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.

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Fairfax County workers seek better pay in light of proposed raises for leaders

By Angela Woolsey
Fairfax County Government Center (file photo)

The Fairfax County Board of Supervisors isn’t holding a public hearing on its proposed salary increases until Tuesday (March 21), but some county workers have already made their opposition known.

A union representing over 2,000 county government employees criticized the proposal as a blow to workers, whose projected pay raises aren’t expected to be fully funded in the county’s next budget.

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FCPS student lives out dream with Broadway debut in ‘Parade’ revival

By Angela Woolsey
Fairfax Academy and Madison High School student Sophia Manicone made her Broadway debut in a "Parade" revival, which started at New York City Center (courtesy FCPS)

Sophia Manicone has come a long way from her “Vienna Idol” days.

The 18-year-old Vienna resident recently realized the dream of every theater kid with her Broadway debut in the revival of “Parade,” which officially opened yesterday (Thursday) at the Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre in New York City.

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FCPD: Three-car crash in Lorton from November was fatal

By Angela Woolsey
Southbound Ox Road at Palmer Drive (via Google Maps)

(Updated at 9:55 a.m. on 3/17/2023) The Fairfax County Police Department has investigated a three-car crash in Lorton from November that its detectives only recently learned was fatal.

Detectives were notified last week that Alverda Boyce, 74, of Woodbridge died on Nov. 29 from injuries sustained in a Nov. 2 crash at the intersection of Ox Road and Palmer Drive, the police department said today (Thursday).

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Dual Hilton hotels proposed on Scotts Run site instead of office building

By Angela Woolsey
A 17-story-tall Hilton hotel building has been proposed at Scotts Run (via LK Architecture/Fairfax County)

Cityline Partners, the real estate company overseeing the development of Scotts Run, is changing up its approach to a still-vacant portion of the Tysons East neighborhood.

The developer KM Hotels has partnered with Hilton to combine two of the latter’s brands in one high-rise building at the southwest corner of Route 123 (Dolley Madison Blvd) and Anderson Road, a legal agent for Cityline said in a rezoning application filed with Fairfax County on Monday (March 13).

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New church from chef-trained pastor offers no-cost community meals for St. Patrick’s Day

By Angela Woolsey
Provision Church organized a Lenten Fish Fry as its first community dinner on Feb. 24 (courtesy Provision Church)

The Springfield United Methodist Church will open its doors at 7047 Old Keene Mill Road tomorrow (Friday) to anyone in need of a warm, free meal for St. Patrick’s Day.

While hosted by that church, the St. Patrick’s Day Supper and Community Conversation is being organized by the Provision Church, a new United Methodist Church dedicated to addressing food insecurity in southeastern Fairfax County.

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Italian watchmaker opens first D.C.-area store in Tysons Galleria

By Angela Woolsey
Italian watchmaker Panerai has opened a store at Tysons Galleria (courtesy Panerai)

When Panerai was scouting potential locations for its first-ever store in the D.C. region, Tysons Galleria emerged as an appropriate choice for the self-described “luxury” Italian watchmaker.

The company’s new boutique opened yesterday (Wednesday) on the mall’s second floor, between stores for Swiss watchmaker IWC Schaffhausen and Montblanc, which also sells watches as well as pens and leather goods.

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Voting begins in McLean Community Center governing board elections

By Angela Woolsey
Clockwise from top left: Amirthalingam Thillaichidambaram, Matt Colsia, Katie Gorka and Kathleen Cooney Porter (courtesy MCC)

The McLean Community Center’s efforts to attract the attention of a younger generation appear to be paying off.

Earlier this week, the organization announced a robust slate of candidates for its upcoming governing board election that includes five adults and 10 teens — more than tripling the number of kids who competed in last year’s elections.

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Proposed townhouses on Spring Hill Road don’t fit neighborhood, McLean residents say

By Angela Woolsey
A developer is asking Fairfax County to allow townhouses on Spring Hill Road near McLean for (via Fairfax County)

Spring Hill Road in McLean has no townhouses now, and at least some area residents are unconvinced that there should be any in the future.

During a workshop on Thursday (March 9), the Fairfax County Planning Commission preliminarily advanced a request for more density at the northwest corner of Spring Hill Road and the Dulles Airport Access Road, but said the concept plan must be revised before it’s fully considered.

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VDOT: Toll lanes operator’s exit from Maryland project won’t affect I-495 widening in Virginia

By Angela Woolsey
On the Capital Beltway at the American Legion Bridge into Maryland (staff photo by Angela Woolsey)

(Updated at 2:50 p.m. on 3/16/2023) Virginia’s extension of the I-495 Express Lanes past the George Washington Memorial Parkway in McLean remains on track for a 2025 opening, even as its counterpart across the Potomac River faces another setback in its efforts to widen the Capital Beltway.

Private toll lanes operator Transurban pulled out of Maryland’s project to add toll lanes on its side of the Beltway and replace the American Legion Bridge on Friday (March 10), citing “significant delays to environmental approvals, changing political landscape and environmental lawsuits that remain unresolved.”

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