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NOW: Pedestrian hit by Metrobus on Little River Turnpike, seriously injured

Published December 4, 2023 at 11:40PM

Eastbound Little River Turnpike is closed at Hummer Road after a Metrobus driver reportedly hit a pedestrian (via Google Maps)

A woman suffered serious injuries earlier this evening (Monday) when she was apparently hit by a Metrobus on Little River Turnpike.

“Officers are investigating a bus crash involving a pedestrian that occurred on Little River [Turnpike] and Hummer [Road] in Annandale,” the Fairfax County Police Department said. “The pedestrian, an adult female, was transported in life-threatening condition.”

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Italian soccer club picks Tysons site for first U.S. youth academy

By Angela Woolsey

Published December 4, 2023 at 2:15PM

AC Milan, the Italian soccer club, is opening a Virginia youth training academy in Tysons (courtesy AC Milan)

A top-tier Italian soccer club is making a play for Tysons.

AC Milan, which claims to be the “most popular Italian football brand” in the U.S., announced last month that it has chosen Fairfax County as the site of its first youth training academy in North America.

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Vienna diversifies holiday display with nods to Hanukkah, winter solstice

By Angela Woolsey

Published December 4, 2023 at 10:15AM | Updated December 4, 2023 at 3:17PM

A menorah and light-up dreidel have been added to Vienna's holiday displays in the Town Green (staff photo by Angela Woolsey)

(Updated at 3:15 p.m.) The winners of Vienna’s first-ever holiday display lottery have been revealed.

A menorah and illuminated dreidel were installed late last month at the Town Green, joining a live Christmas tree — also a first for Vienna — that was lit during the annual Church Street Holiday Stroll last Monday, Nov. 27.

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Fast-casual poke bowl chain opening Lorton restaurant today

By Angela Woolsey

Published December 4, 2023 at 9:30AM | Updated December 8, 2023 at 1:33PM

The chain Poke Bros is opening its first Fairfax County location in Lorton Marketplace (courtesy Poke Bros)

(Updated at 1:30 p.m. on 12/8/2023) A growing chain restaurant that specializes in poke bowls is making its first foray into Fairfax County.

Poke Bros. says it anticipates a “large audience of hungry customers” for today’s grand opening of its new franchise in Lorton Marketplace. Doors will open at 9453 Lorton Market Street, Suite 17, at 11 a.m.

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Fairfax County could lower income ceiling of for-sale workforce housing policy

By Angela Woolsey

Published December 1, 2023 at 11:45AM

The Foster Glen townhomes in Oak Hill are the only development in Fairfax County currently selling workforce dwelling units at 120% AMI (via Google Maps)

In the future, people who earn more than Fairfax County’s median income will likely no longer be able to buy workforce housing.

A task force recommended to the Board of Supervisors housing committee on Tuesday (Nov. 28) that the top income bracket be dropped from the Workforce Dwelling Unit (WDU) Homebuyer Program, which currently provides price-controlled townhouses and condominiums to people who make 80% to 120% of the area median income (AMI).

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Police arrest two men for McLean area home robbery, seek third suspect

By Angela Woolsey

Published December 1, 2023 at 10:15AM | Updated December 1, 2023 at 10:47AM

Fairfax County police helicopter (staff photo by Jay Westcott)

(Updated at 10:45 a.m.) Fairfax County police have arrested two men who allegedly broke into a house in the McLean area earlier this week and robbed and assaulted its residents at gunpoint.

Officers were called to the 1300 block of Spring Hill Road — just north of Tysons and the Dulles Toll Road — at 5:45 a.m. on Monday (Nov. 27) when a 911 caller reported that at least one stranger was in her house “screaming about money,” according to the dispatch on Open MHz.

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Security enhanced at Kilmer MS today as precaution after reported threat, fight

By Angela Woolsey

Published December 1, 2023 at 9:30AM | Updated December 1, 2023 at 2:26PM

The entrance to Kilmer Middle School (via Google Maps)

(Updated at 2:25 p.m.) Kilmer Middle School in Tysons has stepped up the presence of its security team today (Friday) in response to an alleged threat of gun violence heard during a fight.

In a message sent to parents at 3:10 p.m. yesterday (Thursday), principal Steven McFarlane said the school had been “made aware of an alleged threat of gun violence that was overheard by students during a fight” that afternoon.

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Nutcracker ballet returns to Tysons and GMU for winter holidays

By Angela Woolsey

Published November 30, 2023 at 3:30PM

A touring production of "The Nutcracker" will stop at Capital One Hall in Tysons on Dec. 3 (courtesy Nutcracker! Magical Christmas Ballet)

Sugar plum fairies are getting ready to descend on Fairfax County, which will host multiple productions of Pytor Tchaikovsky’s “The Nutcracker” this holiday season.

The 131-year-old ballet, now a Christmastime tradition, will first waltz into Tysons, with two shows at Capital One Hall (7750 Capital One Tower Road) on Sunday, Dec. 3.

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NEW: FBI headquarters site selection now under federal investigation

By Angela Woolsey

Published November 30, 2023 at 1:15PM | Updated November 30, 2023 at 4:15PM

The current FBI headquarters in D.C. (staff photo by Angela Woolsey)

(Updated at 4:15 p.m.) The federal government has officially decided to review its decision to award the FBI’s new headquarters to Prince George’s County, Maryland, over Fairfax County.

The inspector general’s office for the General Service Administration has initiated an evaluation of the “process and procedures” that led the agency to choose a 61-acre site near the Greenbelt Metro station for the FBI’s future headquarters campus, according to a letter sent to Sen. Mark Warner (D-Va.) today (Thursday).

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Report: Tex-Mex restaurant Ometeo slated to open soon at Capital One Center

By Angela Woolsey

Published November 30, 2023 at 11:00AM

Enchiladas de la Casa from Ometeo, a Tex-Mex restaurant coming to Capital One Center in Tysons (photo by An-Phuong Ly)

A new restaurant is getting ready to open at Capital One Center in Tysons.

Ometeo — a new Tex-Mex concept from a former “Top Chef” winner and the team behind The Salt Line — is expected to open in Capital One’s headquarters building at 1640 Capital One Drive next week, according to a sneak peek from Eater DC.