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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Free World Cup watch parties kick off in Tysons, starting next month

By Angela Woolsey
A COPA Tysons watch party at Shipgarten (courtesy Tysons Community Alliance)

Soccer fever is taking hold in Tysons early with the return of the now-annual COPA Tysons celebration.

The festivities will kick off with a launch party this Saturday, May 30 before the 2026 FIFA World Cup takes center field at a series of free watch parties planned throughout the summer, starting at Starr Hill Biergarten (1805 Capital One Drive).

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Bruce Springsteen tribute band headlines Summerbration events at Reston Station

By Angela Woolsey
Taylor Swift tribute band concert at Reston Station for the 2025 Summerbration event series (courtesy Comstock Companies)

Tributes to Bruce Springsteen, Prince and other iconic American musicians are among the highlights of Reston Station’s upcoming “Summerbration” event series.

Organized by developer Comstock Companies and Reston Community Center (RCC), the 2026 series kicks off this week with complimentary Beloved Yoga classes tomorrow (Wednesday) at 6-7 p.m. and the Pat Benatar tribute band All Fired Up opening a season of Fab Fridays Live Music on Friday (May 29) at 7:30 p.m.

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JUST IN: Lorton private school employee charged with child solicitation

By Angela Woolsey
Lawrence Lofzewski (courtesy Fairfax County Police Department)

A former police officer who now works at a private school in Lorton has been charged with child solicitation, the Fairfax County Police Department announced today.

Detectives in the FCPD’s Child Exploitation Unit received a tip from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children that Lawrence Lofzewski, a 37-year-old Springfield resident, “had posted disturbing online content regarding minors,” according to a press release.

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First Friday Night Live! concert of season canceled due to rain

By Angela Woolsey
A banner and light stand set up for a Friday Night Live! concert in Herndon (staff photo by Angela Woolsey)

The rain that’s expected to persist in the D.C. area throughout Memorial Day weekend has already put a damper on one summer tradition.

Tonight’s Friday Night Live! concert in Herndon has been canceled due to the inclement weather, organizers announced this morning (Friday).

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Person and dog rescued from two-alarm McLean house fire

By Angela Woolsey
A Fairfax County Fire and Rescue engine at a house on Turkey Run Road in McLean (via FCFRD/Facebook)

A McLean resident was hospitalized as a result of a fire that broke out at their home in the Langley High School area early this morning (Friday).

Firefighters were dispatched to the 900 block of Turkey Run Road for the house fire at around 12:49 a.m., according to scanner traffic.

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Choral singer, McLean arts center namesake among winners of 2026 ArtsFairfax Awards

By Angela Woolsey
The 2026 ArtsFairfax Awards will go to Bruce Berlage, Karen and Jim Cleveland, the Southeast Fairfax Development Corporation and Thomas Beveridge (courtesy ArtsFairfax)

Support for the arts can take different forms, as evidenced by the honorees who will take center stage this fall at the 2026 ArtsFairfax Awards.

ArtsFairfax announced earlier this month that this year’s recipients of the annual awards will be longtime McLean Project for the Arts (MPA) donor and board member Bruce Berlage, Reston community leaders Karen and Jim Cleveland, the Southeast Fairfax Development Corporation and D.C.-area singer, conductor and composer Thomas Beveridge.

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Inova to host blood drive at ViVa Vienna festival this weekend

By Angela Woolsey
A map for ViVa Vienna on display at the 2025 festival (staff photo by Angela Woolsey)

Attendees of this weekend’s ViVa Vienna will have an opportunity to give back to the community in more ways than one.

Inova has partnered with Vienna-based Bards Alley Bookshop for a blood drive that will take place during the annual festival this Sunday and Monday (May 24-25).

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Late Rep. Gerry Connolly’s final bill in Congress heads to president’s desk

By Angela Woolsey
Virginia Sen. Mark Warner (right) talking with late Congressman Gerry Connolly in July 2022 (courtesy Office of Senator Mark Warner)

The final bill introduced by the late Gerry Connolly dealt with the disease that took his life early in his ninth term representing Virginia’s 11th Congressional District.

In a rare moment of unity, the Senate voted unanimously yesterday (Wednesday) to support the Gerald E. Connolly Esophageal Cancer Awareness Act, sending the bill to President Donald Trump almost a year after it passed the House of Representatives on June 3, 2025.

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Fairfax County completes largest solar energy project so far on I-95 landfill

By Angela Woolsey
A sign warns against trespassing at Fairfax County's I-95 Landfill Complex in Lorton (staff photo by Angela Woolsey)

Land in Lorton that once served as a waste disposal site has been transformed into Fairfax County’s largest solar power project so far.

After about a year of construction, a completed 5-megawatt solar array now sits on 37 acres in a closed portion of the I-95 Landfill Complex at 9850 Furnace Road, the Fairfax County Department of Public Works and Environmental Services (DPWES) announced Wednesday (May 19).

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Despite repeated vandalism, Vienna church keeps free food, hygiene pantries going

By Angela Woolsey
The Little Free Pantries at Emmaus United Church of Christ in Vienna (courtesy Emmaus)

The Little Free Pantries outside Emmaus United Church of Christ in Vienna have gotten battered over the years, but despite repeated acts of vandalism, they’re still standing.

Though cleaning up and repairing the damage can be a hassle, sometimes temporarily taking the boxes out of commission, the church remains undeterred in its commitment to making donated food and hygiene products available to passersby in need.

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