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 exploring possible rules for short-term parking

By Angela Woolsey
Designated curbside pickup parking spaces at the Mosaic District in Merrifield (staff photo by Angela Woolsey)

From curbside pickups to ridesharing services and Amazon Prime deliveries, drivers making quick trips through neighborhoods or to local businesses have become increasingly commonplace in Fairfax County.

However, the county still doesn’t have any regulations around short-term parking, even after it adopted new parking rules in 2023, its first comprehensive update in 35 years.

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News

First new Vantage Hill townhomes on track to finish this summer

By Angela Woolsey
Construction in progress on the Fairland at Vantage Hill townhomes in Reston (staff photo by Angela Woolsey)

Construction is progressing on a new townhome neighborhood near the Vantage Hill Condominiums in Reston.

Two buildings containing the first seven of 28 houses planned in The Fairland at Vantage Hill are on track to be completed this summer, likely in July or August, according to Craftmark Homes sales manager Lori Windsor.

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News

NOW: Man seriously injured in single-vehicle crash on Ox Road in Lorton

By Angela Woolsey
Ox Road partially closed near Hampton Road in Lorton after a single-vehicle crash (via Google Maps)

A man has been taken to the hospital with serious injuries following a crash on Ox Road (Route 123) near the Crosspointe Fire Station in Lorton.

Police officers and units with the Fairfax County Fire and Rescue Department were dispatched to Ox Road at Hampton Station Court just after 4 p.m. today (Wednesday) for a single-vehicle crash.

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Around Town

McLean Project for the Arts unveils first exhibit in new center, opening tomorrow

By Angela Woolsey
The paintings "Hanging Out" and "Magdi" by artist Yasmine Iskander (courtesy McLean Project for the Arts)

The McLean Project for the Arts will celebrate the realization of its anticipated downtown expansion with a tribute to the power of the abstract.

The late abstract painter Yasmine C. Iskander will headline the inaugural exhibition at the MPA Berlage Arts and Education Center, which is set to open at 6910 Fleetwood Road with an 11 a.m. ribbon-cutting ceremony tomorrow (Thursday).

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Fairfax County reports reduced energy use with switch to LED streetlights

By Angela Woolsey
LED streetlights along Sunrise Valley Drive near the Innovation Center Metro station (courtesy Fairfax County)

The end is within sight for Fairfax County’s nearly decade-long push to convert all streetlights to more energy efficient LED fixtures.

Dominion Energy, which owns, operates and maintains about 96% of the county’s 60,000 streetlights, has upgraded approximately 93% or 52,100 of them to LED, as of March, the county announced earlier this week.

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Around Town

Bed Bath and Beyond coming to Fairfax County’s Container Stores

By Angela Woolsey
The Container Store in Tysons (staff photo by Angela Woolsey)

Bed Bath and Beyond is returning to Fairfax County, but not as a standalone retailer.

Instead, the home decor chain’s products will become available through local Container Stores as part of a nationwide “mashup” following a merger between the two companies.

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News

Garbage truck skips over curb, crashes into Lorton house

By Angela Woolsey
A garbage truck crashed into a house on Henry Knox Drive in Lorton (via FCFRD/Facebook)

For one Lorton homeowner, this week’s trash pickup might’ve left more garbage than it took away.

A garbage truck crashed into a single-family house in the 7600 block of Henry Knox Drive this morning (Tuesday), drawing a response from the Fairfax County Fire and Rescue Department around 11:18 a.m.

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Sports

Lake Braddock alum picked in NFL draft by Baltimore Ravens

By Angela Woolsey
Matt Hibner talks to reporters by video after his selection in the NFL draft (via Baltimore Ravens)

A former Lake Braddock Bruin could soon don purple and gold on an NFL gridiron.

Burke native Matthew Hibner was drafted on Saturday (April 25) by the Baltimore Ravens, which selected him in the fourth round with the 133rd overall pick after trading a fifth-round slot and 2027 sixth-round pick to the San Francisco 49ers.

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Around Town

Free outdoor concerts return to Reston Town Center, starting in May

By Angela Woolsey
Reston Concerts on the Town (courtesy IRL Agency/Hawkeye Johnson)

The pavilion at Reston Town Center will once again host more than a dozen free concerts throughout the summer, starting next month.

The 33rd annual Reston Concerts on the Town series is set to return on May 16, coinciding, like in past years, with the Tephra ICA Arts Festival.

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News

VDOT to present plan tomorrow for widening Route 7 in Tysons

By Angela Woolsey
Traffic on eastbound Route 7 (Leesburg Pike) in Tysons south of Route 123 (staff photo by Angela Woolsey)

Design work has been underway for about a year now on plans to widen the portion of Route 7 (Leesburg Pike) that runs through central Tysons.

The Virginia Department of Transportation will present its initial concept for widening the road between Route 123 (Chain Bridge Road) and the Capital Beltway (I-495) to the community for the first time at a virtual public information meeting at 7 p.m. tomorrow (Wednesday).

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