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

Apple’s expanded Tysons store opens today with new location and design

By Angela Woolsey
Inside the new Apple store at Tysons Corner Center (staff photo by Angela Woolsey)

The new Apple store at Tysons Corner Center is ready to say hello.

Opening to customers at 10 a.m. today (Friday), the 13,010-square-foot store has been branded as a “new chapter” for the technology company, which launched its original retail location at the mall on May 19, 2001 — exactly 22 years ago.

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Teen charged with reckless driving for fatal pedestrian crash in Groveton

By Angela Woolsey
Southbound Richmond Highway approaching Groveton Street (via Google Maps)

An 18-year-old man from Alexandria has been charged with reckless driving after allegedly crashing into a pedestrian on Richmond Highway in March, killing her.

Shortly before 9:30 p.m. on March 30, Luis Merino Berrios was driving south on Richmond Highway in a 2007 Mercedes C230 when he lost control near Groveton Street, a change from the originally reported location of Clayborne Avenue.

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Annual ArtsFairfax awards to honor Workhouse Arts Center, Inova

By Angela Woolsey
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.

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Tysons-based contractor enlisted to help modernize IRS

By Angela Woolsey
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.

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

By Angela Woolsey
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.

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Man arrested after ramming trooper vehicle during Route 1 police pursuit

By Angela Woolsey
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.

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

By Angela Woolsey
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.

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

By Angela Woolsey
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.

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

By Angela Woolsey
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.

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JUST IN: Woman shot in Hybla Valley

By Angela Woolsey
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.

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