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 students compete for international robotics championship

By Angela Woolsey
James Madison High School students built a robot that will compete in the 2022 FIRST World Championship (via JMHS/Twitter)

Houston is the place to be this week for the robotics community, and several Fairfax County students scored exclusive invitations.

Fairfax County Public Schools has three teams in the FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) World Championships, which kicked off today (Wednesday) at the George R. Brown Convention Center in Houston, Texas.

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Construction on two senior living apartment high-rises in Tysons takes off

By Angela Woolsey
Construction goes vertical on The Mather in Tysons (courtesy of Mather)

(Updated at 6 p.m.) Construction work has moved above ground on a pair of buildings that will bring 300 new apartments for older residents to Tysons.

Vertical construction began earlier this month on The Mather at 7929 Westpark Drive, the senior living provider Mather announced in a news release yesterday (Tuesday).

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Mediterranean restaurant ‘Lezzet,’ a Centreville favorite, opens in Vienna

By Angela Woolsey
Inside Lezzet, a new Mediterranean restaurant in Vienna (staff photo by Angela Woolsey)

Lezzet’s first week in Vienna went down as smoothly as a bite of buttery rice pilaf.

The Centreville-based Mediterranean restaurant has gotten a warm welcome at the Cedar Park Shopping Center (262 Cedar Lane), where its second location opened on April 10, General Manager Burcin Can says.

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Long-awaited Falls Church High School renovation proceeds to construction

By Angela Woolsey
A rendering of the proposed Falls Church High School west entrance (via Perkins Eastman/FCPS)

Falls Church High School is finally going to get some upgrades.

The Fairfax County School Board unanimously approved a $133.6 million contract for the construction firm Grunley Construction Company, Inc. on Thursday (April 14), ensuring that a renovation project that community members have sought for more than a decade will actually happen.

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Two Tysons-based companies ranked among top 10 places to work in U.S.

By Angela Woolsey
Approaching Capital One's headquarters in Tysons (staff photo by Angela Woolsey)

At many businesses, the COVID-19 pandemic has exposed worker frustrations and fueled labor conflicts, but that apparently isn’t the case at two of Tysons’ most prominent employers.

The hospitality giant Hilton and financial corporation Capital One both made the top 10 of Fortune’s 2022 list of the “100 Best Companies to Work for” in the U.S., released on April 11.

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Fairfax Health District’s COVID-19 death toll reaches 1,500 people

By Angela Woolsey
Fairfax Health District COVID-19 cases over the past 26 weeks, as of April 18, 2022 (via VDH)

On March 12, a resident of Fairfax County, or possibly the cities of Fairfax or Falls Church died from COVID-19.

Reported to the Virginia Department of Health within the past week, the most recent confirmed death brings the Fairfax Health District’s death toll from the pandemic up to 1,500 people.

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Vienna man reports armed robbery, possibly by people seen buying guns

By Angela Woolsey
Vienna police SUV (via Vienna Police Department/Facebook)

In a sequence of events that could’ve been ripped out of a pulpy crime thriller, a man in Vienna was reportedly taken for a ride and robbed at gunpoint — potentially by a trio spotted patronizing a local gun shop earlier that day.

Around 2:40 p.m. on April 9, the man was picked up by three men in a vehicle, one of them an acquaintance, at the Giant shopping center (359 Maple Avenue), according to the Vienna Police Department’s recap for the week of April 8-14.

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Firefighters battle apartment blaze in Fair Oaks, sending one to hospital

By Angela Woolsey
Fairfax County Fire and Rescue workers fight an apartment fire in the Fair Oaks area (via FCFRD/Twitter)

Fairfax County firefighters have been working for almost two hours now to extinguish a fire at an apartment in the Fair Oaks area.

Units arrived on the scene in the 4200 block of Mozart Brigade Lane before 11 a.m., the Fairfax County Fire and Rescue Department reported on social media.

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Person rescued from fire at 122-year-old Vienna home on Saturday

By Angela Woolsey
The house at 135 Park Street NE in Vienna after a fire (staff photo by Angela Woolsey)

Vienna was shaken on Saturday (April 16) when a fire tore through a house that has stood in the town for more than a century.

Units from the Fairfax County Fire and Rescue Department were called to the 100 block of Park Street NE around 4:28 a.m. for a house fire.

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UPDATED: Equipment failure caused power outage in Tysons

By Angela Woolsey
Map of Tysons power outage on April 17, 2022 (via Dominion Energy)

Updated at 9:40 a.m. on 4/18/2022 — Power was restored in Tysons overnight. Dominion Energy says yesterday’s outage was caused by a piece of failed equipment.

Earlier: About 2,000 people are currently without power in Tysons.

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