Author: Angela Woolsey

Angela Woolsey is the site editor for FFXnow. A graduate of George Mason University, she worked as a general assignment reporter for the Fairfax County Times before joining Local News Now as the Tysons Reporter editor in 2020.

Around Town

On the Border closes Reston eatery, its last in Fairfax County

By Angela Woolsey
On the Border at the Spectrum at Reston Town Center (staff photo by Angela Woolsey)

A longtime fixture of the Spectrum at Reston Town Center is gone.

On the Border, which has occupied a standalone building at 11880 Spectrum Center since the mid-1990s, closed with no apparent warning late last week. The location was the Texas-based Mexican chain’s last remaining spot in Fairfax County.

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Wolf Trap announces summer season with Weird Al, ‘Wicked’ Oscar nominee and more

By Angela Woolsey
Patrons on the Filene Center lawn at Wolf Trap National Park for the Performing Arts (staff photo by Angela Woolsey)

An initial calendar for Wolf Trap National Park’s summer season has arrived.

After teasing a couple of shows with early announcements, including “You’re Beautiful” singer James Blunt and a reunion of The Swell Season for fans of the movie “Once,” the Wolf Trap Foundation for the Performing Arts unveiled a more complete line-up of events that will grace the Filene Center stage once the weather heats up.

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Countywide

JUST IN: Fairfax County schools to close early Tuesday for snow

By Angela Woolsey
A Fairfax County school bus in the snow (staff photo by Angela Woolsey)

Fairfax County Public Schools is joining the growing roster of D.C.-area school systems planning to close early tomorrow (Tuesday) in anticipation of a snowstorm.

All schools and offices will close three hours early tomorrow, and morning and afternoon classes for preschool special education students have been canceled, FCPS announced.

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Turkish chicken chain opens its first U.S. restaurant in Tysons

By Angela Woolsey
Gagawa is now at Tysons Corner Center (staff photo by Angela Woolsey)

Gagawa is now serving up more than a dozen flavors of chicken at Tysons Corner Center.

The mall announced the Turkish restaurant chain’s grand opening in an Instagram post on Jan. 22, though its doors appear to have quietly opened earlier in late December.

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Reston contractor to take over, expand on former Volkswagen office campus

By Angela Woolsey
Woodland Pointe property owner Union Investment Real Estate is proposing to replace a parking garage with a second office building (via Gensler/Fairfax County)

A contractor based at Reston Town Center is angling to take over an office building near Herndon whose former occupant is also now based in Reston Town Center.

Peraton, a national security and technology company started in 2017, plans to open a new campus at Woodland Pointe, a 6.77-acre office complex just south of Dulles Toll Road that previously served as Volkswagen’s North American headquarters.

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UPDATED: Winter Storm Warning issued with ‘heavy’ snow possible on Tuesday

By Angela Woolsey
A man walks a dog along South Lakes Drive in Reston with snow on the ground (staff photo by Angela Woolsey)

The mere sprinkling of snow that visited Fairfax County on Saturday (Feb. 8) might’ve been a prelude to a legitimate storm expected tomorrow (Tuesday).

Anticipating potential “heavy snow,” the National Weather Service has upgraded a watch issued yesterday to a Winter Storm Warning for the D.C. region that’s currently set to be in place from 1 p.m. tomorrow until 7 a.m. Wednesday morning (Feb. 12).

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Fairfax Circuit Court offers free marriage ceremonies to celebrate Valentine’s Day

By Angela Woolsey
The Fairfax County Circuit Court's Reston satellite office issued its first marriage license after opening in May 2024 (courtesy Fairfax County Circuit Court Clerk's Office)

Local couples looking to tie the knot before Valentine’s Day will have a chance to save a few bucks in the process next week.

The Fairfax County Circuit Court is offering free civil marriage ceremonies next Tuesday, Feb. 11 at its Reston satellite office, which will be open in the Cathy Hudgins Community Center at Southgate from 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.

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JUST IN: FCPS teacher charged with sexually assaulting students

By Angela Woolsey
Fairview Elementary School teacher John Barger has been charged with sexual assault (via FCPD)

A local elementary school teacher is facing criminal charges for allegedly sexually assaulting two students.

Fairfax County’s Child Protective Services received a tip on Jan. 17 reporting that a student at Fairview Elementary School (5815 Ox Road) in Fairfax Station had been sexually assaulted by a teacher, according to the Fairfax County Police Department.

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New plaque at Meadowlark park salutes women who challenged segregation

By Angela Woolsey
Officials from NOVA Parks, NAACP, Fairfax County and more unveil a sign at Meadowlark Botanical Gardens to honor Howard University students who challenged bus segregation (Courtesy NOVA Parks)

Before it became Meadowlark Botanical Gardens, Caroline Ware’s farm in Wolf Trap served as the staging area for a noteworthy yet little-known battle in the civil rights movement’s long struggle against segregation.

A constitutional history and social sciences professor at Howard University, Ware hosted a picnic on May 14, 1944 for friends and students, four of whom got arrested after refusing to move to the back of the bus they boarded to return to D.C.

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Man convicted of assaulting deaf passenger on flight to Dulles Airport

By Angela Woolsey
United Airlines planes at Dulles International Airport (staff photo by Angela Woolsey)

A man was convicted yesterday (Thursday) of assaulting a fellow passenger during a flight from San Francisco to Dulles International Airport.

In an incident that made national headlines, Everett Chad Nelson, a 44-year-old man from Stafford, was arrested by the FBI on Oct. 28, 2024 after he repeatedly punched a deaf passenger who was sleeping on United Airlines Flight 2247 “without provocation,” according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Virginia.

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