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.

Around Town

Yama Chen’s Sushi has opened at last in Vienna

By Angela Woolsey
Yama Chen's Sushi House is now open in Vienna (staff photo by Angela Woolsey)

Yama Chen’s Sushi House — not to be confused with nearby Sushi Yama — is now open in Vienna.

The growing chain restaurant opened its newest location in the Vienna Plaza Shopping Center on April 16. The 1,500 square-foot space at 320 Maple Ave West was formerly occupied by a Jersey Mike’s Subs.

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D.C. man killed in Bailey’s Crossroads shooting, police seek suspect

By Angela Woolsey
Police are looking for a suspect after two men were shot in the Build America Plaza parking lot in Bailey's Crossroads on May 7 (via Google Maps)

One man was killed and another remains hospitalized after a shooting yesterday (Sunday) at Build America Plaza in Bailey’s Crossroads.

Fairfax County police were dispatched to the 3800 block of South George Mason Drive for reports of a shooting around 2:19 a.m., the department reported.

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BREAKING: Pedestrian dies after crash involving fire engine in Reston

By Angela Woolsey
Fairfax County Fire and Rescue engine lights (file photo)

A pedestrian was killed after being run over by a fire engine near the Reston Glade Apartments early this morning (Monday).

A medical unit with the Fairfax County Fire and Rescue Department was dispatched to Glade Drive at Dosnia Court near Dogwood Elementary School for a medical emergency around 2:19 a.m., according to scanner traffic on Open MHz.

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Call Your Mother’s mini mobile deli is now open in McLean

By Angela Woolsey
Call Your Mother's Lil Deli has opened at the Chesterbrook Shopping Center in McLean (photo by Tim Casey)

The “Lil Deli” from D.C. hot spot Call Your Mother is now serving up bagels, coffee and more in McLean.

Representing the self-described “Jew-ish” deli’s first foray into Virginia, the mobile truck opened for business in parking lot of the Chesterbrook Shopping Center (6216 Old Dominion Drive) yesterday.

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Police: Over 50 firearms stolen from Newington gun shop, reward offered for suspects

By Angela Woolsey
Fairfax County police say this car was used by men who stole over 50 guns from the store Dominion Defense in Newington (via FCPD)

Dozens of firearms were stolen from a gun shop in the Newington area in an overnight burglary this past weekend, the Fairfax County Police Department says.

Over 50 firearms were taken from Dominion Defense (7200 Fullerton Road) between 3 and 4 a.m. on Saturday (April 29), according to police.

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Combined Dunkin’ Donuts and Baskin Robbins to give year of free ice cream, coffee at Springfield grand opening

By Angela Woolsey
A combined drive-thru Dunkin' Donuts and Baskin Robbins is opening in Springfield (courtesy Dunkin')

The powers of caffeine and sugar will unite this weekend for the grand opening of Springfield’s new Dunkin’ Donuts and Baskin Robbins.

After a soft opening on April 3, the combined eateries are set for a more official launch at 9:30 a.m. this Saturday (May 6), promising free coffee or ice cream for a year to the first 100 customers to enter their shared doors at 6310 Backlick Road.

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Oakton composer to dock at Capital One Hall for world premiere of space-themed symphony

By Angela Woolsey
The National Philharmonic performs Gustav Holst's "The Planets" at Capital One Hall, accompanied by images of space from NASA (courtesy Elman Studio)

A local classical composer is preparing to blast off for the world premiere of his newest symphony.

The suite “Cosmic Cycles, A Space Symphony” will be performed for the first time by the National Philharmonic at Capital One Hall (7750 Capital One Tower Road) in Tysons at 7:30 p.m. next Thursday (May 11).

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New Lebanese restaurant to take over former Chopt space in Vienna

By Angela Woolsey
El Jana co-owner Rabih Abi-Aad signs a lease to bring the Lebanese restaurant to Vienna Shopping Center (courtesy Rappaport)

(Updated at 4:50 p.m.) Vienna Shopping Center has found a new occupant for the suite vacated over the winter by Chopt.

A Lebanese restaurant called El Janna has signed a lease for the 2,702-square-foot space and is slated to open at 160 Maple Avenue West this fall, property manager Rappaport announced yesterday (Wednesday).

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Man arrested for allegedly setting fire to Annandale house

By Angela Woolsey
Fairfax County firefighters tackle a house fire in the 4900 block of Bristow Drive in Annandale on April 27, 2023 (courtesy FCFRD)

Arson was behind an April 27 house fire in Annandale that cost two people and a dog their home, the Fairfax County Fire and Rescue Department says.

Clinton James Hall, 27, was arrested yesterday (Wednesday) and charged with one count of burning or destroying a building after investigators determined that the fire in the 4900 block of Bristow Drive was “incendiary in nature.”

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Countywide

FCPS focuses on absenteeism, special education with last round of federal relief funds

By Angela Woolsey
Fairfax County Public Schools Chief Academic Officer Sloan Presidio presents a proposed ESSER III spending plan to the school board (via FCPS/YouTube)

The influx of federal money that has helped buoy Fairfax County Public Schools and other school systems around the U.S. as they emerged from the first year of the Covid pandemic is starting to run out.

Facing a September 2024 deadline, FCPS officials presented a plan to the school board last Thursday (April 27) for spending approximately $57.5 million remaining from the $188.8 million in Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief (ESSER) awarded by the American Rescue Plan Act in 2021.

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