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Local hair salons donate cosmetics to FCPD for domestic violence victims

Published October 31, 2024 at 11:15AM

Great Clips employees in Reston and Fairfax City donate beauty supplies to the Fairfax County Police Department for domestic violence victims (courtesy Great Clips)

A beauty supply donation drive organized by the Fairfax County Police Department to support individuals who have experienced domestic violence is coming to a close.

Set to end after today (Thursday), the campaign got a boost earlier this week from the Great Clips hair salons in Reston and Fairfax City, which contributed “several hundred dollars” worth of beauty supplies, according to a press release.

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UPDATED: Fairfax County Parkway reopens after three-vehicle crash in Burke

By Angela Woolsey

Published October 31, 2024 at 10:30AM | Updated October 31, 2024 at 12:17PM

Fairfax County Parkway closed after a three-vehicle crash at Reservation Drive in Burke (via Google Maps)

Two people have been taken to a hospital following a crash involving three vehicles on Fairfax County Parkway in Burke.

The parkway’s southbound lanes are closed at Lee Chapel Road, while the northbound lanes are closed at Huntsman Blvd in the wake of the crash, the Fairfax County Police Department announced at 9:16 a.m.

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Poll: Are you voting early or on Election Day?

By Angela Woolsey

Published October 31, 2024 at 9:00AM

Early voters line up outside Franconia Government Center for the 2024 general election (staff photo by James Jarvis)

Halloween has arrived, but this year, the real scares might still be lurking around the corner, as Election Day approaches.

Thousands of Fairfax County voters have already cast a ballot, either in person at one of the county’s 16 early voting sites or by mail.

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FCPD: Assistant principal at Burke school charged with not reporting assaults of students

By Angela Woolsey

Published October 31, 2024 at 8:15AM | Updated November 5, 2024 at 5:15PM

White Oaks Elementary School in Burke (via Google Maps)

A new charge has been filed in connection to a teacher’s reported assaults of students at a Burke elementary school.

Dana Chen, an assistant principal at White Oaks Elementary School (6130 Shiplett Blvd), has been charged with failing to report assault allegations against special education teacher Elizabeth Yoshimi Nagagata, the Fairfax County Police Department announced yesterday (Wednesday).

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Vienna library and parking garage project secures final approval

By Angela Woolsey

Published October 30, 2024 at 9:00AM

A rendering of the future Vienna-Carter Library seen from Maple Avenue and Center Street (via Town of Vienna)

Plans for an expanded public library paired with a new parking garage in the Town of Vienna have been solidified.

The Vienna Town Council voted unanimously on Monday (Oct. 28) to approve Fairfax County’s site plans for the facility — which will be known as the Vienna-Carter Library — even though it fall short of some code requirements for setbacks, tree coverage and loading areas.

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Cybertruck races Lamborghini on Route 7 in Tysons, as FCPD seeks tougher stunt driving ban

By Angela Woolsey

Published October 29, 2024 at 12:30PM | Updated October 30, 2024 at 9:32AM

A Cybertruck and a Lamborgini set up for a race on Leesburg Pike at Westwood Center Drive in Tysons (via @ccj_media/Instagram)

A Cybertruck and Lamborghini recently took over a block of Route 7 (Leesburg Pike) in Tysons for a brief speed contest.

One video of the race, which only lasted about five seconds, has accumulated over 57 million views on Twitter since it was posted early this morning (Tuesday), drawing the attention of Tesla and Twitter owner Elon Musk.

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Fairfax spots dominate top 10 in annual ‘Best N. Va. Restaurants’ ranking

By Angela Woolsey

Published October 29, 2024 at 9:45AM | Updated October 30, 2024 at 2:19PM

The entrance to Ometeo at Capital One Center in Tysons (staff photo by Angela Woolsey)

More than half of Northern Virginia’s top 10 restaurants can be found in Fairfax — either the county or the city, according to one regional magazine.

In its November issue, which hit newsstands last week, Northern Virginia Magazine released its annual ranking of the region’s 50 Best Restaurants, as determined by its four food critics. A few Fairfax establishments have become permanent fixtures, but the 2024 list also includes some first-timers and comebacks.

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Marriott hotel now set to open at Reston Town Center in 2025

By Angela Woolsey

Published October 28, 2024 at 11:45AM | Updated October 28, 2024 at 12:02PM

AC Hotel and Residence Inn will open in January 2025 in the Reston Town Center expansion (courtesy Marriott)

Reston Town Center will have to wait a little longer than anticipated for a hotel closer to its Metro station.

The dual-branded Marriott hotel under construction in RTC Next — developer BXP’s expansion of the town center — is now expected to open its doors in January 2025, slightly later than the late 2024 completion previously projected.

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Fairfax City tests private security patrols in Old Town, local parks

By Angela Woolsey

Published October 28, 2024 at 9:45AM

The North Street sidewalk in front of Old Town Plaza in Fairfax City (staff photo by Angela Woolsey)

Fairfax City is stepping up surveillance of its historic downtown and two public parks with the help of private security guards.

Starting today (Monday), uniformed but unarmed guards will patrol the Old Town commercial district, Stafford Drive Park (3300 Stafford Drive) and Draper Drive Park (9797 Beech Drive) as part of an eight-week security pilot program developed by the City of Fairfax Police Department.

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Vienna Police: Man’s Trump signs stolen, shot with hunting bow

By Angela Woolsey

Published October 28, 2024 at 9:00AM

A roadside Trump-Vance campaign sign in Great Falls (staff photo by Angela Woolsey)

The 2024 Northern Virginia political sign wars have reportedly made an incursion into the Town of Vienna.

A resident called the Vienna Police Department earlier this month after two political signs were removed from his property on Ayr Hill Avenue NW only to be returned a few days later. The man also said he found two signs that had been “struck with a hunting bow,” according to the department’s recap for the week of Oct. 18-24.