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Vienna Police: Men assault neighbor over dog poop, Popeyes customer upset

Published November 6, 2023 at 1:30PM

Popeyes at Maple Avenue Shopping Center in Vienna (via Google Maps)

This Halloween brought neither trick nor treat for two men in Vienna who got served instead with assault charges.

Police officers were called to the Vienna Park apartments in the 200 block of Cedar Lane SE around 9:40 a.m. on Oct. 30 after one resident declined to pick up his dog’s feces and another took umbrage, the Vienna Police Department said in its crime recap for the week of Oct. 28 to Nov. 2.

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Latin street food restaurant now open in Reston at Plaza America

By Angela Woolsey

Published November 6, 2023 at 11:30AM

Maizal, a Latin American street food restaurant, is now open at Plaza America in Reston (courtesy Maizal)

Maizal, a chain that specializes in Latin American street food, is finally up and running in Reston.

The restaurant opened its doors in Plaza America this past Thursday (Nov. 2) — a full year later than the previously anticipated Halloween 2022 opening.

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Park Police officer fatally shoots colleague in Tysons, possibly while drunk

By Angela Woolsey

Published November 6, 2023 at 9:30AM

A U.S. Park Police cruiser in McLean (file photo)

One U.S. Park Police officer fatally shot another in Tysons yesterday (Sunday), leading to an involuntary manslaughter charge.

Fairfax County police officers were called to an unintentional shooting in the 1700 block of Old Meadow Road — the Scotts Run area — at 12:20 a.m. When they arrived at the apartment, Jesse Brown Hernandez, a 22-year-old McLean resident, was found dead with “a gunshot wound to the upper body,” according to the Fairfax County Police Department.

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Apartment building for seniors at The Boro on track to open next year

By Angela Woolsey

Published November 3, 2023 at 2:30PM

Construction has started on The Trillium, a senior living facility coming to The Boro in Tysons (courtesy Silverstone Senior Living)

Construction is humming along for The Trillium Tysons, a senior living community that will kick off the next phase of The Boro.

The 15-story, 181-unit apartment building geared toward older adults is expected to welcome its first residents in early summer 2024, according to owner and developer Silverstone Senior Living.

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Virginia’s first Dr. Martens shoe store is open at Tysons Corner Center

By Angela Woolsey

Published November 3, 2023 at 11:30AM

Dr. Martens has opened a store in Tysons Corner Center (staff photo by Angela Woolsey)

It took more than half a century, but Dr. Martens has at last planted a foot in Virginia.

The British shoe company known for its air-cushioned, lace-up boots opened its first store in the Commonwealth on Sept. 8 at Tysons Corner Center, where it sits on the first floor near Macy’s.

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Dungeons and Dragons players organize ‘epic’ quest in Springfield for charity

By Angela Woolsey

Published November 3, 2023 at 9:30AM | Updated November 3, 2023 at 11:07AM

Derrick Chelikowski (right) and other Dungeons and Dragons players at Curio Cavern in Springfield (courtesy Alex Manavi)

(Updated at 11:05 a.m.) Adventurers will band together in Springfield this Saturday (Nov. 4) in support of a noble cause: raising money to help sick children.

Wizards and rogues, bards and druids alike have been invited to Curio Cavern (6701 Loisdale Rd, Suite 15) for a multi-table Dungeons and Dragons session — known in the role-playing game as an “epic” — that will raise funds for Children’s National Hospital in D.C.

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Vienna Town Council approves funding for new parks master plan

By Angela Woolsey

Published November 2, 2023 at 1:30PM

The Town of Vienna's parks and recreation facilities include Waters Field for baseball (staff photo by Angela Woolsey)

The Town of Vienna is moving forward with the creation of a parks system master plan.

The Vienna Town Council authorized parks and recreation staff on Oct. 23 to spend $236,230 to hire the consulting firm Kimley-Horn, which was selected from four potential vendors to develop the plan that will guide the town’s facilities and services over the next decade.

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Project to widen Route 28, add shared-use paths reaches substantial completion

By Angela Woolsey

Published November 2, 2023 at 11:45AM | Updated November 2, 2023 at 12:05PM

New lanes are open on Route 28, which has been widened from four to six lanes between Bull Run and I-66 (courtesy Northern Virginia Transportation Authority)

(Updated at 12:05 p.m.) The Centreville section of Route 28 is now two lanes wider and, local officials hope, noticeably less challenging to travel.

Construction is substantially complete on the project to widen Route 28 (Centreville Road) from four to six lanes between the Bull Run bridge at the Fairfax and Prince William county line and Route 29.

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Vienna candle-maker gifted $10,000 check on Drew Barrymore’s talk show

By Angela Woolsey

Published November 2, 2023 at 10:15AM

Smell of Love Candles founder and CEO Alejandro Buxton appears with FUBU founder Daymond John on "The Drew Barrymore Show" (via ABC7)

A Vienna business started by a 9-year-old got a national spotlight yesterday (Wednesday) when its young founder appeared on “The Drew Barrymore Show.”

Smell of Love Candles CEO Alejandro Buxton, now 13, was invited to the daytime talk show for an episode celebrating Black Entrepreneurs Day, which was created in 2020 by FUBU founder and CEO Daymond John to promote and raise money for Black-owned businesses.

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Franconia District school board candidate back on ballot after disqualification

By Angela Woolsey

Published November 2, 2023 at 9:30AM | Updated November 2, 2023 at 3:52PM

Franconia District school board candidate Marcia St. John-Cunning (courtesy Marcia4Schools)

(Updated at 3:50 p.m.) Marcia St. John-Cunning no longer needs to run as a write-in candidate to become the Franconia District’s next school board representative.

The former Fairfax County Public Schools interpreter and family liaison re-qualified for the general election ballot yesterday (Wednesday) after a county judge let her submit two more pages of signatures supporting her petition for candidacy.