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JUST IN: Teen pedestrian injured in crash in Pimmit Hills

Published January 28, 2024 at 7:35PM

Fairfax County police car lights flashing (file photo)

(Updated at 7:50 p.m.) A teenage pedestrian was injured in a vehicle crash in Pimmit Hills this evening, police say.

The crash occurred around 6:50 p.m. at the intersection of Pimmit Drive and Storm Drive, which was closed while Crash Reconstruction Unit detectives investigated, the Fairfax County Police Department said at 7:20 p.m.

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JUST IN: McLean woman sentenced to life in prison for killing mom and sister

By Angela Woolsey

Published January 26, 2024 at 2:20PM

Fairfax County Courthouse (file photo)

A McLean woman will serve two life sentences in prison for murdering her mother and sister in 2017, county prosecutors announced today (Friday).

Megan Hargan received the two life sentences for fatally shooting her mother, Pamela Hargan, 63, and Helen Hargan, 24, in their house on July 14, 2017. She also got an additional sentence of six years in prison for two gun-related charges, according to the Fairfax County Office of the Commonwealth’s Attorney.

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McLean’s annual Chocolate Festival returns Sunday with sweets and songs

By Angela Woolsey

Published January 26, 2024 at 11:00AM

The McLean Chocolate Festival will return this Sunday, Jan. 28 (photo by Thomas Mangan)

The McLean Chocolate Festival will be back in action for a 12th year this Sunday (Jan. 28).

Organized once again by the Rotary Club of McLean, the annual celebration of all things cocoa will take over the McLean Community Center (1234 Ingleside Avenue) from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.

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Fairfax City sticks with plan for George Snyder Trail after debating alternatives

By Angela Woolsey

Published January 26, 2024 at 9:30AM

Fairfax City's George Snyder Trail currently ends on the east side of Fair Woods Parkway (via Google Maps)

Fairfax City will complete the George Snyder Trail as planned after all.

In response to some community concerns, the Fairfax City Council discussed changing the pedestrian and bicycle project’s scope or even canceling it altogether during its meeting on Tuesday (Jan. 23). But council members failed to agree on any of the proposed alternatives, allowing the city to stay the course by default.

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Inova opens renovated urgent care center in McLean, has Herndon location coming

By Angela Woolsey

Published January 25, 2024 at 1:15PM

Inova-GoHealth Urgent Care has opened in McLean (courtesy Inova-GoHealth)

Inova Health Systems continued an expansion of its urgent care network this week with the reopening of a facility in McLean.

Inova-GoHealth Urgent Care McLean opened to patients at 1340 Old Chain Bridge Road, Suite 101, this past Monday (Jan. 22) after closing last year for renovations. Formerly known as McLean Immediate Care Urgent Care, the center is the 16th one that Inova has added in Northern Virginia since it partnered with the on-demand health care company GoHealth in 2022.

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Ten Fairfax County restaurants are among the region’s 100 best, Washingtonian says

By Angela Woolsey

Published January 25, 2024 at 11:45AM | Updated January 25, 2024 at 12:01PM

Joon, a new restaurant coming to Fairfax Square in Tysons, will serve Persian cuisine (courtesy Joon)

Ten of the D.C. region’s best restaurants can be found in Fairfax County, according to a newly unveiled round-up by Washingtonian.

Acknowledging that “some of the year’s coolest spots…debuted in the Virginia suburbs,” Washingtonian ranked Joon at no. 23 on its 2024 list of the “100 Very Best Restaurants” in the region. Opened on June 13, 2023, the Tysons-based Persian restaurant was the only Fairfax County spot to be ranked.

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West Falls Church, Tysons restaurants make semifinals of James Beard Awards

By Angela Woolsey

Published January 25, 2024 at 10:15AM

Fairview Park's 2941 Restaurant is a semifinalist for the 2024 James Beard award for Outstanding Restaurant (file photo)

A longstanding fine dining establishment in West Falls Church near Merrifield and a rising star in the Tysons culinary scene are both representing Fairfax County this year in the semifinals of the prestigious James Beard Awards.

The only Virginia eatery recognized in a nationwide category, 2941 Restaurant (2941 Fairview Park Drive) was named a semifinalist for “Outstanding Restaurant” by the James Beard Foundation, which announced competitors for its 2024 Restaurant and Chef Awards yesterday (Wednesday).

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Fairfax County Sheriff’s Office denies ignoring ICE detainer for man facing child porn charges

By Angela Woolsey

Published January 24, 2024 at 3:30PM

The Fairfax County Adult Detention Center (staff photo by Jay Westcott)

The Fairfax County Sheriff’s Office is vigorously denying allegations that a man facing child sexual abuse and porn charges was released from the county’s jail last year in defiance of an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detainer.

In a Jan. 8 press release, ICE accused the sheriff’s office of not honoring a criminal detainer for an unnamed “Honduran national” when the Fairfax County Adult Detention Center released him from custody last July. The federal agency said the man subsequently assaulted a deportation officer during a raid on his Springfield home on Jan. 4.

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Study encourages Vienna to allow shared parking to balance supply and demand

By Angela Woolsey

Published January 24, 2024 at 1:15PM

A consultant study identifies Maple Avenue Shopping Center as an example of an "underutilized" parking lot (staff photo by Angela Woolsey)

A new study suggests shared parking and other strategies could help the Town of Vienna address its parking challenges, which it found stem less from capacity issues than management ones.

Set to be presented to the Vienna Planning Commission tonight (Wednesday), the draft report by consultant Nelson Nygaard recommends creating a program or agreements where property owners share the town’s mostly private parking lots as an alternative to building a public garage.

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Police chase man on bicycle after reported theft attempts in Bailey’s Crossroads

By Angela Woolsey

Published January 24, 2024 at 11:45AM

Fairfax County police chase a bicyclist on Columbia Pike in Bailey's Crossroads (courtesy Dave Statter/Twitter)

A man allegedly responsible for a series of thefts and larcenies in Bailey’s Crossroads was arrested this morning (Wednesday) after trying to flee from police on a bicycle.

Fairfax County police officers responded to the 5200 block of Leesburg Pike around 7:40 a.m. after a woman reported to 911 that a man on a bicycle had “attempted to snatch her purse twice” about 10 minutes earlier near the Crossroads Place shopping center, according to scanner traffic on Open MHz.