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

By Angela Woolsey
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
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.

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Regional food bank seeks to double capacity with expanded Newington warehouse

By Angela Woolsey
Officials attend a ceremonial groundbreaking for Capital Area Food Bank's warehouse expansion in Newington (courtesy Capital Area Food Bank)

(Updated at 10:25 a.m. on 5/24/2023) Construction has begun on a new warehouse for the Capital Area Food Bank (CAFB) in the Newington area.

The organization, which supports nonprofits and provides meals to residents throughout the D.C. region, broke ground on the 43,000-square-foot distribution facility at ​​6833 Hill Park Drive, Lorton, on May 15.

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Merrifield restaurant named among top 5 newcomers to D.C. area’s dining scene by Washington Post

By Angela Woolsey
Kirby Club diners eat outside at the Mosaic District (staff photo by Angela Woolsey)

Some of the D.C. region’s hottest new restaurants can be found right in Fairfax County, according to the Washington Post’s recently released spring dining guide.

Restaurants in the county claimed four spots on longtime food critic Tom Sietsema’s round-up of his favorite newcomers to the regional dining scene — more than any locality other than the District itself.

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Fairfax Connector proposes new bus service in I-66 corridor using future parking garages

By Angela Woolsey
Fairfax Connector bus to Springfield (staff photo by Angela Woolsey)

Fairfax Connector is shaking up its service along the I-66 corridor in anticipation of two major parking facilities finishing construction later this year.

The Fairfax County Department of Transportation has proposed adding or revising almost 30 routes in Tysons, Vienna, Springfield, Chantilly and Centreville, as it seeks to incorporate the upcoming Springfield and Monument Drive garages into its bus system.

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Vienna Police: Raccoon killed in dog attack had rabies

By Angela Woolsey
A raccoon in a tree in Vienna (staff photo by Angela Woolsey)

A dog attacked a cat and a rabid raccoon in Vienna earlier this month, an encounter that left the raccoon dead, police say.

The dog got loose in the 700 block of MacArthur Avenue NE and attacked the two other animals on May 12, according to the Vienna Police Department’s recap for the week of May 12-18.

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Georgetown Pike car crash caused Saturday power outage in McLean area

By Angela Woolsey
A car crashed into a power switch box on Georgetown Pike, causing an outage from Great Falls to Tysons (courtesy anonymous)

About 1,400 people in the McLean and Great Falls area lost power Saturday night (May 20) due to a car crash on Georgetown Pike.

A photo sent to FFXnow shows a silver sedan that had smashed into a large green power box, coming to a rest against a streetlight.

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Motorcyclist becomes latest Fairfax County traffic fatality in 2023

By Angela Woolsey
Hooes Road curves when approaching Crosspointe Glen Way in Lorton (via Google Maps)

A 46-year-old motorcyclist died in a crash on Hooes Road in Lorton late last week.

Springfield resident Samuel Gensler was riding a 2001 Harley Davidson north on Hooes Road Friday (May 19) afternoon when he lost control at the curve approaching the Crosspointe Glen Way intersection, the Fairfax County Police Department says.

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FCPD: Unknown man attempted to sexually assault woman in Chantilly home

By Angela Woolsey
The Fairfax County Police Department released a composite sketch of a man who they say attempt to sexually assault a woman in Chantilly (via FCPD)

Fairfax County police are looking for a man who allegedly broke into a woman’s home in Chantilly and tried to sexually assault her.

Officers were called to a house on Iberia Circle at 12:02 p.m. yesterday (Thursday). The man entered the woman’s home through an unlocked door “and attempted to sexually assault her,” according to the police.

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Vienna Police arrest man for alleged sexual assault of juvenile at local park

By Angela Woolsey
The Vienna Police Department headquarters (file photo)

(Updated at 1:55 p.m.) A Vienna man has been arrested for allegedly raping a girl at a local park.

The suspect, Celvin Aragon Flores, met the victim online through a social media app and then “engaged in a sexual encounter with her at a park in Vienna,” the Town of Vienna Police Department says.

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