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Full update of Arlington Blvd apartments planned to preserve affordable status

Published January 9, 2024 at 11:45AM

Coralain Gardens Apartments in West Falls Church (courtesy Enterprise Community Development)

The affordable housing developer behind the new Lake Anne House in Reston is targeting an apartment complex near Falls Church High School for a similar rebuild.

Enterprise Community Development, a Maryland-based national nonprofit, announced last week that it has acquired the Coralain Gardens Apartments in West Falls Church for $21.7 million, setting the stage for a rehabilitation that will enable the property to remain fully affordable.

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Lego building competition set for return to Reston this month

By Angela Woolsey

Published January 9, 2024 at 11:00AM

The Lego celebration Bricks by the Lake will return to Lake Anne Plaza for a third year on Jan. 27, 2024 (courtesy Reston Museum)

Reston’s now-annual celebration of all things Lego is ready for assembly.

Bricks by the Lake will return to Lake Anne Plaza for a third year on Saturday, Jan. 27 from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.

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Georgetown University baseball team finds new home in Tysons

By Angela Woolsey

Published January 9, 2024 at 10:15AM

Georgetown University's baseball team has selected Capital One Park in Tysons as its home for the 2024 spring season (courtesy Georgetown Hoyas Baseball)

Northern Virginia has lured another D.C. sports team across the Potomac River.

Georgetown University’s baseball team will play most of its home games this year at Capital One Park in Tysons, the Hoyas announced yesterday.

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FCPS wins $16M federal grant to buy more electric school buses

By Angela Woolsey

Published January 9, 2024 at 9:30AM

An electric school bus on display at Flint Hill Elementary School in Vienna (staff photo by Jay Westcott)

Fairfax County Public Schools will more than double the number of electric buses in its fleet, thanks to a new federal grant.

The local school system has been awarded $16.59 million as a winner of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s inaugural Clean School Bus program grants competition. The other winner announced yesterday (Monday) was also from Virginia: Newport News Public Schools will receive $525,000.

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Reston Museum seeks book fair vendors for 20th annual Founder’s Day

By Angela Woolsey

Published January 8, 2024 at 3:30PM

A statue of Reston founder Robert E. Simon sits on a bench at Lake Anne Plaza (staff photo by Angela Woolsey)

This year will mark the 20th anniversary of Founder’s Day, Reston’s annual community celebration.

The festivities will be held this year on April 6 from noon to 4 p.m. at Lake Anne Plaza (1609 Washington Plaza North), organizer Reston Museum announced today.

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Another storm may bring flooding, strong winds to Fairfax County tomorrow

By Angela Woolsey

Published January 8, 2024 at 2:45PM

A Fairfax Connector bus travels on Maple Avenue during a rain storm on Jan. 6, 2023 (staff photo by Angela Woolsey)

In case you didn’t get your fill of rain on Saturday (Jan. 6), another downpour could be in store for Fairfax County this week.

The National Weather Service has issued a Flood Watch and a Wind Advisory for the mid-Atlantic region, including Fairfax County and the rest of northern Virginia, ahead of a storm that’s expected to travel up the East Coast tomorrow (Tuesday).

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Man challenges UVA track star to race at McLean HS, loss goes viral

By Angela Woolsey

Published January 8, 2024 at 1:30PM

McLean High School sign (file photo)

An impromptu race at McLean High School has gained some serious online traction.

University of Virginia track star Alahna Sabbakhan was visiting the school at 1633 Davidson Road for a straightforward workout, but then, a friend of her boyfriend claimed that he could beat her in a 400-meter race, despite not being a runner.

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Fairfax County NAACP president Michelle Leete has died

By Angela Woolsey

Published January 8, 2024 at 11:45AM | Updated January 8, 2024 at 2:18PM

Fairfax County NAACP President Michelle Leete has died (courtesy Fairfax County NAACP)

The current president and a long-serving member of the Fairfax County NAACP has died, the civil rights advocacy organization announced today (Monday).

The exact circumstances of Michelle Leete’s death weren’t addressed, but the organization described her passing as “sudden.”

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Peter McCandless, killed in a crash at 87, helped introduce Reston to the world

By Angela Woolsey

Published January 8, 2024 at 10:30AM

Peter McCandless, 87, helped promote Reston when it was founded in 1964 (courtesy of the McCandless family)

Peter McCandless was living a full life of music, travel and work that he enjoyed when he was killed in a vehicle crash on Reston Parkway late last year.

Police reported that McCandless, 87, died on Dec. 26, 2023 after an SUV driver hit him while he was walking at the Market Street intersection. A preliminary investigation indicated that he was crossing from Reston Town Center to Stratford House, where he lived, according to his son, Kris McCandless.

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Two arrested in months-long investigation of postal box thefts in Vienna area

By Angela Woolsey

Published January 8, 2024 at 9:30AM

A Vienna police car parked on Cherry Street (staff photo by Angela Woolsey)

Police have identified two teens as suspects in a spree of postal box thefts that began half a year ago with a mail carrier getting robbed and pepper-sprayed in Vienna.

A 19-year-old man and a younger teen were arrested Friday (Jan. 5) in the 3000 block of Borge Street in Oakton, announced the Vienna Police Department, whose detectives coordinated the search with the U.S. Postal Inspection Service and Fairfax County SWAT officers.