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Reston church donates school supplies to elementary students

Published August 6, 2024 at 1:30PM

Local high school student Bryce Merfeld donated 50 backpacks to Trinity Church Reston's school supply drive (courtesy Trinity Church Reston)

Hundreds of students at Reston’s Forest Edge Elementary School will head to class later this month with brand-new backpacks, thanks to a donation drive organized by a local church.

Congregants brought 240 backpacks filled with school supplies to the Trinity Church Reston campus (1950 Isaac Newton Square West) on Sunday (Aug. 4), according to campus pastor Robbie Hall, who thanked the donors for their generosity during the church’s 10 a.m. service.

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Park Authority seeks tenant to rehabilitate historic Tysons house

By Angela Woolsey

Published August 6, 2024 at 11:30AM

Inside the historic Ash Grove house in Tysons (via Fairfax County Park Authority/Flickr)

The clock is ticking on a chance to live in Tysons rent-free — if you’ll agree to restore and maintain the historic property.

The Fairfax County Park Authority (FCPA) is accepting applications until Aug. 24 at 5 p.m. for a resident curator for Ash Grove, one of the county’s few still-standing houses from the 18th century.

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NEW: Bonchon to revive Herndon and Annandale restaurants

By Angela Woolsey

Published August 6, 2024 at 10:30AM

Bonchon sells Korean fried chicken (courtesy Bonchon)

Bonchon Chicken is plotting a comeback in Herndon and Annandale.

The Korean fried chicken chain plans to reopen its Herndon location under different owners, and it has secured a new space in Annandale within the same shopping center where the business saw its previous restaurant destroyed by a fire.

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Chicago favorite boba tea cafe to open Merrifield location

By Angela Woolsey

Published August 5, 2024 at 1:30PM

The Chicago-based tea and dessert chain Te'Amo Boba Bar is coming soon to the Mosaic District (photo by Dan Lam)

A boba tea chain that has won over the Windy City now hopes to capture hearts in the D.C. area.

Chicago’s Te’Amo Boba Bar is venturing to the East Coast for the first time with a cafe at the Mosaic District in Merrifield, where it’ll open at 8190 Strawberry Lane, Suite 5, next to Pastry Xpo on the ground floor of the Vantage Apartments.

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Fairfax County task force deployed to help with Tropical Storm Debby

By Angela Woolsey

Published August 5, 2024 at 11:30AM

Fairfax County Urban Search and Rescue team with Virginia Task Force 1 (via VA-TF1/Twitter)

Virginia Task Force 1 is on its way to South Carolina.

The Fairfax County-based international urban search and rescue task force was deployed last night (Sunday) to assist with the emergency response to Tropical Storm Debby, which made landfall as a hurricane near Steinhatchee on the west coast of Florida around 7 a.m. this morning (Monday).

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Reston Midline takes shape with more residential development in the works

By Angela Woolsey

Published August 5, 2024 at 10:30AM | Updated August 5, 2024 at 5:32PM

A vacant lot next to the completed Townhomes at Reston Station is slated for development as a 227-unit apartment building (staff photo by Angela Woolsey)

More pieces of the Reston Midline development near the Wiehle Metro station are starting to fall into place.

Developer EYA hopes to begin construction on an apartment building within the next year after completing its Townhomes at Reston Station earlier this summer. All 113 townhouses were sold by August 2023, and they were officially delivered to buyers by June, EYA President and CEO McLean Quinn told FFXnow.

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Giant candle to pop up at Tysons Corner Center this weekend

By Angela Woolsey

Published August 2, 2024 at 2:30PM

Bath & Body Works is bringing a giant champagne toast-scented candle to Tysons Corner Center (courtesy Bath & Body Works)

A very tall, champagne-scented candle is going to light up Tysons Corner Center this weekend.

The 6.5-foot-tall wax column will be stationed on the mall’s first floor near Bath & Body Works from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday (Aug. 3-4), kicking off a tour of shopping centers and festivals in multiple cities across the U.S.

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Dual-sport court coming to Reston park with Volkswagen’s help

By Angela Woolsey

Published August 2, 2024 at 10:30AM

A futsal court similar in style to the proposed Stratton Woods Park facility (courtesy Fairfax County Park Authority)

Reston is getting a combined basketball and futsal court, but it’ll be at a different site than what the Fairfax County Park Authority (FCPA) previously proposed.

After seeking public input this spring on upgrades at South Lakes Drive Park, the park authority has teamed up with the Volkswagen Group of America and the Great Outdoor Fund, a nonprofit dedicated to expanding access to recreational amenities, to instead build the dual-purpose court at Stratton Woods Park (2431 Fox Mill Road).

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Olympics update: McLean’s Claire Collins qualifies for rowing finals

By Angela Woolsey

Published August 1, 2024 at 4:00PM | Updated August 1, 2024 at 4:24PM

The U.S. women's eight team wins a repechage at the Paris Olympics (courtesy row2k.com)

McLean rower Claire Collins has made it to the final round of the women’s eight event at the Paris Olympics.

Collins and the rest of the American women’s eight team will compete for a medal on Saturday (Aug. 3) after they won a repechage or trial heat this morning (Thursday), racing against four other teams at the Nautical Stadium-Flatwater in France.

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Another Heat Advisory issued for D.C. area as record-hot summer continues

By Angela Woolsey

Published August 1, 2024 at 1:30PM

A hot summer continues in Fairfax County (staff photo by James Jarvis)

Prepare for more hot, humid weather tomorrow (Friday) as the D.C. area endures its fifth heat wave of 2024.

The National Weather Service has already issued a new Heat Advisory for tomorrow that’s scheduled to take effect from noon to 8 p.m. across the region, including Fairfax County. A similar advisory is now in effect for today (Thursday), prompting the county to activate its heat plan.