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Tysons contractor faces unfair labor charge over call center worker layoffs

Published May 26, 2023 at 9:30AM

Maximus call center workers organized under the Communications Workers of America protest outside the Department of Health and Human Services headquarters in D.C. (courtesy CWA)

A union representing Maximus call center workers filed unfair labor practices charges against the Tysons-headquartered contractor this week.

In charges filed with the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) on Tuesday and Wednesday (May 23 and 24), the Communications Workers of America alleges that the government services company, which operates call centers for Medicaid and Medicare, has retaliated against employees and illegally tried to discourage them from unionizing.

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Mia Hamm and other soccer icons put on clinic for McLean youth players

By Angela Woolsey

Published May 25, 2023 at 1:15PM

Soccer greats Mia Hamm, Kristine Lilly and Tisha Venturini teach players at a Team First Soccer Academy Camp in McLean (courtesy Nellamor Photography and Film/McLean Youth Soccer)

For a weekend, McLean’s up-and-coming soccer players got to learn from some of the best women to ever play the game.

Olympic gold medalists Mia Hamm, Kristine Lilly and Tisha Venturini all spent last weekend (May 20-21) at Spring Hill District Park teaching a camp for kids and teens.

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JUST IN: Four charged with hiding dead woman found outside Inova Mount Vernon Hospital

By Angela Woolsey

Published May 25, 2023 at 11:00AM

Surveillance footage shows two men who police say dropped off Brenda Ochoa Guerrero in the Inova Mount Vernon Hospital parking lot (via FCPD)

Four people have been arrested and charged in the death of a woman who was found, possibly shot, in the Inova Mount Vernon Hospital parking lot on April 13.

Detectives have determined that Brenda Ochoa Guerrero, 33, of Alexandria died at a house in the 2500 block of Fairhaven Avenue in Huntington, according to the Fairfax County Police Department.

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Former Trump admin official among newly elected McLean Community Center board members

By Angela Woolsey

Published May 25, 2023 at 9:30AM

From left to right: Kathleen Cooney-Porter, Gloria Marrero Chambers and Katie Gorka have been elected to the McLean Community Center's governing board (courtesy MCC)

The McLean Community Center (MCC) has a new governing board after a relatively quiet election cycle.

A total of 1,473 McLean residents voted in the race, which saw Kathleen Cooney-Porter, Katie Gorka and Gloria Marrero Chambers emerge victorious from a slate of five adult candidates.

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Resurfacing but no pickleball planned for Fairfax tennis courts

By Angela Woolsey

Published May 24, 2023 at 3:45PM

The Rutherford Park tennis courts (courtesy FCPA)

The tennis courts at Rutherford Park in Wakefield area will be closed for about two weeks, starting around Memorial Day.

The park’s three tennis courts are set to undergo resurfacing work from approximately Monday, May 29 until June 12, the Fairfax County Park Authority announced today.

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Storage facility for classic cars could motor into Vienna warehouse

By Angela Woolsey

Published May 24, 2023 at 2:15PM

A classic Cadillac red convertible (via Ryan De Hamer on Unsplash)

A Vienna warehouse recently vacated by the U.S. Postal Service is being eyed as a potential storage site for classic cars.

Roadhouse Development Company LLC is seeking to lease the existing, 34,241-square-foot warehouse at 831 Follin Lane SE for indoor car storage, according to a certificate of occupancy application scheduled to go before the Town of Vienna Planning Commission tonight (Wednesday).

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Herndon restaurant Sushi Umi will expand to Tysons this summer

By Angela Woolsey

Published May 24, 2023 at 11:00AM

The Herndon restaurant Sushi Umi will open a second location at Scotts Run in Tysons (staff photo by Angela Woolsey)

A new sushi restaurant is being prepared for Scotts Run in Tysons.

Sushi Umi is slated to open this July at 7615 Colshire Road, an employee at the existing Herndon location told FFXnow.

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Police: Man arrested at McLean preschool had guns in car

By Angela Woolsey

Published May 24, 2023 at 9:20AM | Updated May 24, 2023 at 6:26PM

Police allegedly recovered two guns from the car of a man trespassing Dolley Madison Preschool in McLean (via FCPD/Twitter)

(Updated at 6:25 p.m.) A Florida man arrested in McLean yesterday (Tuesday) had guns in his car and was allegedly on his way to the CIA, Fairfax County police say.

The man was reported for trespassing at the Immanuel Presbyterian Church (1125 Savile Lane) around 11:11 a.m. The church is also the site of Dolley Madison Preschool and the Speech and Language Center of Northern Virginia.

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Latest art exhibits at Tysons Corner Center include mural painted ‘live’

By Angela Woolsey

Published May 23, 2023 at 2:30PM

Peruvian-born artist Fernando Osorio, whose studio is at the Workhouse Arts Center in Lorton, paints the mural "Pathways" (courtesy Tysons Corner Center)

Tysons Corner Center has found a new partner in its efforts to bring art into its halls of commerce.

The mall’s newest installations were created by five resident artists from the Workhouse Arts Center in Lorton as part of a new collaboration with the nonprofit, Tysons Corner Center announced last week.

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BREAKING: FCPS wins appeal of lawsuit challenging TJ admissions

By Angela Woolsey

Published May 23, 2023 at 1:30PM | Updated May 23, 2023 at 4:20PM

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

(Updated at 4:20 p.m.) The current admissions process for Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology (TJ) does not discriminate against Asian American students, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit has ruled.

A majority of the three-judge panel backed the Fairfax County School Board’s argument in support of admissions policy changes intended to increase diversity at the prestigious magnet school, reversing a lower court’s ruling that sided with the Coalition for TJ.