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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D.C. area faces Heat Advisory, air quality issues on Wednesday

By Angela Woolsey
Sun glare (staff photo by James Jarvis)

This summer is closing out with one final heat wave that’s expected to peak in the D.C. area tomorrow (Wednesday).

The National Weather Service has issued a Heat Advisory that’s scheduled to take effect from 1-7 p.m. tomorrow. On top of that, the air quality is expected to enter Code Orange territory for a second straight day, meaning it’ll be unhealthy for people with lung and heart disease, outdoor workers and other sensitive groups to spend time outside.

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Lake Anne jazz festival returns to raise funds for music education

By Angela Woolsey
Paddleboats docked at Lake Anne Plaza in Reston (file photo)

The Mykle Lyons Commemorative Concert and Jazz Festival will return to Lake Anne Plaza in Reston this Saturday (Aug. 31).

For its fourth year, the annual celebration of Lyons, a jazz musician and longtime Reston resident who died in 2021, will seek to continue his legacy by raising funds to create a music education initiative for Reston Association.

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Herndon company gets naming rights to Washington Commanders stadium

By Angela Woolsey
Northwest Federal Credit Union's headquarters in Herndon (via Google Maps)

The Washington Commanders’ stadium will soon bear the name of a company based in Herndon.

Northwest Federal Credit Union, which is headquartered at 200 Spring Street, announced today (Tuesday) that it has secured the exclusive naming rights to Commanders Field, the home stadium for D.C.’s NFL team.

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Indian restaurant Spice 6 closes, Vietnamese eatery in the works near Dunn Loring Metro

By Angela Woolsey
A Cybertruck in front of the now-closed Spice 6 in Dunn Loring's Shops at Avenir Place (staff photo by Angela Woolsey)

One of the Shops at Avenir Place’s earliest tenants has left.

Spice 6, a fast-casual Indian restaurant, closed its doors last Wednesday (Aug. 21) after serving customers near the Dunn Loring Metro station for nearly a decade.

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Test results shared by state were misleading, FCPS superintendent says

By Angela Woolsey
Fairfax County Public Schools (file photo)

Fairfax County Public Schools is giving the Virginia Department of Education (VDOE) a demerit for its recent reveal of annual student test scores.

The results released last week omitted assessments outside of the Standards of Learning (SOL) tests that students take statewide, creating a misleading impression of how FCPS is doing, Superintendent Dr. Michelle Reid said in an Aug. 23 letter to state officials, including Gov. Glenn Youngkin.

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Partial Lake Fairfax office park overhaul to add mix of housing, possible school site

By Angela Woolsey
A sign for the Lake Fairfax Business Center in Reston (staff photo by Angela Woolsey)

A developer is charting a new future for the Lake Fairfax Business Center, but it will not include the home of the “Quad God.”

SkateQuest, the indoor rink where world figure skating champion and George Mason University student Ilia Malinin trains, is one of several buildings slated to remain as part of a plan to revitalize the Reston office park with housing, new retail and perhaps, an elementary school.

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D.C. bar owners branch out with planned Tysons laser hair removal clinic

By Angela Woolsey
Capital Laser can currently be found in Rosslyn (courtesy Capital Laser)

A laser hair removal clinic based in Arlington is honing in on Tysons as the site of its first expansion.

Capital Laser announced last week that it has sold its first franchise to 202 Bars operators Matt Weiss and Mike Schuster, who are best known as the owners of Barrel, Union Pub and other D.C. bars.

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Fairfax County hotels, restaurant up for statewide Ordinary Awards

By Angela Woolsey
The Watermark Hotel at Capital One Center in Tysons (staff photo by Angela Woolsey)

Virginia’s main hospitality industry group has unveiled the finalists for its annual Ordinary Awards, and a few Fairfax County businesses and residents made the list.

In contention for “Hotel of the Year,” one of 24 categories, is The Watermark Hotel at Capital One Center in Tysons. It will compete with The Georges in Lexington and River’s Rest Marina & Resort in Charles City, the Virginia Restaurant, Lodging & Travel Association (VRLTA) announced yesterday (Thursday).

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Police: Bailey’s Crossroads daycare operator charged with assault

By Angela Woolsey
Fairfax County police (file photo)

A woman who runs a home daycare in Bailey’s Crossroads is facing assault charges after allegedly restraining two children with tape.

Police began investigating Sumy Shah, a 47-year-old Alexandria resident, on Aug. 1 after officers got a report of an assault in the 3600 block of Paul Street, according to the Fairfax County Police Department.

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UPDATED: Man killed in ‘serious’ crash that blocked I-66 West at I-495

By Angela Woolsey
Police and Fairfax County Fire and Rescue responders at crash on I-66 West at I-495 (via 511Virginia)

A construction vehicle driver died after crashing on I-66 in Idylwood this morning (Friday).

Virginia State Police troopers were dispatched to I-66 West at at the Capital Beltway (I-495) around 7:51 a.m. for the single-vehicle crash, which was initially described by police as a two-vehicle crash with “at least one injury.”

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