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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Charitable vending machines find home at Tysons Corner Center for winter holidays

By Angela Woolsey
The Light the World Giving Machines have been installed outside AMC Theatres in Tysons Corner Center (staff photo by Angela Woolsey)

This holiday season, shoppers at Tysons Corner Center will be able to buy gifts for local charities as well as their family and friends.

Northern Virginia’s biggest mall was chosen as this year’s host of the Giving Machines, philanthropic vending machines that will be unveiled with a “Grand Unwrapping” event at noon tomorrow (Saturday) outside AMC Theatres (7850 Tysons Corner Center).

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New townhome development in Pimmit Hills has fully sold out

By Angela Woolsey
The Tysons Ridge townhomes are under construction in Pimmit Hills (staff photo by Angela Woolsey)

The new townhomes under construction along Route 7 in Pimmit Hills have all been snapped up.

Developer EYA announced in late October that all 104 townhouses in Tysons Ridge have been sold, months ahead of the anticipated completion of construction.

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Greenheart Juice to open Reston shop this weekend

By Angela Woolsey
Inside Greenheart Juice Shop in Reston (courtesy Greenheart Juice Shop)

Greenheart Juice Shop is ready to welcome customers in Reston.

The local juice and smoothie chain will celebrate the grand opening of its newest location at North Point Village Center (1432 North Point Village Center) at 8 a.m. this Saturday (Nov. 23).

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NEW: FCPS to review athletic protocols amid controversy over Hayfield transfers

By Angela Woolsey
Hayfield Secondary School (staff photo)

Fairfax County Public Schools will enlist an outside firm to conduct an independent investigation of all student-athlete transfers, as questions about Hayfield Secondary School’s football program continue to percolate.

Superintendent Michelle Reid announced last night (Wednesday) that the district will pursue a “comprehensive and external independent investigation” of its student transfer and eligibility practices after she met with six football coaches who reportedly planned to forfeit their scheduled games against Hayfield.

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Suspect in Herndon rape was released from jail days earlier, sheriff’s office says

By Angela Woolsey
Herndon Police Chief Maggie DeBoard discusses the arrest of a man suspected of raping a woman on the W&OD Trail (via Herndon Police Department/Facebook)

The man charged with raping a woman in Herndon on Monday (Nov. 18) had been sentenced to jail less than a week earlier, the Fairfax County Sheriff’s Office says.

Denis Humberto Navarette Romero, 31, was previously arrested by Herndon Police for a separate incident and brought to the Fairfax County Adult Detention Center on Oct. 20, according to the sheriff’s office.

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Cheesecake Factory to open at Tysons Corner Center next month

By Angela Woolsey
The Cheesecake Factory at Tysons Galleria (staff photo by Angela Woolsey)

The Cheesecake Factory is getting ready for its big move across Route 123.

The chain will close its existing location at Tysons Galleria at the end of November before reopening at Tysons Corner Center on Dec. 5 at 11:30 a.m., according to an announcement posted to its website.

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Late-night chicken and gyro eatery coming to Fairfax from New York area

By Angela Woolsey
The fast-casual chain Blazin serves chicken tenders, gyros, waffles and more (courtesy Blazin Chicken & Gyros)

A fast-casual restaurant that serves halal chicken tenders, gyros and more into the early morning hours is setting up shop in Fairfax — both the county and the city.

Blazin Chicken & Gyro anticipates opening its first Northern Virginia location at Tysons Station (7502 Leesburg Pike) in Pimmit Hills in early December. The 1,849-square-foot eatery will be located next door from China King in the Trader Joe’s-anchored shopping center.

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Final vote count lifts incumbent over challenger in Herndon Town Council race

By Angela Woolsey
Herndon Town Councilmember Naila Alam (via Town of Herndon)

All three incumbents vying for seats on Herndon’s town council this year are on track for reelection after all.

Councilmember Naila Alam secured a spot on the council based on the final tally of votes from this year’s Nov. 5 general election, pushing out Herndon Board of Zoning Appeals Vice Chair Stevan Michael Porter, who had an edge in preliminary election night results.

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Fairfax County’s new poet laureate seeks to ‘demystify’ art form

By Angela Woolsey
Angelique Palmer has been appointed the Fairfax County poet laureate for 2024-2027 (courtesy ArtsFairfax)

Angelique Palmer, a performance poet and teacher, has been chosen as Fairfax County’s new poet laureate.

ArtsFairfax announced yesterday (Monday) that Palmer will serve as its poet laureate from 2024 through 2027. Succeeding Danielle Badra, Palmer will be the third person to hold the title, which was created in 2020 to celebrate poetry and promote it to a wider local audience.

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UPDATED: Man charged in stabbing at Bailey’s Crossroads McDonald’s

By Angela Woolsey
McDonald's at 5603 Leesburg Pike in Bailey's Crossroads (via Google Maps)

A man was rushed to Inova Fairfax Hospital with critical injuries Tuesday afternoon after being stabbed at the McDonald’s in Bailey’s Crossroads.

Fairfax County police were dispatched to the fast food restaurant at 5603 Leesburg Pike around 2:19 p.m., according to police scanner traffic.

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