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

Lebanese restaurant Seray opens doors in Vienna

By Angela Woolsey
The Lebanese restaurant Seray is now open in Vienna (staff photo by Angela Woolsey)

A high-end option for kebabs and other Middle Eastern cuisine has arrived in Vienna.

Seray, a new Lebanese restaurant from the former owner of Me Jana in Arlington, opened to diners on Sunday (Sept. 8) at 160 Maple Avenue West in the Vienna Shopping Center, bringing life back to a space that had stood empty since Chopt closed in December 2022.

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Around Town

New fast-casual restaurant to serve ‘farm-fresh’ food in Chantilly

By Angela Woolsey
Farmside Kitchen, a fast-casual grain and salad bowl restaurant, is going to replace Farmtruck Pizza and Greens in Chantilly (photo by Sarah Gerrity)

A Chantilly pizza and salad restaurant is planting the seeds for a transformation.

After six years in its current form, Farmtruck Pizza & Greens (14385 Newbrook Drive, Suite 500) announced this morning (Tuesday) that it will serve customers for the last time this Sunday (Sept. 15) before reopening early next year as Farmside Kitchen.

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Countywide

Impact of Va. AG opinion on Fairfax County’s ICE cooperation policies unclear

By Angela Woolsey
Immigrations and Customs Enforcement's Washington Field Office in Chantilly (via Google Maps)

Virginia Attorney General Jason Miyares issued an apparent challenge last week to Fairfax County and other localities over their policies on cooperating with federal immigration authorities.

In a response to an inquiry from Bedford County Sheriff Michael Miller, Miyares released an opinion last Thursday (Sept. 5) confirming that local sheriffs have the authority to notify Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) when someone wanted for deportation proceedings is scheduled to be released.

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News

Fairfax County awards grants to eight local tech startups

By Angela Woolsey
A close-up of a computer chip (via Adi Goldstein/Unsplash)

Fairfax County is giving financial boosts to several local startups that are developing technology to improve communications, make agriculture more efficient and more.

The county’s Department of Economic Initiatives (DEI) announced last Thursday (Sept. 5) that it has selected eight companies for the second round of its Fairfax Founders Fund (FFF), which provides up to $50,000 in grant funding and technical assistance to “promising, early-stage startups” that could “disrupt industries” and create new jobs.

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Former FCPD officer seeks to get charges in fatal Tysons shooting dismissed

By Angela Woolsey
The Fairfax County Courthouse (staff photo by Angela Woolsey)

The former Fairfax County Police Department officer who fatally shot a D.C. man suspected of shoplifting two pairs of sunglasses from Nordstrom at Tysons Corner Center might not face a trial after all.

Defense attorneys for Wesley Shifflett filed a motion in Fairfax County Circuit Court on Friday (Sept. 6) seeking to “quash” the grand jury indictment that charged the former police sergeant with involuntary manslaughter and reckless discharge of a firearm for killing Timothy Johnson on Feb. 22, 2023.

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Man charged in indecent exposure incident at Tysons TJ Maxx

By Angela Woolsey
TJ Maxx at Pike 7 Plaza in Tysons (staff photo by Angela Woolsey)

Fairfax County police have identified a man who allegedly exposed himself in public at two different Tysons shopping centers.

The 22-year-old McLean resident was arrested last Tuesday (Sept. 3) for reportedly “exposing himself and attempting to touch customers inappropriately” in Tysons West (1500 Cornerside Blvd) earlier that day, the Fairfax County Police Department said on Friday (Sept. 6).

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Driver in crash that killed Oakton HS students sentenced to prison

By Angela Woolsey
An impromptu memorial for the Oakton High School students killed in a crash at Blake Lane and Five Oaks Road (staff photo by Jay Westcott)

The driver responsible for a crash that killed two Oakton High School students in 2022 will serve four years in prison, as recommended by a jury in April.

Fairfax County Circuit Court Judge Randy Bellows finalized the sentence at a hearing on Friday (Sept. 6) afternoon and ordered that 20-year-old Fairfax resident Usman Shahid also get three years of supervised probation following his release, the Fairfax County Commonwealth’s Attorney’s Office announced.

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News

UPDATED: Chemicals found in Herndon townhome ‘pose no threat,’ police say

By Angela Woolsey
Fortnightly Blvd in Herndon closed for a police investigation (via Herndon Police Department/Twitter)

Residents of a Herndon townhouse neighborhood have been cleared to return home after police determined that chemicals found in one unit during a search were safe.

According to the Herndon Police Department, its officers and detectives went to the 200 block of Herndon Station Square around 11:30 a.m. today (Friday) to arrest 44-year-old Steven Timothy Kyle, who is facing criminal charges in Pennsylvania.

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Around Town

Tysons Corner Center welcomes fall with festivals, new murals

By Angela Woolsey
Murals have been painted on the pedestrian bridges from one of Tysons Corner Center's parking garages (courtesy Tysons Corner Center)

The local weather may be cooling down, but Tysons Corner Center’s events calendar is heating up this month.

The mall will usher in a new season with its third annual Fall Festival, which will bring food, shopping, live entertainment and more to the Plaza from noon to 4 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 14.

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Donated ‘learning garden’ unveiled at Centreville elementary school

By Angela Woolsey
Centre Ridge Elementary School students install a learning garden (courtesy Cox Enterprises)

Going forward, Centre Ridge Elementary School will incorporate vegetables into the classroom as well as the cafeteria, thanks to a newly installed garden.

A “learning garden” from the nonprofit Captain Planet Foundation was unveiled at the Centreville school yesterday (Thursday). Built by a group of sixth-grade students and donated by Cox Enterprises, the conglomerate that owns the broadband company Cox Communications, the vegetable and herb garden will serve as an educational tool, while also providing access to produce.

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