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.

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Herrity backs federal workforce cuts, breaking from other Fairfax County supervisors

By Angela Woolsey
The White House (via René DeAnda on Unsplash)

The Trump administration’s sweeping efforts to whittle down the federal workforce have found favor with at least one Fairfax County elected official.

Springfield District Supervisor Pat Herrity, the only Republican on the county board, revealed earlier this week that he “fully” agrees that the federal government’s “size and scope” needs to be reduced, claiming that there’s a “broad consensus across America” in support of a downsizing.

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Fairfax County schools closed Wednesday, trash pickups delayed by snow

By Angela Woolsey
Snow falling at Cunningham Park Elementary School in Vienna (staff photo by Angela Woolsey)

With winter weather currently blanketing the D.C. region, Fairfax County Public Schools has declared tomorrow (Wednesday) a snow day.

All schools and offices will be closed tomorrow, and activities on school grounds have been canceled. Students were dismissed three hours early today (Tuesday) in anticipation of snow starting to fall this afternoon into the evening.

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JUST IN: Virginia AG seeks to take over dismissed Fairfax County indecent exposure case

By Angela Woolsey
Fairfax County Courthouse (file photo)

Virginia’s attorney general is apparently seeking to revive a Fairfax indecent exposure case against a person who was subsequently charged with allegedly exposing himself in a girls’ locker room at Washington-Liberty High School in Arlington.

In a Feb. 11 letter to Fairfax County Commonwealth’s Attorney Steve Descano, Attorney General Jason Miyares accused the county’s top prosecutor of undermining public safety after a case charging Richard Kenneth Cox with indecent exposure at a Planet Fitness in Fairfax City was dismissed last summer.

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FCPD: Falls Church HS teacher and others charged in online child exploitation operation

By Angela Woolsey
Fairfax County Police Chief Kevin Davis announces arrests by child exploitation unit detectives on Feb. 11, 2025 (via FCPD/Facebook)

A recent online operation conducted by child exploitation detectives resulted in seven arrests, including that of a Falls Church High School teacher, the Fairfax County Police Department announced this morning (Tuesday).

Richard Berkowitz, a health and physical education teacher at the school in West Falls Church, was arrested on Jan. 29, two days into the operation, but Fairfax County Public Schools Superintendent Michelle Reid was asked to hold off on notifying the community so the operation could continue, Fairfax County Police Chief Kevin Davis said at a press conference.

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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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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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