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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BREAKING: Rep. Gerry Connolly wins Democratic primary

By Angela Woolsey
Campaign signs for the June 2024 primaries outside the North County Governmental Center in Reston (staff photo by Angela Woolsey)

With no local or state races on the ballot, Fairfax County voters turned out in a trickle today (Tuesday) for relatively low-key primary elections.

In the lone Fairfax County-only race, Rep. Gerry Connolly remains on track for a ninth term representing Virginia’s 11th Congressional District after handily securing the Democratic nomination over challenger Ahsan Nasar.

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NEW: Dine-in movie theater to replace ShowPlace Icon in Tysons

By Angela Woolsey
Look Dine-In Cinemas opens at The Boro in Tysons on Friday, June 21 (courtesy Look Dine-In Cinemas)

The new owner of the now-closed ShowPlace Icon Theatre at The Boro in Tysons has been revealed.

Look Dine-In Cinemas has signed a deal to take over the 1,795-seat movie theater at 1667 Silver Hill Drive, the Washington Business Journal reports. The theater is slated to reopen on Friday (June 21) after ShowPlace held its final screenings this past Sunday (June 16), FFXnow was told.

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Ideas wanted for future central green in Reston Town Center North

By Angela Woolsey
Hunter Mill District Supervisor Walter Alcorn discusses the Reston Town Center North central green at a survey kick-off meeting on June 17, 2024 (staff photo by Angela Woolsey)

Fairfax County is seeking any and all ideas for facilities to incorporate into the future central green space planned for Reston Town Center North (RTC North).

Hunter Mill District Supervisor Walter Alcorn’s office launched a community survey today (Tuesday) to gather input on how the 3.5-acre expanse once occupied by the Inova Cameron Glen Care Center should be utilized, including possible recreational amenities and events programming.

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Reduced speed limits, on-street parking proposed for downtown McLean

By Angela Woolsey
Old Dominion Drive at Elm Street in McLean (staff photo by Angela Woolsey)

Fairfax County is considering experimenting with some changes to the main streets in downtown McLean.

At an open house at the McLean Community Center (1234 Ingleside Avenue) last night (Monday), the Fairfax County Department of Transportation kicked off a study of five possible pilot projects designed to slow vehicles down and make roads in the McLean Community Business Center (CBC) safer for pedestrians and cyclists.

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Artistic director to leave Herndon’s NextStop Theatre after 12 years

By Angela Woolsey
NextStop Theatre Producing Artistic Director Evan Hoffmann (courtesy NextStop Theatre)

Herndon’s only professional theater company is preparing for a change in leadership.

NextStop Theatre announced yesterday (Monday) that Evan Hoffmann will step down in early July after 12 years as its producing artistic director. Hoffmann’s departure will prompt a nationwide search for his successor.

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GMU to help build ‘artificial star’ for NASA on Fairfax campus

By Angela Woolsey
George Mason University College of Science associate professor and Observatory Director Peter Plavchan will serve as principal investigator for NASA's Landolt Mission (courtesy Ron Aira/Creative Services/ George Mason University)

In half a decade, George Mason University students and faculty will help NASA launch an “artificial star” into space.

The university’s Fairfax campus will serve as mission control for the Landolt NASA Space Mission, which will send a laser-pointing satellite into Earth’s orbit in 2029, GMU announced on June 10. The artificial star created by the satellite will help scientists more accurately calculate the brightness of real stars.

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Beauty shop and skin care clinic to open in McLean this week

By Angela Woolsey
Inside the beauty shop Bluemercury (courtesy Federal Realty)

McLean’s Chesterbrook Shopping Center will officially welcome two new retail tenants this week, while preparing for another anticipated launch later in the summer.

The openings will kick off today (Tuesday) with SkinSpirit, a skin care and medical spa that describes itself as a “leading provider of Botox and filler.” Located at 6224 Old Dominion Drive, Suite D, this is the clinic’s first location in Virginia and its third in the D.C. area.

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NEW: Deputy county executive hired to help revitalize Fairfax County is retiring

By Angela Woolsey
In front of the Fairfax County Government Center (staff photo by Angela Woolsey)

One of Fairfax County’s top administrative officials is stepping down from her post.

Deputy County Executive Rachel Flynn will retire on July 5, a county spokesperson says. A Google employee before she joined Fairfax County in 2019, Flynn oversees the public works, transportation, code compliance, and planning and development departments, along with the park authority.

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At least two people injured in fiery crash on I-66

By Angela Woolsey
Firefighters respond to a vehicle crash on I-66 near Nutley Street (via FCFRD/Twitter)

Multiple people were hospitalized last night (Sunday) following a two-vehicle crash on I-66 near Vienna.

The two vehicles crashed in the interstate’s westbound lanes around 11:13 p.m. at the 62-mile marker near Nutley Street, according to the Virginia State Police. One of the vehicles caught on fire, the Fairfax County Fire and Rescue Department said.

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Reston’s Barton Hill tennis courts to close ahead of renovation

By Angela Woolsey
The Barton Hill tennis courts (via Reston Association)

Reston Association is preparing to serve up a full renovation of its Barton Hill tennis courts next month.

The four existing courts at 1901 Barton Hill off of Sunrise Valley Drive will close after June 30 in anticipation of the renovation, which is expected to begin in July, RA announced in a newsletter on Friday (June 14).

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