Angela Woolsey | FFXnow

Annual ArtsFairfax awards to honor Workhouse Arts Center, Inova

Published May 18, 2023 at 2:30PM

An art installation at the Workhouse Arts Center in Lorton (staff photo by Angela Woolsey)

Fifteen years after it emerged from the shell of the former Lorton prison, the Workhouse Arts Center will take the spotlight at Capital One Hall in Tysons as the top honoree of the 2023 ArtsFairfax Awards.

The center will receive the Jinx Hazel Award at the annual ceremony and fundraising event on Oct. 26, ArtsFairfax, the county’s official arts agency, announced earlier this month.

News

Tysons-based contractor enlisted to help modernize IRS

By Angela Woolsey

Published May 18, 2023 at 1:15PM

Maximus has its headquarters at 1600 Tysons Blvd (staff photo by Angela Woolsey)

The American tax system may finally get dragged into the modern world, with an assist from a federal contractor based in Tysons.

Maximus has signed an agreement with the Internal Revenue Service to participate in a $2.6 billion push to modernize the agency’s computer systems and databases, the government services company announced yesterday.

News

Rideshare driver killed in crash with deer on Dulles Access Road in Tysons

By Angela Woolsey

Published May 18, 2023 at 9:30AM

The Dulles Access Road west of the Capital Beltway (via Google Maps)

A man died after hitting a deer on the Dulles Airport Access Highway in Tysons last night (Wednesday).

Police responded to the westbound lanes about a mile west of the Capital Beltway (I-495) for a single-vehicle crash around 8:17 p.m., says the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority, which has jurisdiction over the Dulles Access Road.

News

Man arrested after ramming trooper vehicle during Route 1 police pursuit

By Angela Woolsey

Published May 17, 2023 at 4:45PM

Virginia State Police patrol SUV allegedly rammed during a pursuit on Richmond HIghway (courtesy VSP)

A 27-year-old man from Maryland has been arrested following a police pursuit on Route 1 (Richmond Highway) that extended from Prince William County into Mount Vernon.

Based on a preliminary investigation, the man was driving a GMC Yukon that had been reported stolen from a Koons dealership on Richmond Highway at 10:30 a.m., a Prince William County Police Department spokesperson said.

News

Vienna Town Council aims for fall deadline to complete zoning code rewrite

By Angela Woolsey

Published May 17, 2023 at 2:30PM

The Vienna Town Council discusses its zoning code overhaul at a conference session on May 8, 2023 (staff photo by Angela Woolsey)

The Town of Vienna has set a tentative timeline for wrapping up the first overhaul of its zoning code since Richard Nixon occupied the White House.

At a May 8 conference session, the Vienna Town Council urged staff to have the rewritten code ready for adoption on Oct. 23 — its final meeting before a new council is elected on Nov. 7.

News

Email sent to Oakton HS cheerleading coach suggests racist culture, NAACP says

By Angela Woolsey

Published May 17, 2023 at 1:15PM

Oakton High School (staff photo by Angela Woolsey)

Fairfax County Public Schools plans to hire an investigator to find the source of an anonymous email that decried the idea of a “colored individual” coaching Oakton High School’s cheerleading team.

Referencing former coaches from the past two years, the email was sent to the school’s current cheerleading coach, Jillian Domenech, shortly after she took over the position in March, as first reported by WTOP.

Countywide

First section of new I-66 Parallel Trail will open in Vienna area today

By Angela Woolsey

Published May 17, 2023 at 9:30AM

Portions of the new 66 Parallel Trail are on the I-66 side of the soundwall (via VDOT)

The first segment of the Virginia Department of Transportation’s planned shared-use trail along I-66 has been completed.

State and Fairfax County officials will celebrate the milestone today (Wednesday) with a ribbon-cutting ceremony at 11 a.m., followed by an inaugural bicycle ride or walk on the finished section, which starts east of the Vienna Metro station and extends to Cedar Lane near Merrifield.

News

JUST IN: Woman shot in Hybla Valley

By Angela Woolsey

Published May 16, 2023 at 5:50PM

Fairfax County police car lights flashing (file photo)

A woman was shot in the arm after someone fired multiple gunshots near the Hybla Valley Community Center this afternoon (Tuesday).

The Fairfax County Police Department is advising community members to avoid the 7900 block of Janna Lee Avenue, where officers are currently gathering evidence from the shooting.

Around Town

Outdoor movies and music return to Tysons Corner Center this summer

By Angela Woolsey

Published May 16, 2023 at 2:15PM

Tysons Corner Center will host programming throughout the summer at its Plaza (staff photo by Angela Woolsey)

Though the solstice won’t arrive for another month, the spirit of summer is already alive at Tysons Corner Center.

After drawing a crowd earlier this month with its first-ever Taste of Tysons, the mall has lined up a variety of free Summer on the Plaza events and activities, including returns of its outdoor family movie nights and a concert series.

Around Town

Tysons fitness studio gets belated ribbon cutting, new name

By Angela Woolsey

Published May 16, 2023 at 11:00AM

The fitness company P20 will hold a ribbon-cutting ceremony for its Tysons studio on Friday (courtesy P20)

A fitness studio that quietly opened near The Boro in Tysons during the COVID-19 pandemic will finally get an official welcome this week.

P20 EMS Fitness Experts will host a ribbon-cutting ceremony for its Tysons studio this Friday (May 19) — more than two years after the location opened inside OneLife Fitness at 8250 Greensboro Drive.