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Herndon company gets naming rights to Washington Commanders stadium

Published August 27, 2024 at 12:15PM | Updated August 27, 2024 at 12:52PM

Northwest Federal Credit Union's headquarters in Herndon (via Google Maps)

The Washington Commanders’ stadium will soon bear the name of a company based in Herndon.

Northwest Federal Credit Union, which is headquartered at 200 Spring Street, announced today (Tuesday) that it has secured the exclusive naming rights to Commanders Field, the home stadium for D.C.’s NFL team.

Around Town

Indian restaurant Spice 6 closes, Vietnamese eatery in the works near Dunn Loring Metro

By Angela Woolsey

Published August 27, 2024 at 10:30AM

A Cybertruck in front of the now-closed Spice 6 in Dunn Loring's Shops at Avenir Place (staff photo by Angela Woolsey)

One of the Shops at Avenir Place’s earliest tenants has left.

Spice 6, a fast-casual Indian restaurant, closed its doors last Wednesday (Aug. 21) after serving customers near the Dunn Loring Metro station for nearly a decade.

Countywide

Test results shared by state were misleading, FCPS superintendent says

By Angela Woolsey

Published August 27, 2024 at 9:30AM | Updated September 9, 2024 at 12:50PM

Fairfax County Public Schools (file photo)

Fairfax County Public Schools is giving the Virginia Department of Education (VDOE) a demerit for its recent reveal of annual student test scores.

The results released last week omitted assessments outside of the Standards of Learning (SOL) tests that students take statewide, creating a misleading impression of how FCPS is doing, Superintendent Dr. Michelle Reid said in an Aug. 23 letter to state officials, including Gov. Glenn Youngkin.

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Partial Lake Fairfax office park overhaul to add mix of housing, possible school site

By Angela Woolsey

Published August 26, 2024 at 1:30PM | Updated August 26, 2024 at 5:41PM

A sign for the Lake Fairfax Business Center in Reston (staff photo by Angela Woolsey)

A developer is charting a new future for the Lake Fairfax Business Center, but it will not include the home of the “Quad God.”

SkateQuest, the indoor rink where world figure skating champion and George Mason University student Ilia Malinin trains, is one of several buildings slated to remain as part of a plan to revitalize the Reston office park with housing, new retail and perhaps, an elementary school.

Around Town

D.C. bar owners branch out with planned Tysons laser hair removal clinic

By Angela Woolsey

Published August 26, 2024 at 11:30AM | Updated August 26, 2024 at 1:28PM

Capital Laser can currently be found in Rosslyn (courtesy Capital Laser)

A laser hair removal clinic based in Arlington is honing in on Tysons as the site of its first expansion.

Capital Laser announced last week that it has sold its first franchise to 202 Bars operators Matt Weiss and Mike Schuster, who are best known as the owners of Barrel, Union Pub and other D.C. bars.

Around Town

Fairfax County hotels, restaurant up for statewide Ordinary Awards

By Angela Woolsey

Published August 23, 2024 at 2:30PM

The Watermark Hotel at Capital One Center in Tysons (staff photo by Angela Woolsey)

Virginia’s main hospitality industry group has unveiled the finalists for its annual Ordinary Awards, and a few Fairfax County businesses and residents made the list.

In contention for “Hotel of the Year,” one of 24 categories, is The Watermark Hotel at Capital One Center in Tysons. It will compete with The Georges in Lexington and River’s Rest Marina & Resort in Charles City, the Virginia Restaurant, Lodging & Travel Association (VRLTA) announced yesterday (Thursday).

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Police: Bailey’s Crossroads daycare operator charged with assault

By Angela Woolsey

Published August 23, 2024 at 11:15AM

Fairfax County police (file photo)

A woman who runs a home daycare in Bailey’s Crossroads is facing assault charges after allegedly restraining two children with tape.

Police began investigating Sumy Shah, a 47-year-old Alexandria resident, on Aug. 1 after officers got a report of an assault in the 3600 block of Paul Street, according to the Fairfax County Police Department.

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UPDATED: Man killed in ‘serious’ crash that blocked I-66 West at I-495

By Angela Woolsey

Published August 23, 2024 at 10:15AM | Updated August 23, 2024 at 1:14PM

Police and Fairfax County Fire and Rescue responders at crash on I-66 West at I-495 (via 511Virginia)

A construction vehicle driver died after crashing on I-66 in Idylwood this morning (Friday).

Virginia State Police troopers were dispatched to I-66 West at at the Capital Beltway (I-495) around 7:51 a.m. for the single-vehicle crash, which was initially described by police as a two-vehicle crash with “at least one injury.”

News

BREAKING: Man awaiting trial for Reston double-murder dies in jail

By Angela Woolsey

Published August 22, 2024 at 5:30PM | Updated August 23, 2024 at 12:44PM

Fairfax County Adult Detention Center (staff photo by James Jarvis)

A man charged with killing a Reston couple in 2017 died this morning after being taken to a hospital from Fairfax County’s jail.

Nicholas Giampa, now 24, was found “unresponsive” in his cell at the Fairfax County Adult Detention Center around 1:58 a.m., prompting a deputy to announce “a medical emergency,” according to posts from the Fairfax County Police Department and Fairfax County Sheriff’s Office.

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JUST IN: Fairfax County to clear Reston homeless camp starting next week

By Angela Woolsey

Published August 22, 2024 at 3:30PM | Updated August 22, 2024 at 5:53PM

A tent encampment has become a fixture of the woods near Sunrise Assisted Living in Reston (staff photo by James Jarvis)

Fairfax County will soon begin shutting down a homeless encampment that has occupied woods near the Inova Emergency Room in Reston for years.

The county’s Office to Prevent and End Homelessness announced today (Thursday) that “no trespassing” signs will be posted around the site known informally as “The Hill” next Tuesday (Aug. 27). A fence will be constructed on Sept. 10 to formally close the property.