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Four-story Dunn Loring Elementary School gets edge over shorter design option

Published November 15, 2022 at 2:15PM

An aerial view of a proposed four-story design for the future Dunn Loring Elementary School (via Samaha Associates/FCPS)

Community members who attended a public meeting on the future elementary school in Dunn Loring last week appeared to favor replacing the existing administrative center at 2334 Gallows Road with a four-story building.

Samaha Associates, an engineering firm contracted by Fairfax County Public Schools, presented two primary design options for the planned school, which is expected to be 118,000 square feet in size with the goal of addressing crowding in the Tysons area.

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Redevelopment of former Sheraton Tysons Hotel could bring new public gathering spaces

By Angela Woolsey

Published November 15, 2022 at 10:15AM | Updated December 9, 2022 at 2:42PM

An urban plaza is proposed by the entrance of the converted Sheraton hotel (via Fairfax County)

The developer planning to convert the former Sheraton hotel (8661 Leesburg Pike) in Tysons into multifamily housing has proposed enhancing the property with nearly 3.5 acres of park space.

A portion of the now-vacant hotel’s existing parking lot would be replaced by pocket parks, larger recreational parks, and an urban plaza to serve both future residents and the general public, according to an application filed with Fairfax County on Friday (Nov. 11).

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Long-standing Persian restaurant in Vienna, Rose Kabob, closes for good

By Angela Woolsey

Published November 14, 2022 at 2:15PM

Rose Kabob in Vienna closed permanently on Sunday, Nov. 13, 2022 (staff photo by Angela Woolsey)

Another family-owned restaurant that felt like a mainstay of Vienna’s culinary scene is gone.

Rose Kabob had its final day of business yesterday after serving platters of chicken, lamb and kubideh (ground beef) at 126 Maple Avenue West for 16 years.

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Centreville man arrested for shooting and killing neighbor’s dog, police say

By Angela Woolsey

Published November 14, 2022 at 11:00AM

A Fairfax County police car (file photo)

A man from Centreville is facing firearm and animal cruelty charges after allegedly shooting his neighbor’s dog multiple times, resulting in the animal’s death.

According to Fairfax County police, 33-year-old Roman Vyacheslavov Gorelov shot a 2-year-old yellow Labrador and beagle mix after an argument with the dog’s owner at the Stonegate Faircrest Condominiums Friday morning (Nov. 11):

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New Beltway ramp to I-66 opens in Dunn Loring ahead of toll lanes

By Angela Woolsey

Published November 14, 2022 at 10:30AM | Updated November 14, 2022 at 3:27PM

I-495 North is getting a new ramp to the I-66 West general purpose lanes, while the existing ramp will lead to the new I-66 Express Lanes (via VDOT)

Updated at 3:25 p.m. — The switch to the new I-495 North ramp to I-66 is now scheduled to be implemented tomorrow night and will be in place early Wednesday morning (Nov. 16), VDOT says.

Earlier: The Capital Beltway is getting a new ramp in Dunn Loring, as the Virginia Department of Transportation prepares to open another segment of the extended I-66 Express Lanes.

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JUST IN: I-66 Express Lanes expected to fully open this month

By Angela Woolsey

Published November 10, 2022 at 5:00PM

The I-66 Express Lanes at the Vienna Metro station, as of September (staff photo by Angela Woolsey)

The extended I-66 Express Lanes outside the Capital Beltway will open ahead of schedule, the Virginia Department of Transportation says.

Previously scheduled to arrive in December, the lanes will open in the westbound direction from I-495 in Dunn Loring to Route 28 in Centreville as soon as Saturday, Nov. 19, VDOT said in a news release snuck in just before a three-day weekend.

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Veterans Day 2022: What’s open, closed and happening in Fairfax County

By Angela Woolsey

Published November 10, 2022 at 3:00PM

Flags outside the Fairfax County Courthouse (staff photo by Jay Westcott)

Veterans Day is tomorrow, marking the 104th anniversary of the official end of combat in World War I.

Government offices for Fairfax County, Fairfax City, and the towns of Vienna and Herndon will be closed for the federal holiday, which extends to Fairfax County Public Schools students and the court system.

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Bonchon’s Tysons restaurant opening delayed until the spring

By Angela Woolsey

Published November 10, 2022 at 2:15PM

Bonchon anticipates opening its new Tysons restuarant in March 2023 (staff photo by Angela Woolsey)

Tysons residents will have to wait a little longer to bite into Bonchon’s crunchy, double-fried chicken — at least without venturing to Fairfax, Annandale, Reston and beyond.

The Korean fried chicken chain won’t open its upcoming location at 8603 Westwood Center Drive until March, a public relations representative told FFXnow.

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Settle Down Easy Brewing toasts Oakton with new ‘tasting room,’ opening Saturday

By Angela Woolsey

Published November 10, 2022 at 11:45AM | Updated November 13, 2022 at 2:11PM

Settle Down Easy Brewing will have a grand opening for its Oakton Tasting Room on Nov. 12 (staff photo by Angela Woolsey)

(Updated at 2:10 p.m. on 11/13/2022 to correct zip code) It’s going to be a busy Saturday for Settle Down Easy Brewing. In addition to marking its fourth anniversary, the Merrifield area brewery will throw a grand opening party for its new Oakton restaurant and bar from noon to 8 p.m.

Replacing the shuttered Austins Big and Tall store in Hunter Mill Plaza at 2952E Chain Bridge Road, The Oakton Tasting Room is envisioned as not just a place to grab dinner and drinks, but as the kind of hangout spot that Settle Down Easy owner Frank Kuhns says is missing from Oakton — despite nearly 37,o00 people calling it home.

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Police: Oakton resident fatally shoots man who entered home with ‘large landscaping rock’

By Angela Woolsey

Published November 10, 2022 at 10:15AM | Updated November 13, 2022 at 6:07PM

Fairfax County police car (file photo)

(Updated at 6:05 p.m. on 11/13/2022) A man was shot and killed in Oakton last night following an apparent fight with a homeowner that led the latter to retrieve a gun, police say.

The Fairfax County Police Department is currently investigating the fatal shooting in the 11400 block of Waples Mill Road as a self-defense case, Second Lt. James Curry told media yesterday. Preliminarily, there’s no indication that the two men involved in the incident knew each other, he said.