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ViVa Vienna feted by town ahead of return for 40th anniversary

Published May 23, 2024 at 9:30AM

A band performs on the Town Green during ViVa Vienna 2023 (staff photo by Angela Woolsey)

ViVa Vienna will celebrate four decades of food, carnival rides and charity when it returns this Memorial Day weekend.

Ahead of the festival’s annual take over of Church Street on May 25-27, the Vienna Town Council issued a proclamation on Monday (May 20) commemorating ViVa Vienna’s 40th anniversary and designating this coming Sunday (May 26) as ViVa Vienna Day.

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NOW: Power outage affects traffic lights in Fairfax City

By Angela Woolsey

Published May 22, 2024 at 5:30PM | Updated May 23, 2024 at 12:42AM

Power outages have affected over 4,000 properties in Fairfax City (via Dominion Energy)

More than 4,000 properties in Fairfax City lost electricity in a power outage that affected local traffic signals as well as residents and businesses.

The City of Fairfax Police Department announced at 5:40 p.m. that all traffic signs and signals have now been restored to “normal operations,” though power outages are still affecting homes and businesses.

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Reston Association to develop new ‘criteria-based’ capital projects plan

By Angela Woolsey

Published May 22, 2024 at 3:30PM

Tennis player uses the Barton Hill courts in Reston (staff photo by Jay Westcott)

Reston Association is working to update its capital improvement plan (CIP), which will prioritize facility maintenance, renovation and development projects over the next five years.

In a shift from previous years, projects in the 2025-2029 CIP will be ranked based on criteria identified through the recently adopted strategic plan, last year’s community survey and other sources of feedback, including a study of the condition of existing amenities that started on April 22, staff told the Board of Directors at a work session on May 9.

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NEW: Croissant bakery, tech-driven gym coming to Scotts Run in Tysons

By Angela Woolsey

Published May 22, 2024 at 2:30PM | Updated May 23, 2024 at 10:59AM

Sunday Morning Bakehouse specializes in handmade croissants and other pastries (courtesy Sunday Morning Bakehouse)

A family-owned bakery from North Bethesda and a brand-new fitness studio are coming to one of the newest buildings in Tysons.

Heming developer Skanska announced today (Wednesday) that Sunday Morning Bakehouse and Apparati Wellness Studio will both open locations in the mixed-use apartment building at 1800 Chain Bridge Road.

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Reston’s Lake Thoreau pool to celebrate grand reopening with free snow cones

By Angela Woolsey

Published May 22, 2024 at 11:45AM

The newly renovated Lake Thoreau swimming pool in Reston (staff photo by Angela Woolsey)

Reston will usher in Memorial Day weekend and the unofficial start of summer by celebrating the grand reopening of Lake Thoreau pool.

The swimming pool at 2040 Upper Lake Drive will welcome its first patrons since closing in 2020 for renovations with a party this Friday (May 24) from 4-7 p.m.

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Here’s who won the 2024 McLean Community Center board elections

By Angela Woolsey

Published May 22, 2024 at 11:00AM | Updated May 22, 2024 at 11:22AM

A sign for the McLean Community Center (file photo)

The results are in for the McLean Community Center’s 2024 governing board elections.

A total of 1,237 residents of the tax district that funds the community center cast ballots during last week’s McLean Day festival and more than a month of absentee voting to determine the new occupants of six board seats — four for adults and two for youth.

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Fairfax man fatally shot during gas station argument, police say

By Angela Woolsey

Published May 22, 2024 at 10:15AM | Updated May 23, 2024 at 5:22PM

The Citgo gas station at 6241 Richmond Highway in Belle Haven (via Google Maps)

A 38-year-old man from Fairfax was killed in a shooting yesterday (Tuesday) at a gas station on Richmond Highway in Belle Haven, police say.

Officers found Arthur Edward Mann II suffering from a gunshot wound at the Citgo (6241 Richmond Highway) in the Fair Haven neighborhood around 6:07 a.m., according to the Fairfax County Police Department.

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Vienna business round-up: What’s replacing Noodles & Company, no more Yellow Diner

By Angela Woolsey

Published May 21, 2024 at 3:30PM

Permits for Citibank have been posted in the windows of Vienna's former Noodles & Company at 201 Maple Avenue East (staff photo by Angela Woolsey)

The Town of Vienna appears to be getting another bank.

Noodles & Company’s long-standing restaurant in the Vienna Marketplace shopping center (201 Maple Avenue East) is slated to be converted into a Citibank, according to Fairfax County permits.

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Free concerts and outdoor movies coming to Reston this summer

By Angela Woolsey

Published May 21, 2024 at 2:30PM

This summer's "Summerbration Fab Fridays" series at Reston Station will conclude with a silent dance party (courtesy Reston Community Center)

Reston has a busy summer of music and movies ahead that will include the revival of a dormant Lake Anne Plaza tradition, an expanded entertainment line-up at Reston Station, and the addition of the area’s newest neighborhood.

Halley Rise, which remains under construction, will host the Reston Community Center’s long-running “Take a Break” series — one of six planned for sites around Reston this year — outside The Edmund apartment building (2025 Fulton Place).

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West Falls Church music venue up for poll on D.C. area’s best dive bar

By Angela Woolsey

Published May 21, 2024 at 11:30AM

JV's Restaurant at the Jefferson Village Shopping Center in West Falls Church (via Google Maps)

The Washington Post is surveying its readers to find the best dive bar in the D.C. area, and the only Virginia establishment to make the final vote can be found in Fairfax County.

JV’s Restaurant in West Falls Church (6666 Arlington Blvd) is one of 12 finalists competing in the informal poll. Mostly located in D.C., the finalists rose to the top out of “dozens” of contenders submitted by “hundreds” of readers after the Post asked for favorite dive bars in March.