Author: Angela Woolsey

Angela Woolsey is the site editor for FFXnow. A graduate of George Mason University, she worked as a general assignment reporter for the Fairfax County Times before joining Local News Now as the Tysons Reporter editor in 2020.

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SCOOP: District Taco will close Tysons West restaurant this fall

By Angela Woolsey
District Taco has been in Tysons West since 2017 (staff photo by Angela Woolsey)

(Updated at 1:15 p.m.) District Taco is wrapping up its time at Tysons West.

The last day of business for the Mexican street food chain’s Tysons location will come on Oct. 1, the company’s chief operating officer, Chris Medhurst, confirmed to FFXnow.

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Tysons self-storage facility disputes county fines for commercial vehicle parking

By Angela Woolsey
Self Storage Plus in Tysons (via Google Maps)

The storage functions offered by Self Storage Plus in Tysons weren’t meant to extend to the parking lot, the Fairfax County Department of Code Compliance (DCC) says.

The self-storage facility at 1764 Old Meadow Lane faces potentially hundreds of dollars in fines for keeping mobile storage units and other commercial vehicles in its parking lot, according to a notice of violation issued by a code compliance investigator for the county on July 26.

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My Own Pizza now open at Tysons Corner Center

By Angela Woolsey
My Own Pizza is now open in the Tysons Corner Center food court (staff photo by Angela Woolsey)

The food court at Tysons Corner Center has a new dining option for shoppers looking to chow down on some ‘za.

My Own Pizza opened a stall in the mall’s third-floor food court about three weeks ago, filling a vacant space next to California Tortilla. The new location is the first expansion for the business outside of its flagship restaurant at Federal Center Plaza (400 C Street SW) in D.C.

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Motorcyclist killed in Oakton area crash on I-66 was speeding, police say

By Angela Woolsey
A sign shows the toll for the I-66 West Express Lanes between routes 123 and 50 (staff photo by Angela Woolsey)

Virginia State Police are investigating a fatal motorcycle crash that occurred on I-66 in the Oakton area last Saturday (Aug. 19).

At 8:24 p.m., Cody P. Riley, a 36-year-old resident of Owens Cross Roads, Alabama, was headed east in the I-66 Express Lanes “at an excessive rate of speed” when he lost control of his 2018 Yamaha FZ09 motorcycle near Route 123 (Chain Bridge Road), VSP said in a news release today (Thursday).

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Nighttime construction planned for GW Parkway in McLean, starting Friday

By Angela Woolsey
Construction continues on the George Washington Memorial Parkway (via National Park Service)

For the next couple of weeks, sunset will provide no relief from construction on the George Washington Memorial Parkway in northern McLean.

Starting tomorrow (Friday), crews will spend the hours between 8 p.m. and 6 a.m. each day pouring concrete on the surfaces of the Dead Run and Turkey Run bridges, the National Park Service announced on Tuesday (Aug. 22).

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Tysons is more walkable but less bicycle-friendly than Reston, market study says

By Angela Woolsey
A walking path from the Greensboro Metro station toward the Tysons Central office building (staff photo by Angela Woolsey)

Tysons has seen some promising developments in its transportation network in recent years, but many obstacles remain to achieving Fairfax County’s vision of a truly accessible downtown, a market study released earlier this month suggests.

Commissioned by the Tysons Community Alliance, the 2023 Tysons Market Study characterizes the 2,100-acre urban center as “somewhat walkable” — meaning at least some errands can be accomplished on foot — based on its official average Walk Score of 57.

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Police: Man charged with shooting at car on I-66 in ‘road rage incident’

By Angela Woolsey
A Virginia State Police vehicle (staff photo by Jay Westcott)

An Alexandria man faces multiple felony charges after allegedly shooting at another vehicle on I-66 in what state police are calling a “road rage incident.”

Daniel L. Serrano, 24, “fired several rounds” at a black Honda sedan from the white Honda he was driving on I-66 near Compton Road outside Centreville on Tuesday (Aug. 22), according to the Virginia State Police.

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Countywide

Fairfax County selects artists to design and build COVID-19 memorial

By Angela Woolsey
Artists Salvatore Pirrone and Miriam Gusevich have been selected to design Fairfax County's COVID-19 memorial (courtesy ArtsFairfax)

Fairfax County is envisioning its forthcoming COVID-19 memorial as a space for reflection — something that’s been difficult to come by since the pandemic upended life temporarily for some and more permanently for others.

The concept comes from artists Miriam Gusevich and Salvatore Pirrone, who have been chosen to design and build the memorial, ArtsFairfax announced Monday (Aug. 21).

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Dr. Seuss Experience nears end of stay at Tysons Corner Center

By Angela Woolsey
The Dr. Seuss Experience, featuring clovers from "Horton Hears a Who" and other sets, is coming to Tysons Corner Center (courtesy Fever)

(Updated at 11:20 a.m.) Time is tick-tick-ticking away to catch The Dr. Seuss Experience before it leaves Tysons Corner Center.

The pop-up attraction where kids can interact with characters and worlds out of Theodor Giesel’s classic picture books will conclude a nearly five-month stop at the mall on Labor Day (Monday, Sept. 3), Tysons Corner Center confirmed to FFXnow.

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Supreme Court asked to take up lawsuit challenging ‘race-neutral’ TJ admissions policy

By Angela Woolsey
Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology (staff photo by Jay Westcott)

The Coalition for TJ is petitioning the U.S. Supreme Court to consider its lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology’s admissions policy, which was revised in 2020 with the goal of diversifying the student body.

In the petition filed Monday (Aug. 21), the advocacy group argues that the changes approved by the Fairfax County School Board discriminate against Asian students, who saw their share of the magnet school’s incoming classes drop from more than 70% to closer to 60% in the past few years.

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