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Solar panels activated atop Spring Hill Rec Center as energy project nears finish

Published April 25, 2024 at 2:30PM

The Spring Hill Rec Center now has an active rooftop solar panel array (courtesy Fairfax County Park Authority)

The Spring Hill Rec Center in McLean is now being partly powered by the sun.

The Fairfax County Park Authority announced today (Thursday) that it has turned on a new, 307-kilowatt solar panel array on the roofs of the recreation center’s gym and indoor swimming pool at 1239 Spring Hill Road.

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Stellina Pizzeria to open at Capital One Center in Tysons this month

By Angela Woolsey

Published April 25, 2024 at 11:00AM

Stellina Pizzeria will open at Capital One Center in Tysons on April 30, 2024 (photo by Anastasia Markova)

Stellina Pizzeria has a launch date for its upcoming Tysons restaurant.

The D.C.-based chain will open its largest location yet at Capital One Center (1610 Capital One Drive) in Tysons next Tuesday, April 30, at 4 p.m. The occasion will be marked with an offer of free tiramisu to the first 50 customers who make a purchase.

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Motorcyclist killed in crash with car on Old Keene Mill Road

By Angela Woolsey

Published April 25, 2024 at 10:15AM | Updated April 25, 2024 at 8:23PM

A motorcyclist was killed in a crash at the Old Keene Mill Road and Shiplett Blvd intersection in Burke (via Google Maps)

(Updated at 8:25 p.m.) A motorcyclist was killed last night (Wednesday) in a two-vehicle crash just outside the Rolling Valley shopping mall in Burke, police say.

Officers and a Fairfax County Fire and Rescue medic were dispatched to the intersection of Old Keene Mill Road and Shiplett Blvd around 10:05 p.m. for a crash involving a motorcycle and car, according to scanner traffic on Open MHz.

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New Route 7 shared-use path featured in upcoming ‘Tour de Hunter Mill’ bicycle ride

By Angela Woolsey

Published April 25, 2024 at 9:30AM

Left to right: Fairfax Alliance for Better Bicycling President Bruce Wright, Hunter Mill District Supervisor Walter Alcorn and Reston Bike Club Vice Chairman Joel Kuester team up to promote the upcoming Tour de Hunter Mill community bicycle ride (courtesy Hunter Mill District Office)

The annual Tour de Hunter Mill bicycle ride will kick into full gear early next month with new routes designed to show off sights and amenities throughout the district.

Registration is now open for the fourth iteration of the May 5 community bike ride, which was introduced in 2021 by Hunter Mill District Supervisor Walter Alcorn.

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Taste of Tysons festival showcasing mall’s eateries to return in May

By Angela Woolsey

Published April 24, 2024 at 1:15PM

People line up for samples from Seasons 52 at the first annual Taste of Tysons in 2023 (staff photo by Angela Woolsey)

Tysons Corner Center visitors will get another opportunity to sample the mall’s culinary scene this spring.

After drawing a big crowd when it launched last year, the Taste of Tysons is set to return for a second year on May 4. More than 40 eateries throughout the mall will participate, offering free food bites from noon to 2 p.m.

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Construction leads to location change for popular Reston community yard sale

By Angela Woolsey

Published April 24, 2024 at 11:30AM | Updated April 24, 2024 at 12:02PM

The Reston community yard sale in fall 2023 (photo by Sean Bahrami/Reston Association)

(Updated at noon) Reston’s popular community yard sale is temporarily moving down the road.

More than 3,000 people are expected to attend the biannual event when it returns this Saturday (April 27), according to Reston Association, the organizer.

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UPDATED: West Potomac HS evacuated after reported bomb threat

By Angela Woolsey

Published April 24, 2024 at 10:30AM | Updated April 24, 2024 at 1:03PM

Fairfax County police are searching West Potomac High School after a bomb threat was called in (staff photo by James Cullum)

(Updated at 1 p.m.) Fairfax County police are investigating an evidently unfounded bomb threat that forced an evacuation of West Potomac High School this morning (Wednesday).

A search of the school at 6500 Quander Road in Belle Haven revealed “no suspicious devices,” police announced at 12:26 p.m.

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Lorton Community Center worker arrested for ‘indecent’ relationship with teen, police say

By Angela Woolsey

Published April 24, 2024 at 9:30AM

The Lorton Community Center is co-located with the Lorton Library (via Google Maps)

The Fairfax County Department of Neighborhood and Community Services (NCS) has fired an employee after she got arrested for allegedly engaging in a sexual relationship with a teenager.

Zoha Sultan, a 23-year-old woman from Lorton, was arrested on April 20 for her relationship with a teen attending the Lorton Community Center, where she worked, the Fairfax County Police Department announced yesterday (Tuesday).

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FCPD: Lincolnia school counselor charged after allegedly head-butting student

By Angela Woolsey

Published April 23, 2024 at 3:30PM | Updated April 23, 2024 at 4:33PM

Glasgow Middle School in Lincolnia (staff photo by James Jarvis)

(Updated at 4:30 p.m.) A counselor at Glasgow Middle School in Lincolnia is facing criminal charges after he allegedly head-butted an 11-year-old student last week.

Detectives began investigating the reported assault on April 16 and found that Craig Small, a 44-year-old Lorton resident, assaulted the student and “carried him out of the cafeteria” in response to the student calling him “a derogative name,” according to the Fairfax County Police Department.

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Herndon hires new economic development director to support businesses

By Angela Woolsey

Published April 23, 2024 at 1:15PM

Marc Smith will serve as the new Herndon economic development director starting in May (courtesy Town of Herndon)

The Town of Herndon is getting a new director of economic development.

Marc G. Smith will assume the position starting on May 13, the town announced today (Tuesday). He will succeed previous economic development manager Dennis Holste, who was appointed to that newly created position in 2013 and vacated the job last year to move to his native Florida.