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Fairfax Connector will make service changes next month, including new route to Tysons Metro

Published January 24, 2023 at 10:15AM

A Fairfax Connector bus stopped at the Tysons Metro station (staff photo by Angela Woolsey)

A bus route carrying passengers between western Fairfax County and Tysons on the new I-66 Express Lanes will take effect early next month.

Fairfax Connector will start operating its new Route 660 on Monday, Feb. 6, providing weekday, rush-hour service from the Stone Road Park & Ride in Centreville to the Tysons Metro station, the Fairfax County Department of Transportation announced Friday (Jan. 20).

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NEW: BB gun shooting of red-tailed hawk at Lake Accotink Park under investigation

By Angela Woolsey

Published January 24, 2023 at 9:30AM

A red-tailed hawk was found in Flag Run creek at Lake Accotink Park (photo by Trang Vu)

Virginia’s Conservation Police are investigating a reported shooting of a red-tailed hawk at Lake Accotink Park last week that required the bird to be euthanized.

A woman saw the hawk flying near the North Springfield park’s carousel on Wednesday (Jan. 18) afternoon. When she tried to get closer for a photograph, though, she found it “struggling” in Flag Run, a creek that passes through the park, according to Diva Crows, a local songbird rehabilitation center.

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McLean Community Center’s new director hopes to create ‘warm, inclusive environment for all’

By Angela Woolsey

Published January 23, 2023 at 3:00PM

To Betsy May-Salazar, the McLean Community Center (MCC) is a place for making connections.

Funded by a special resident tax district, the facility at 1234 Ingleside Avenue serves a variety of functions, from organizing community events like the annual McLean Day festival to offering educational classes and providing meeting space.

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The Mather, senior living high-rises in Tysons, hits construction milestone

By Angela Woolsey

Published January 23, 2023 at 11:45AM

The Mather, a pair of senior living apartment high-rises in Tysons' Arbor Row neighborhood, topped off this January (courtesy Mather)

The Mather is now as tall as it’s ever going to get.

The apartment high-rise buildings for adults 62 and older “topped off” earlier this month, less than a year after beginning vertical construction.

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JUST IN: Armed suspect in Groveton carjacking arrested after police chase

By Angela Woolsey

Published January 23, 2023 at 10:15AM | Updated January 23, 2023 at 3:38PM

Police stop a stolen Chevy Tahoe on the Capital Beltway (via FCPD/Twitter)

(Updated at 3:40 p.m.) A carjacking in Groveton led to a police pursuit that concluded near the Capital Beltway this morning, Fairfax County police say.

Fairfax County Police Department officers have arrested an individual who they believe is responsible for a carjacking that occurred this morning at the intersection of South Kings Highway and Woodstone Place.

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Vienna Police: Dog poop left in town employee’s truck during holiday

By Angela Woolsey

Published January 20, 2023 at 1:30PM

Vienna Police vehicle (via Vienna Police Department/Facebook)

A Town of Vienna employee returned to work after the holiday weekend for Martin Luther King Jr. Day to find a pungent surprise in his vehicle.

“An employee reported someone entered his unlocked work truck and put dog feces on the steering wheel,” the Vienna Police Department said in its crime report for the week of Jan. 13-19.

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Conservative activist joins race to represent Providence District on school board

By Angela Woolsey

Published January 20, 2023 at 10:30AM

Conservative Jeff Hoffmann is campaigning to represent Providence District on the Fairfax County School Board (courtesy Jeff Hoffmann for School Board)

The battle over transgender student rights has taken center stage in the race for the Fairfax County School Board’s Providence District seat.

Consultant and Vienna resident Jeff Hoffmann officially launched a campaign on Tuesday (Jan. 17) to challenge incumbent Karl Frisch, who announced last week that he’ll seek a second term in office this November.

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BREAKING: Student sexual assault at Frost MS under police investigation

By Angela Woolsey

Published January 20, 2023 at 9:45AM | Updated January 20, 2023 at 1:29PM

Frost Middle School (via Google Maps)

(Updated at 1:30 p.m.) One student allegedly sexually assaulted another in a bathroom at Frost Middle School last week, Fairfax County Public Schools says.

In a letter sent to families and staff, Superintendent Michelle Reid and Frost principal Anthony Harris said that they had been made aware of the incident yesterday (Thursday) and “contacted authorities immediately.”

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Police: Alexandria woman arrested for car thefts, abduction in Annandale

By Angela Woolsey

Published January 19, 2023 at 3:00PM

Fairfax County police car lights flashing (file photo)

Fairfax County police have arrested a 40-year-old woman from Alexandria who allegedly stole a vehicle with a girl in the backseat on Sunday (Jan. 15).

According to police, the woman was connected to a second vehicle theft incident in the 6200 block of Little River Turnpike in Annandale that occurred around 6:50 p.m. yesterday (Wednesday).

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Tysons Ridge townhomes in Pimmit Hills on track for spring construction

By Angela Woolsey

Published January 19, 2023 at 2:15PM

The developer EYA is building a townhouse complex called Tysons Ridge in Pimmit Hills (staff photo by Jay Westcott)

The groundwork has been laid for a new townhouse development on Leesburg Pike in Pimmit Hills.

Vertical construction is expected to start late this spring on Tysons Ridge, a 104-unit complex replacing the circular office building at 7700 Leesburg Pike, according to developer EYA.