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Unique Vienna condo development to deliver first homes this year

Published October 21, 2024 at 9:45AM

The Grove on Park condominiums under construction in Vienna, as of Sept. 15, 2024 (photo by Amy Woolsey)

A residential development that promised to introduce a new housing option to the Town of Vienna is getting closer to welcoming its first occupants.

Under construction since early 2024, The Grove on Park condominiums at 133 Park Street NE are on track to deliver their first completed units by the end of this year, likely in late November, according to The Mayhood Company, which is managing sales of the homes.

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Community art exhibit launches in The PARC at Tysons

By Angela Woolsey

Published October 18, 2024 at 3:45PM

"Unrestrained Dreams" by Sandy Yang, one of several artworks by people under 18 featured in the "Create - Inspire - Empower" exhibit opening at The PARC at Tysons (courtesy Celebrate Fairfax)

The nonprofit that once organized the annual Celebrate Fairfax Festival and a Merrifield art gallery have teamed up to bring a new artistic exhibition to Tysons.

Celebrate Fairfax and mosaicARTs will unveil the “Create – Inspire – Empower” exhibit at an opening reception tomorrow (Saturday) from 4-7 p.m. at The PARC at Tysons (8508 Leesburg Pike).

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JUST IN: Union workers to rally in support of possible Tysons casino

By Angela Woolsey

Published October 18, 2024 at 1:30PM | Updated December 12, 2024 at 10:37AM

State Sen. Dave Marsden (D-35) presents his bill to make Fairfax County eligible for a casino to the Senate's gaming subcommittee on Jan. 24, 2024 with union workers in attendance (via Virginia Senate livestream)

A battle is brewing once again over the prospect of a casino in Fairfax County.

As opponents continue to organize, including under a No Fairfax Casino Coalition that mostly consists of homeowners’ and citizen associations, several labor unions have now come out in support of the casino and entertainment district envisioned in Tysons by the developer Comstock Companies.

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Vienna woman runs marathons in all 50 states, achieving longtime goal

By Angela Woolsey

Published October 17, 2024 at 3:45PM

Pam Piligian and her husband hold up moose antlers after finishing the Jackson Hole Marathon, their last in a quest to run marathons in all 50 states (courtesy Pam Piligan)

Pam Piligan’s journey to completing marathons in all 50 U.S. states was itself a marathon, spanning two decades and countless hours of training, traveling and running.

All that work paid off when the Vienna resident crossed the finish line at the base of the majestic Teton Mountain Range in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, on Saturday, Sept. 28, allowing her to fill in one final state on her home map of Navy Federal Credit Union’s branches.

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Springfield driver charged with manslaughter for crash that killed motorcyclist

By Angela Woolsey

Published October 17, 2024 at 3:00PM

Rolling Road at Delong Drive in Newington (via Google Maps)

A Springfield man was arrested yesterday (Wednesday) in connection with a hit-and-run crash that killed a motorcyclist in May.

According to the Fairfax County Police Department, detectives determined that Michael Burghardt, 46, was driving a 2022 BMW M440i north in the southbound lanes of Rolling Road when he hit a southbound motorcyclist near Delong Drive in Newington on May 12.

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Man charged with firing gun at Woodlawn Shopping Center

By Angela Woolsey

Published October 17, 2024 at 8:15AM

Woodlawn Shopping Center (via Google Maps)

An apparent dispute between a customer and the employees of a nightclub in Woodlawn took a dangerous turn last weekend, police say.

Officers were dispatched to Club One in Woodlawn Shopping Center (8786 Richmond Highway) at 12:58 a.m. on Sunday (Oct. 13) after a caller reported a man brandishing a gun, according to the police scanner.

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Tysons Corner Center loses 7-Eleven, gains Asian tea chain

By Angela Woolsey

Published October 16, 2024 at 1:15PM

Istanbul Kitchen is relocating within Tysons Corner Center to the former 7-Eleven spot (staff photo by Angela Woolsey)

The convenience store chain 7-Eleven will be slightly less ubiquitous by the end of 2024.

The store inside Tysons Corner Center closed permanently on Sept. 23, a mall spokesperson recently confirmed to FFXnow. More closures may be coming in the weeks ahead, as 7-Eleven plans to shutter 444 “underperforming” locations across North America.

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Vienna’s biggest employer offers to fund aquatics facility design

By Angela Woolsey

Published October 16, 2024 at 9:45AM

A rendering showing the view of Vienna's potential aquatics and fitness center from Center Street (via Kimmel Bogrette Architecture report)

Vienna’s plan to build a public aquatics and fitness center has already secured one major backer.

Navy Federal Credit Union — the town’s largest employer with 5,100 people working at its corporate headquarters (820 Follin Lane) — has offered to provide funding for the facility’s design, the Town of Vienna announced last Thursday (Oct. 10).

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Fairfax County to open more early voting sites tomorrow

By Angela Woolsey

Published October 16, 2024 at 8:15AM | Updated October 16, 2024 at 2:54PM

A flyer at Great Falls Library announces that it will be an early voting site starting Thursday, Oct. 17 (staff photo by Angela Woolsey)

Fairfax County voters will soon have more options for casting their ballot ahead of the Nov. 5 general election.

The county is set to open 13 more in-person early voting sites tomorrow (Thursday), bringing the total number of sites up to 16. The Fairfax County, Mount Vernon and North County government centers have been available since Sept. 20.

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County plan to take McLean house for wastewater station surprises residents

By Angela Woolsey

Published October 15, 2024 at 2:30PM

Fairfax County is seeking to acquire a parcel at 1310 Scotts Run in McLean for its planned Tysons East wastewater pump station (via Fairfax County)

A project to build a wastewater pump station project for McLean and eastern Tysons got off to an inauspicious start last week when a lack of community outreach forced the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors to postpone a scheduled public hearing.

The board authorized the hearing in September to get testimony on whether the county should exercise its eminent domain powers to acquire the land rights to a residential property at 1310 Scotts Run Road in McLean — the site chosen for the future pump station.