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NEW: Comstock eyes 2025 start to downtown Herndon development

Published August 14, 2024 at 9:30AM | Updated August 14, 2024 at 2:19PM

The site for Comstock's downtown Herndon redevelopment project (via Town of Herndon)

For the first time in years, the developer has a potential timeline for its long-delayed downtown Herndon redevelopment that it’s optimistic might actually hold — news greeted by community members with a mix of guarded hope and skepticism.

After a well-attended, sometimes emotional public hearing, the Herndon Town Council voted unanimously last night (Tuesday) to push back the “outside satisfaction date” to finalize an amended agreement with the developer from tomorrow (Thursday) to Sept. 10.

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Langley High School football coach suspended after sexual solicitation arrest

By Angela Woolsey

Published August 13, 2024 at 3:30PM

Langley High School in McLean (via Google Maps)

The head football coach at Langley High School in McLean has been suspended after he was charged in Maryland with soliciting sex from a teen girl.

David Clay Murray, 48, was arrested in Fairfax County and charged by the Frederick County Sheriff’s Office last Friday (Aug. 9) with five counts of sexual solicitation of a minor, the sheriff’s office said in a press release issued yesterday (Monday).

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Fairfax Democrats weigh in on Herndon mayoral, town council candidates

By Angela Woolsey

Published August 13, 2024 at 2:30PM | Updated August 13, 2024 at 11:13PM

Herndon Town Council members Pradip Dhakal and Keven LeBlanc are campaigning to become the town's next mayor (courtesy Pradip for Herndon Mayor and Keven for Mayor)

The Fairfax County Democratic Committee (FCDC) has endorsed candidates in Herndon’s mayoral and town council races following a caucus that either went smoothly or was deeply flawed, depending on who you ask.

About 94% of the 641 voters who registered for the caucus cast a ballot for mayor, buoying Councilmember Pradip Dhakal with 345 votes over fellow Councilmember Keven LeBlanc’s 261 votes, according to the official results.

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Circus Vazquez to stop in Tysons next month during U.S. tour

By Angela Woolsey

Published August 13, 2024 at 10:30AM

Colombian acrobats Duo Vanegas perform "Wheel of Wonder" act for Circus Vazquez, which will visit Tysons starting Sept. 20, 2024 (courtesy Circus Vazquez)

A family-owned circus boasting an international cast of performers will set up its big top tent in Tysons this fall.

Circus Vazquez launched ticket sales last week for its upcoming stay at Lerner Town Square (8025 Galleria Drive) from Sept. 20 through Oct 7. Promising a brand-new show, the company is in the midst of a national tour that will also include Potomac Mills Mall in Woodbridge.

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NOW: Two hospitalized by crash on Route 1 outside Gunston Plaza

By Angela Woolsey

Published August 13, 2024 at 9:45AM | Updated August 13, 2024 at 11:36AM

Southbound Richmond Highway is closed in front of Gunston Plaza after a two-vehicle crash (via Google Maps)

Two men were hospitalized this morning (Tuesday) by a crash on Richmond Highway (Route 1) in Lorton outside Gunston Plaza.

Police and emergency responders from the Fairfax County Fire and Rescue Department were dispatched to Richmond Highway and Armistead Road around 6:50 a.m. for a two-vehicle crash that left one vehicle on fire and another with at least one person possibly trapped, according to scanner traffic on Open MHz.

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Federal contractor owned by Cherokee Nation opens Tysons office

By Angela Woolsey

Published August 12, 2024 at 2:30PM

Cherokee Federal, the federal contracting arm of Cherokee Nation, has opened an office in Tysons (courtesy Cherokee Federal)

A federal contractor owned by the largest Native American tribe in the U.S. has expanded its presence in the country’s capital region by adding a Tysons office.

Cherokee Federal announced Friday (Aug. 9) that it has opened an area office at 8180 Greensboro Drive, Suite 900, in Greensboro Park. The 20,000-square-foot space will host over 100 employees and complement the company’s regional office in Arlington.

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The Barns at Wolf Trap announces music, comedy shows coming this fall

By Angela Woolsey

Published August 12, 2024 at 11:30AM

The Second City, the Chicago improv group, will put on a 65th anniversary at The Barns on Feb. 19-22, 2025 (courtesy Wolf Trap Foundation for the Performing Arts)

With the Filene Center entering the final stretch of its summer season, Wolf Trap National Park for the Performing Arts is starting to warm up for the fall.

Last week, Wolf Trap Foundation for the Performing Arts, the nonprofit that supports and programs the national park, announced an initial lineup for The Barns, its indoor venue, that includes an Oscar-winning songwriter, a heralded improv comedy troupe, and other musical and comedy acts.

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Family seeks to open homemade ice cream parlor in Herndon office condos

By Angela Woolsey

Published August 12, 2024 at 10:30AM

Ice Ice Ice Cream will serve flavors like chocolate hazelnut, baklava and Bueno, inspired by the Italian candy bar (courtesy Spiro Souliotis)

After working in insurance for two decades, Herndon resident Spiro Souliotis is ready to start pursuing his dream: opening an ice cream parlor.

Souliotis originally purchased the future Ice Ice Ice Cream space in the Crossroads of Dulles office condominiums, the same complex where his Allstate insurance agency is located, with the intention of renting it out.

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JUST IN: Man who killed wife in West Falls Church pleads guilty 33 years later

By Angela Woolsey

Published August 9, 2024 at 1:30PM

Jose Lazaro Cruz has been arrested for allegedly murdering his wife, Ana Jurado, in West Falls Church on April 30, 1991 (courtesy FCPD)

A 60-year-old man pleaded guilty today (Friday) to killing his wife outside her West Falls Church home in 1991.

Jose Larazo Cruz pleaded guilty to second-degree murder after prosecutors made the case at a Fairfax County Circuit Court hearing that he stabbed Ana Jurado on April 30, 1991 during an argument over an affair she was allegedly having, Fairfax County Commonwealth’s Attorney Steve Descano announced.

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D.C. chef starts fresh at Tysons Galleria with new Mexican street food eatery

By Angela Woolsey

Published August 9, 2024 at 11:30AM

Rabbit Taco is now open in Tysons Galleria (staff photo by Angela Woolsey)

A different kind of taqueria has hopped into Tysons Galleria.

Conceived by some of the team behind D.C.’s Maïz64, Rabbit Taco opened on the mall’s third floor on June 24, selling tacos, burritos, quesadillas and more near Empanadas De Mendoza.