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New urgent care center from Inova opens in former Fairfax Petland

Published October 24, 2023 at 11:45AM | Updated October 25, 2023 at 3:38PM

A new Inova-GoHealth Urgent Care Center has opened at Pickett Shopping Center in Fairfax (courtesy Inova Health System)

A Fairfax pet store that came under investigation for mistreating animals has been replaced by a facility for treating sprained ankles and other medical needs of human patients.

Inova Health System has opened an urgent care center at 9404-A Main Street in Fairfax City’s Pickett Shopping Center, the recently rebranded nonprofit health care provider announced yesterday (Monday).

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Road diet and bicycle lanes proposed near Dunn Loring Metro station

By Angela Woolsey

Published October 24, 2023 at 11:00AM

Prosperity Avenue outside a Dunn Loring Metro station parking lot (via Google Maps)

Fairfax County is designing a new layout for Prosperity Avenue near the Dunn Loring Metro station.

The new configuration will reduce the roadway from four to two lanes by adding a road diet and protected bicycle lanes between Gallows Road and Prosperity Metro Plaza, the two-building office center whose tenants include U.S. Customs and Immigration Services’ D.C. field office.

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Fairfax Connector workers seek pay raise, better sick leave in new contract

By Angela Woolsey

Published October 24, 2023 at 10:15AM

A Fairfax Connector bus near the Dunn Loring Metro station (staff photo by Angela Woolsey)

Negotiations over pay, benefits and working conditions are underway for hundreds of Fairfax Connector employees.

Amalgamated Transit Union Local 689 presented an initial proposal on Oct. 13 for a contract that would cover 546 members who work for Fairfax County’s bus system to Transdev, the company that operates the transit service, the union said in a press release yesterday (Monday).

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UPDATED: Pedestrian dies after crash outside Spectrum at Reston Town Center

By Angela Woolsey

Published October 24, 2023 at 9:40AM | Updated October 24, 2023 at 3:24PM

Baron Cameron Avenue at Fountain Drive in Reston (via Google Maps)

(Updated at 3:25 p.m.) A man has died after a driver hit him on Baron Cameron Avenue near The Spectrum at Reston Town Center last night (Monday).

Police and emergency medical services with the Fairfax County Fire and Rescue Department were dispatched around 8:22 p.m. to Baron Cameron Avenue at Fountain Drive for a crash where a driver struck a pedestrian, according to scanner traffic on Open MHz.

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Mixed-use development that will break up McLean ‘superblock’ advances

By Angela Woolsey

Published October 23, 2023 at 2:30PM

Astoria, a mixed-use residential building, would replace commercial buildings on Old Dominion Road and Elm Street in McLean (via Lessard Design/Fairfax County)

Fairfax County is on the verge of approving the first residential, mixed-use development to be put forward under its nascent plan to revitalize downtown McLean.

The Astoria project to redevelop three commercial buildings next to the Mars headquarters on Old Dominion Drive got the Fairfax County Planning Commission’s endorsement on Oct. 18, setting it up to be approved by the Board of Supervisors at a public hearing tomorrow (Tuesday).

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NEW: Frost Advisory issued for Northern Virginia tomorrow

By Angela Woolsey

Published October 23, 2023 at 10:30AM

Frost on leaves (via Ralph Katieb/Unsplash)

There will be a chill in the air tomorrow (Tuesday) morning — and it’s not just because Halloween will only be a week away.

A Frost Advisory is set to take effect for portions of Maryland and Virginia, including Fairfax County, from 2-10 a.m., the National Weather Service announced today.

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McLean woman killed in head-on car crash on I-495

By Angela Woolsey

Published October 23, 2023 at 9:30AM

Virginia State Police vehicle (photo by John Calhoun/JC Photography)

A McLean woman died Saturday (Oct. 21) after crashing into another car while driving in the Capital Beltway (I-495) Express Lanes.

According to state police, Annette M. Ozaltin, 44, was heading south in the northbound I-495 toll lanes when her 2013 Toyota Prius struck a northbound 2018 Chevrolet Cruze head-on around 2:07 a.m.

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Fairfax City sees new brewery as potential ‘regional destination’

By Angela Woolsey

Published October 20, 2023 at 11:45AM

Commonwealth Brewing Co. has revived a long-vacant space at 10426 Main Street in Fairfax City (staff photo by Angela Woolsey)

The City of Fairfax has high hopes for Commonwealth Brewing Co.

The Virginia Beach-based company opened its second brewery and restaurant at 10426 Main Street with a ribbon-cutting ceremony on Sept. 28, bringing new life to a space that has been vacant since at least 2015.

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NOW: McLean’s Kirby Road caves under water main break, requiring closure

By Angela Woolsey

Published October 20, 2023 at 11:00AM

Kirby Road in McLean has caved in after a water main break (via FCPD/Twitter)

A key commuter road in McLean could be closed for days after getting seriously damaged by a water main break this morning (Friday).

Police officers responded to Kirby Road around 4:45 a.m., shutting down both lanes between Sugarstone Court and Claiborne Drive. A video shared by the Fairfax County Police Department shows water gushing up onto the asphalt roadway, buckling what appears to be the southbound lane.

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Dulles Airport could break ground on new concourse soon, MWAA chief says

By Angela Woolsey

Published October 20, 2023 at 10:15AM

The planned Tier 2 Concourse East project coming to Dulles International Airport (courtesy MWAA)

United Airlines is in line for a major expansion of its facilities at Dulles International Airport.

Construction on a new concourse for the airport’s largest carrier could break ground within the next month, Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority President and CEO Jack Potter told the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors at a Tuesday (Oct. 17) transportation committee meeting.