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McLean Community Center issues apology for Fourth of July fireworks cancellation

Published July 6, 2022 at 2:25PM

A sign for the McLean Community Center (file photo)

This weekend, McLean got its first Fourth of July fireworks since the COVID-19 pandemic began in 2020 — only no one was around to see them.

The McLean Community Center held its annual Independence Day Celebration at Langley High School on Saturday (July 2) to accommodate a staffing shortage at its fireworks vendor, an issue that affected several other Fourth of July events in the area as well.

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Flooding possible for Fairfax County this afternoon and evening

By Angela Woolsey

Published July 6, 2022 at 11:45AM | Updated July 6, 2022 at 2:25PM

A Flood Watch has been issued for the D.C. area on July 6 (via National Weather Service/Twitter)

Updated at 2:25 p.m. — The Flood Watch has been extended to 5 a.m. tomorrow (Thursday), per Fairfax County.

Earlier: A Flood Watch is on the horizon for much of the D.C. area, including Fairfax County.

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Tysons Corner Center to add more electric vehicle charging stations

By Angela Woolsey

Published July 6, 2022 at 11:00AM

Electrify America's electric vehicle charging station at Tysons Corner Center (staff photo by Angela Woolsey)

More electric vehicle charging stations are on their way to Tysons Corner Center, though exactly when they’ll arrive and how many there will be remains to be determined.

Right now, locating a station at the mall requires some hunting or the assistance of a mobile app. Of the approximately 11,000 parking spaces, just seven are outfitted with electric vehicle chargers.

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Woman hospitalized after car is hit by tractor-trailer on I-66 in Fair Lakes

By Angela Woolsey

Published July 6, 2022 at 9:30AM

The I-66 ramp onto and off of Stringfellow Road in Fair Lakes (via Google Maps)

A woman was hospitalized after her car was hit by components of a tractor-trailer on I-66 in the Fair Lakes area.

The woman was driving onto I-66 East from Stringfellow Road around 1:34 p.m. on Friday (July 1) when her black 2015 Nissan Murano “was struck by a wheel hub and tire assembly lost from a tractor-trailer traveling west on I-66,” the Virginia State Police said on Saturday (July 2).

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Fairfax County releases plan for new, two-story Tysons community center

By Angela Woolsey

Published July 5, 2022 at 1:30PM | Updated April 11, 2023 at 2:48PM

A rendering of the proposed community center in the southeast corner of Dominion Square West Building C5 (via KGD Architecture/Fairfax County)

Tysons residents will soon get to shape the plan for Fairfax County’s community center in the upcoming Dominion Square West housing development.

The county’s Department of Neighborhood and Community Services (NCS) staff will host a trio of community engagement forums later this month to gather feedback on potential services, activities and programming for the new facility, which will fill 30,000 square feet at the base of a 20-story residential high-rise at 1592 Spring Hill Road.

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Maryland driver charged after I-495 police pursuit ends with car flipping in Tysons

By Angela Woolsey

Published July 5, 2022 at 10:15AM

A Virginia State Police vehicle (staff photo by Jay Westcott)

A Maryland driver has been arrested after leading police on an extended chase down the Capital Beltway yesterday (Monday) that crossed state lines and ended with a car flip in Tysons.

According to Montgomery County police, its officers were on the lookout for 26-year-old Frederick K. Njihia of Germantown after getting a report of a man shooting a rifle at people, including a local sanitation worker whose vehicle was hit multiple times.

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Fairfax County expands COVID-19 testing sites, starting today

By Angela Woolsey

Published July 5, 2022 at 9:30AM

Curative will operate COVID-19 testing mobile labs at six sites in Fairfax County (courtesy Fairfax County Health Department)

More than two years into the pandemic, Fairfax County is settling into a more stable approach to COVID-19 testing.

The Fairfax County Health Department will now support free testing at six established sites through a new partnership with the contractor Curative. The mobile lab launched today (Tuesday) in Centreville and Bailey’s Crossroads and will rotate between two sites per day throughout each week.

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Most-read Fairfax County stories of the week: June 27-July 1

By Angela Woolsey

Published July 1, 2022 at 2:15PM

Fireworks stall at Merrifield's Pan Am Shopping Center (photo by Amy Woolsey)

Independence Day weekend is almost here. Before you prepare for the oncoming barrage of fireworks or head to bed for some much-needed sleep, let’s revisit the past week of news in Fairfax County.

Here are the 10 most-read stories on FFXnow this week:

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Vienna Police: Men arrested for April armed robbery in vehicle

By Angela Woolsey

Published July 1, 2022 at 10:15AM | Updated July 1, 2022 at 1:44PM

(Updated at 1:25 p.m.) Two D.C. residents have been arrested and charged with armed robbery after allegedly driving a man around and robbing him at gunpoint on April 9, the Town of Vienna Police Department announced this morning (Friday).

According to the department’s initial public summary of the crime, a citizen reported that they were at the Giant in the Maple Avenue Shopping Center (359 Maple Avenue) when an acquaintance picked him up in a vehicle with two other men.

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Fairfax County has ‘small amount’ of monkeypox vaccine, as state reports more cases

By Angela Woolsey

Published July 1, 2022 at 9:30AM

A map of countries where monkeypox cases have been reported, as of June 29, 2022 (via CDC)

Monkeypox hasn’t established a huge presence in Virginia, but it’s starting to make a little bit of noise, as the U.S. moves to contain an outbreak.

With five additional infections identified Wednesday (June 29), the Commonwealth has now reported a total of eight cases of the disease, six of them in the Northern region. The first case was confirmed in a Northern Virginia woman on May 27.