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.

Around Town

NEW: Call Your Mother sets grand opening date for McLean deli

By Angela Woolsey
Call Your Mother's Lil Deli at Chesterbrook Shopping Center in McLean (staff photo by Angela Woolsey)

Call Your Mother’s McLean location will morph from a food truck into a physical storefront this weekend.

The popular bagel shop will hold a grand opening for its newest deli at 6232 Old Dominion Drive in the Chesterbrook Shopping Center this Sunday (July 7), according to a notice posted to its website.

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Fairfax Water: No quality concerns after use of Washington Aqueduct paused

By Angela Woolsey
Getting tap water in a glass (via Swanky Fella on Unsplash)

Fairfax Water customers weren’t affected by the recent Boil Water Advisory that went out to D.C. and Arlington County residents before Independence Day.

The utility, which serves almost 2 million people in Northern Virginia, suspended its use of the Washington Aqueduct early on Wednesday (July 3) before the advisory was issued later that day. Though D.C. and Arlington both lifted the advisory yesterday (Thursday), Fairfax Water says it hasn’t yet resumed getting water from the aqueduct.

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Old Town Coffee opens in Herndon next to Moo Thru

By Angela Woolsey
Old Town Coffee opened today next to Moo Thru in Herndon (courtesy Old Town Coffee)

A new coffee shop has opened in Herndon, just in time to provide a morning pick-me-up for those returning to work after the Fourth of July holiday.

Old Town Coffee welcomed its first customers today (Friday) at 315 Spring Street in the Reston-Herndon Business Park. The shop is connected to the adjacent Moo Thru ice cream parlor, which is also owned by longtime residents Frank and Caitlin Kenney.

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UPDATED: Teens arrested for reported armed carjacking near Silver Diner in Merrifield

By Angela Woolsey
Silver Diner in Merrifield (via Google Maps)

Two teens were arrested in Albemarle County last week in connection to an armed carjacking reported near the Silver Diner in Merrifield.

Officers were dispatched to the 8100 block of Porter Road around 6 a.m. for a robbery after a man called 911, stating that his black Toyota Camry had been stolen, according to the police scanner on Open MHz.

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JUST IN: Fairfax County activates heat plan for Fourth of July

By Angela Woolsey
A LOVE sign decorated with the U.S. flag colors outside the Oakmont Rec Center in Oakton (staff photo by Angela Woolsey)

This year’s Independence Day is shaping up to be a hot one in the D.C. region.

Fairfax County has activated its heat plan for tomorrow (Thursday) in response to a Heat Advisory from the National Weather Service, which predicts that warm temperatures and humidity will lead to a heat index of 100 to 105.

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McLean nursing home seeks to expand with new wing

By Angela Woolsey
The Vierra Falls Church nursing home at 2100 Powhatan Street in McLean (via Google Maps)

The owner and operator of a McLean nursing home built in the Baby Boomer era wants to give its residents more space with a proposed expansion.

Modalia Capital is seeking to build a new wing for its Vierra Falls Church community at 2100 Powhatan Street, according to a rezoning application submitted to Fairfax County on June 28. The 11,869-square-foot, one-story addition would add 18 private units but no new residents.

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Townhouses approved for long-vacant site near Village Center at Dulles

By Angela Woolsey
The newly approved Towns at Dulles Center development will add 48 townhomes near the intersection of Centreville and Coppermine roads (via Fairfax County)

A freestanding PNC Bank in the McNair area south of Herndon is now slated to get some company.

The Fairfax County Board of Supervisors approved a rezoning last week to allow 48 stacked townhouses on the northern end of the 4.7-acre site at the intersection of Centreville and Coppermine roads, right across the street from the Village Center at Dulles shopping center.

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Tysons’ 1st Stage theater unveils lineup for 2024-2025 season

By Angela Woolsey
The theater company 1st Stage is located in the Spring Hill Business Center in Tysons (staff photo by Angela Woolsey)

Mere days after closing out its 2023-2024 season, 1st Stage in Tysons is pulling back the curtain on a new year of community theater.

The professional theater company will kick off its 2024-2025 season later this month with the return of its annual Logan Festival of Solo Performance, a two-week event that draws solo actors from across the U.S. with performances, workshops, discussions and other activities.

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Vienna church to host town’s first large-scale solar project

By Angela Woolsey
A rendering of the solar panel canopy planned for the parking lot of the Church of the Holy Comforter in Vienna (courtesy Govan Builders)

A Vienna church hopes to soon draw energy from both the sun and God as it embarks on what appears to be the biggest solar panel project in the town so far.

With permitting almost complete, workers are slated to break ground on a solar photovoltaic canopy in the Church of the Holy Comforter’s parking lot at 543 Beulah Road NE in mid to late July, contractor Govan Builders says.

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New data illustrates Reston’s shift toward mixed-use development

By Angela Woolsey
Comstock's mixed-use development Reston Station continues to grow near the Wiehle Metro station (staff photo by Angela Woolsey)

Reston has seen a steady uptick in development over the past decade, fueled primarily by an influx of housing, new Fairfax County data shows.

The county recently updated its Reston Data Visualization Project — now called Reston Snapshots — with data collected from 2023 and the addition of a land use hub that provides an overview of the area’s progress toward fulfilling the Reston Comprehensive Plan’s vision of a more mixed-use, transit-oriented community.

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