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FCPD: Man arrested for sexual assault of woman at Lorton park

Published February 7, 2024 at 1:50PM

Fairfax County police car with lights on (file photo)

Fairfax County police recently arrested a D.C. man who allegedly sexually assaulted a woman at a park in Lorton on New Year’s Day.

Police believe Mohannad Yousef Abura, 39, may have posed as a ride-share driver when he picked up the woman in Dupont Circle after midnight on Jan. 1, according to a news release published today.

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Road near Westfield High School shut down due to ‘significant’ gas leak

By Angela Woolsey

Published February 7, 2024 at 1:00PM | Updated February 7, 2024 at 1:31PM

A Fairfax County Fire and Rescue hazmat unit is on the scene of a gas leak on Willard Road in Chantilly (via FCFRD/Twitter)

(Updated at 1:30 p.m.) An 8-inch natural gas line was ruptured near Westfield High School this morning (Wednesday), forcing a closure of Willard Road in Chantilly.

Fairfax County Fire and Rescue responders, including a hazmat team, were dispatched to the 14800 block of Willard Road around 10:26 a.m. for a “hazardous material emergency,” according to scanner traffic on Open MHz.

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Vienna seeks faster timeline for developers to provide tree coverage

By Angela Woolsey

Published February 7, 2024 at 11:00AM

Trees line Park Street near the Church Street intersection in Vienna (staff photo by Angela Woolsey)

Future developers in Vienna may have half as much time to cultivate tree shade on their properties.

The Virginia State Senate recently passed legislation that would enable Vienna to adopt 10-year tree canopy requirements in place of the current 20-year time frame, getting the town a step closer to accomplishing one of its top priorities for the past couple of years.

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Vienna, Fairfax and Falls Church to battle again this spring for ‘most fit community’

By Angela Woolsey

Published February 6, 2024 at 3:30PM

Bicyclists on the Washington and Old Dominion Trail stopped at a crosswalk in Vienna (staff photo by Angela Woolsey)

The now-annual Mayors’ Fitness Challenge between the Town of Vienna and cities of Fairfax and Falls Church is still more than a month away, but the competitors are already getting warmed up.

Registration is now open for the contest to determine which community is the most fit, a title that has gone to Vienna for two straight years.

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NEW: Virginia Senate officially sets Fairfax County casino bill aside for the year

By Angela Woolsey

Published February 6, 2024 at 1:30PM | Updated February 6, 2024 at 2:56PM

The Virginia Senate's finance committee voted to delay consideration of Senate Bill 675, which would make Fairfax County eligible for a casino, until 2025 (via Virginia Senate)

Consideration of legislation to make Fairfax County eligible for a casino has officially been put on hold until 2025.

The Virginia Senate Finance and Appropriations Committee voted 13-2 this morning (Tuesday) to continue Senate Bill 675 to next year, affirming a recommendation made last Thursday (Feb. 1) by its resources subcommittee.

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Korean BBQ restaurant now open near Dunn Loring Metro station

By Angela Woolsey

Published February 6, 2024 at 10:15AM

The Korean barbecue restaurant Meat Project is now open in Halstead Square (staff photo by Angela Woolsey)

A new Korean barbecue eatery is now cooking at Halstead Square near the Dunn Loring Metro station.

Meat Project opened the doors to its new location on the ground floor of The Lofts apartment building at 2727-G Merrilee Drive in mid-January, marking its first expansion beyond its original site in Centreville.

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UPDATED: Three killed in Braddock Road crash in Burke

By Angela Woolsey

Published February 5, 2024 at 3:15PM | Updated February 7, 2024 at 8:02PM

Bradfield Drive and Braddock Road (via Google Maps)

Updated at 8 p.m. on 2/7/2024 — A third person — Yan Zhou, 68, of Burke — has died as a result of Sunday’s crash at the Braddock Road and Bradfield Drive intersection in Burke, police said. There have now been five deaths from vehicle crashes in Fairfax County this year.

Updated at 4:55 p.m. on 2/6/2024 — One of the two people hospitalized with serious injuries from Sunday’s crash on Braddock Road has died, bringing Fairfax County’s traffic death toll for the year up to four people, police announced today (Tuesday).

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Police: Man dies days after head-on crash in Clifton

By Angela Woolsey

Published February 5, 2024 at 2:30PM | Updated February 5, 2024 at 3:11PM

Clifton Road at Johnny Moore Lane (via Google Maps)

(Updated at 3:05 p.m.) An 85-year-old man who crashed head-on into a sedan on Clifton Road last month has died.

The crash may have been the result of a medical emergency suffered by 85-year-old Manassas resident Charles McCallister, who was driving north on Clifton Road during the afternoon rush hour on Jan. 24 when he veered over the center line and collided with a 2017 Honda Civic, the Fairfax County Police Department says.

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Botox and medical spa to fill space at Chesterbrook Shopping Center this summer

By Angela Woolsey

Published February 5, 2024 at 1:30PM | Updated February 7, 2024 at 10:31AM

A "self-care" provider, newly identified as SkinSpirit, is coming to Chesterbrook Shopping Center in McLean (staff photo by Angela Woolsey)

(Updated at 10:30 a.m. on 2/7/2024) Chesterbrook Shopping Center is bringing in a pair of beauty services retailers to complement its ongoing exterior makeover.

This summer, the McLean shopping center will welcome the first Virginia location of SkinSpirit, the nation’s “leading provider of Botox and filler,” property owner Federal Realty announced last week.

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New Tysons senior living community nears opening of first high-rise

By Angela Woolsey

Published February 5, 2024 at 10:15AM

The Mather Tysons is a 293-unit senior living apartment complex on Westpark Drive (courtesy Mather)

Older residents will have a new housing option in Tysons next month.

After almost two years of construction, The Mather Tysons will start opening the first of its two high-rise apartment buildings at 7929 Westpark Drive during the first week of March, according to Mather Senior Vice President of Connections and Sales Gale Morgan.