday’s forecast
Expect scattered showers and thunderstorms early in the day, followed by scattered showers between 8am and 2pm, with a slight chance of showers and thunderstorms continuing after 2pm. The day will be partly sunny with a high temperature near 89 and light, variable winds. The chance of precipitation stands at 30%. Saturday night will bring partly cloudy skies and a low temperature around 73, accompanied by calm winds. 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. 👋
