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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D.C. Shorts Film Festival to kick off at Merrifield studio this week

By Angela Woolsey
Attendees of the 20th DC Shorts Film Festival take in a screening at Alamo Drafthouse (courtesy DC Shorts Film Festival)

The D.C. Shorts International Film Festival is coming back to Merrifield.

The four-day festival will kick off its 21st year this Thursday (Sept. 5) with an afternoon of movie screenings and a welcome party at Crescendo Studios, a music school at 8101-A Route 29 that features a recording studio, a Black Box typically used for concerts and other event spaces.

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UPDATED: Reston man charged with unlawfully filming FCPS students

By Angela Woolsey and James Jarvis
Fairfax County Public Schools Superintendent Michelle Reid and Fairfax County Police Chief Kevin Davis discuss an investigation into a former FCPS contractor who allegedly filmed students (staff photo by James Jarvis)

Fairfax County police have filed new charges against a Reston man who was already facing sexual assault and child porn allegations.

Arturo Elmore-Adon, 25, was charged yesterday (Tuesday) with seven counts of unlawful filming after detectives found videos he had allegedly taken of four girls, all of them Fairfax County Public Schools students, the Fairfax County Police Department announced today.

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Panda Express to open drive-thru Herndon restaurant

By Angela Woolsey
The former Burger King restaurant at 598 Elden Street in Herndon (via Town of Herndon)

Panda Express is zooming into the Town of Herndon.

The fast-food chain will take over the former Burger King drive-thru restaurant at 598 Elden Street, proposing renovations that the Herndon Architectural Review Board will discuss at a work session tonight (Wednesday).

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Driver cited in Braddock Road crash that killed three people

By Angela Woolsey
Bradfield Drive at Braddock Road in Burke (via Google Maps)

One of the drivers in a two-vehicle crash that killed three people in Burke earlier this year is facing a potential fine.

The Fairfax County Police Department announced today (Wednesday) that its Crash Reconstruction Unit detectives have charged Tei Hu, 71, of Fairfax with failing to yield on a left turn in connection to the Feb. 4 crash.

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Vienna Inn wins vote for Northern Virginia’s best breakfast spot

By Angela Woolsey
Vienna Inn (file photo)

One of the longest-standing restaurants in Vienna has emerged triumphant from the 2024 NoVA Breakfast Wars.

Vienna Inn was declared the winner yesterday (Tuesday) of the bracket-style competition organized by Northern Virginia Magazine, which invited its readers to vote for their favorite place to grab a morning meal out of 32 selected contenders from around the region.

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Vienna credit union plans wetland improvements and 30th annual 5K

By Angela Woolsey
The existing wetland area on Navy Federal Credit Union's Vienna headquarters campus (via Town of Vienna)

It’s not getting its name on an NFL stadium like a Herndon-based competitor, but Navy Federal Credit Union will still make its presence felt in the community this September.

On top of organizing an annual charity 5K, the military-serving financial institution is looking to improve a wetlands area on its headquarters campus in Vienna. The project will be presented to the town’s Board of Architectural Review at an 8 a.m. work session tomorrow (Wednesday).

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Vegan cookie maker MidnighTreats to close Vienna store

By Angela Woolsey
MidnighTreats in Vienna (staff photo by Angela Woolsey)

Time is running out for Vienna residents to grab a giant cookie from MidnighTreats without having to leave town or pay a shipping fee.

The bakery at 167 Glyndon Street SE will close for good after this Saturday (Sept. 7), less than two years after opening in owner and founder Johnny Nguyen’s hometown. MidnighTreats announced the closure last Friday (Aug. 30) in an email to members of its rewards program.

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FCPD: Man arrested for indecent exposures in West Falls Church

By Angela Woolsey
A Fairfax County police car with lights on at the Mosaic District (staff photo by Angela Woolsey)

Fairfax County police arrested a man this week who’s believed to have exposed himself in a West Falls Church neighborhood multiple times.

Officers responded to Fairmont Street and Woodberry Lane in the Tremont Gardens community around 1:22 p.m. on Aug. 20 for a report of a man exposing himself.

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JUST IN: Driver charged for Great Falls crash that killed pedestrian

By Angela Woolsey
Westbound Route 7 (Leesburg Pike) at Downey Drive in Great Falls (via Google Maps)

A Sterling man is facing a criminal charge in connection to a recent fatal pedestrian crash in Great Falls.

Guanglu Xia, 63, has been charged with a felony hit-and-run after he allegedly struck Giomarie Davila-Ocasio, a 26-year-old woman from Reston, and initially left the scene, the Fairfax County Police Department announced today (Friday).

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Bobby’s Bagel Cafe to close Reston store, making way for growing deli

By Angela Woolsey
Bobby's Bagel Cafe in Reston's North Point Village Center (staff photo by Angela Woolsey)

Reston’s North Point Village Center will soon swap one local bagel maker for another.

Bobby’s Bagel Cafe is set to permanently close its shop at 1484 North Point Village Center on Oct. 31, an employee told FFXnow. In its place, the popular “Jew-ish” deli Call Your Mother will reportedly rise, continuing its recent expansion into Northern Virginia.

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