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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Local police to collect unused prescription drugs this Saturday

By Angela Woolsey
The Drug Enforcement Administration organizes Drug Take Back Days every year to encourage proper disposal of unneeded and expired medication (via FCPD)

If you have a cabinet full of extraneous prescription drugs, tomorrow (Saturday) will be your chance to get rid of them.

The Fairfax County and Town of Vienna police departments will participate in the Drug Enforcement Administration’s National Drug Take Back Day by hosting sites where people can dispose of unwanted and expired prescription medications.

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Departing economic development head ‘grateful’ for time in Vienna

By Angela Woolsey
Natalie Guilmeus was the Town of Vienna's first-ever economic development director (courtesy Town of Vienna)

Vienna’s first-ever economic development director is saying farewell to the town.

Natalie Guilmeus will officially step down from the position she inaugurated after today (Friday) to take a new job as deputy director for the Virginia Beach Economic Development Department, according to the Town of Vienna.

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Larger water tank approved for Idylwood neighborhood despite concerns

By Angela Woolsey
The proposed Poplar Heights water tank (via Fairfax Water)

Poplar Heights is officially getting a new water storage tank with a capacity of 1.25 million gallons, despite continued objections from many residents of the single-family Idylwood neighborhood.

The Fairfax County Board of Supervisors voted unanimously on Tuesday (Oct. 22) — with Hunter Mill District Supervisor Walter Alcorn absent — to approve Fairfax Water’s request for a special exception allowing the facility to replace an existing standpipe tank at 7407 Tower Street that can hold 700,000 gallons of water.

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Fashion boutiques coming to McLean’s Chesterbrook Shopping Center

By Angela Woolsey
Chesterbrook Shopping Center is adding new tenants, while undergoing renovation (staff photo by Angela Woolsey)

A pair of clothing stores and a custom frames shop are coming to Chesterbrook Shopping Center (6224 Old Dominion Drive).

Sassanova, Apricot Lane and Framebridge are all slated to open in McLean later this year or in early 2025, helping fill out a tenant roster that has turned over substantially since property manager Federal Realty took ownership of the site in 2021.

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Winter Lantern Festival to light up Tysons, starting on Halloween

By Angela Woolsey
The Winter Lantern Festival will return to Tysons for 2024 with a "pandas" theme (courtesy Winter Lantern Festival)

For a third consecutive winter, Lerner Town Square at Tysons II (8025 Galleria Drive) will be illuminated by a thousand handmade Chinese lanterns.

The Winter Lantern Festival will return to Tysons for an over-two-month run, starting next Thursday, Oct. 31 until Jan. 12, 2025. The event will be open to visitors from 5-9:30 p.m. on Thursdays through Sundays.

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Elevated fire danger alert issued, as D.C. area dry spell continues

By Angela Woolsey
The sun shines through trees along a street in McLean (staff photo by Angela Woolsey)

The D.C. area is facing an increased risk of fires tonight into tomorrow (Thursday) morning, the National Weather Service says.

The NWS has issued a reminder that there’s an “elevated fire danger” until 4 a.m. for Northern and Central Virginia, eastern West Virginia, D.C. and Maryland due to “persistent dry conditions” and “increasing winds,” followed by a cold front tomorrow.

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Tysons Corner Center ponders the nature of time with new art exhibit

By Angela Woolsey
Canvas prints in "Time: A Contemplative Exhibit" were installed at Tysons Corner Center in mid-October (courtesy Tysons Corner Center)

The latest artworks to grace the walls of Tysons Corner Center aim to remind shoppers of a concept that malls are designed to make them forget: the passage of time.

Tysons Corner Center announced last Thursday (Oct. 17) that it has installed seven framed canvas prints created by artists from around the U.S., all centered around the theme of “Time.” The exhibit wraps up the second year of the mall’s “The Collection: Where Art Meets Fashion” program, which brings artwork from around the world to Tysons.

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Fairfax County offers tool for reporting commercial parking violations

By Angela Woolsey
A commercial van is parked on Pimmit Drive outside the Idylwood Towers Condominiums (staff photo by Angela Woolsey)

A new online tool will give people in Fairfax County a quick way to identify and report illegally parked commercial vehicles.

The county launched the “Parking Violation Public Report” tool yesterday (Tuesday), Mount Vernon District Supervisor Dan Storck announced during the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors meeting.

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Timber Pizza to open in McLean this fall

By Angela Woolsey
Roots Provisions and Grocery, now named Roots Kitchen and Bar, is ceding part of its space at McLean Village to Timber Pizza (staff photo by Angela Woolsey)

A growing D.C.-area pizza chain hopes to make some noise when it lands in McLean this fall.

Timber Pizza anticipates launching its latest permanent outpost — and its third in Virginia — in the McLean Village shopping center at 8100 Old Dominion Drive in November, though an exact opening date hasn’t been determined yet.

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Sushi and ramen restaurant opens near Dunn Loring Metro station

By Angela Woolsey
Japomen has opened at the Shops at Avenir Place in Dunn Loring (staff photo by Angela Woolsey)

A small slice of Japan has opened up near the Dunn Loring Metro station.

The team behind the Chantilly food hall Tilly Kitchen launched Japomen, their first full restaurant, in the Shops at Avenir Place (2767-J Avenir Place) on Oct. 12.

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