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

Inclusion in WaPo new restaurant ranking caps strong start for Vienna’s Chef Tan

By Angela Woolsey
Inside Chef Tan in Vienna (staff photo by Angela Woolsey)

A Chinese restaurant that generated buzz as soon as it opened in Vienna last year has garnered the attention of the Washington Post.

Elazar Sontag, who took over as the newspaper’s food critic in November following longtime scribe Tom Sietsema’s retirement, has ranked Chef Tan as one of the 10 best new restaurants in the D.C. area.

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Bike to Work Day returning Friday with dozens of Fairfax County pit stops

By Angela Woolsey
Bicyclists on Colts Neck Road in Reston (staff photo by Angela Woolsey)

Fairfax County will join a regionwide celebration of bicycling as an option for commuters this Friday (May 15).

More than two dozen pit stops are planned across the county for Bike to Work Day 2026, offering free T-shirts, snacks and other giveaways to cyclists who pass by on the way to their office or workplace.

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Drone light show to replace fireworks for Fairfax County’s Independence Day celebration

By Angela Woolsey
A U.S. flag against blue sky in Fairfax (staff photo by Angela Woolsey)

Instead of the usual fireworks, a battalion of drones will light up Lake Fairfax Park this summer for the Fairfax County Park Authority’s annual Independence Day celebration.

The park authority is planning its first-ever drone light show to put a unique spin on this year’s festivities in conjunction with the county’s ongoing recognition of the U.S.’s 250th anniversary.

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News

New plan for Scotts Run apartment building in Tysons proposes fewer but larger units

By Angela Woolsey
Renderings of the proposed Scotts Run Johnson Block Building D (courtesy Rushmark Properties)

Plans for an apartment building once slated to open near the McLean Metro station in Tysons in early 2024 are getting revised under a new owner.

Developer Rushmark Properties is seeking tweaks to the design of the residential building — designated as Building D in the Johnson Block of the Scotts Run neighborhood — that would allow fewer but larger units, according to a rezoning application submitted to Fairfax County on Monday (May 11).

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Report: New plan to overhaul Dulles Airport would cost $22B, finish in 2034

By Angela Woolsey
Mobile lounges at Dulles International Airport with the main terminal building in the background (staff photo by Angela Woolsey)

Less than a year after adopting a new master plan for Dulles International Airport, the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority (MWAA) is considering an update that would expand the facility’s main terminal, redesign its concourses and eliminate the polarizing mobile lounges.

Shared with airlines earlier in May, the proposed revitalization plan would cost an estimated $22 billion with an ambitious targeted completion date of 2034, according to the Substack-based newsletter Airport Architecture, which says it obtained an exclusive copy of MWAA’s presentation.

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N. Va. family to launch Iraqi-style shawarma restaurant in Vienna

By Angela Woolsey
The shawarma and Iraqi grill restaurant Mashahweez is coming soon to the former Maru Korean Cuisine and Sushi space in Vienna (staff photo by Angela Woolsey)

A fast-casual restaurant that promises to serve authentic Iraqi grilled cuisine is taking shape in Vienna.

A temporary sign appeared last week announcing that Mashahweez, a new concept from a local father-son team, is “coming soon” to the Vienna Shopping Center at 128 Maple Avenue West.

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Approved Booz Allen office redevelopment will deliver half of Herndon Metro promenade

By Angela Woolsey
View of Bristol Capital and Woodfield Development's planned 575 Herndon Parkway development from the Herndon Metro station (via DCS Design/Town of Herndon)

The Herndon Town Council has approved another piece of development expected to transform the Herndon Metro station area north of the Dulles Toll Road.

The council voted unanimously on April 28 to allow the office building at 575 Herndon Parkway that once housed Booz Allen Hamilton to be redeveloped with a seven-story, 525-unit apartment building.

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Countywide

After voiding of redistricting vote, Fairfax Dems and GOP dig in for midterm battle

By Angela Woolsey
Campaigns both for and against Virginia's redistricting referendum at the Fairfax County Government Center (staff photo by James Cullum)

The Virginia Supreme Court’s nullification on Friday (May 8) of the redistricting referendum narrowly approved by voters last month left local and state-level Democrats reeling.

The Fairfax County Democratic Committee blasted the ruling as “a stunning betrayal” of the majority of Virginia voters — including nearly 70% of Fairfax County voters — who backed the proposed constitutional amendment, which would’ve let the General Assembly implement new Congressional districts drawn to favor Democrats in 10 out of 11 seats.

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Man’s Arlington abduction arrest might trigger more jail time for Reston cases

By Angela Woolsey
Giant Food in Reston's North Point Village Center (via Google Maps)

A man who pleaded guilty to two assaults committed in Reston last year could face additional jail time for those crimes following his arrest last week in Arlington.

Koby Berry, 28, was charged with assault and attempted abduction with the intent to defile by Arlington County police last Thursday (May 7) after he allegedly covered the mouth of a woman and tried to push her further into a bathroom at a Pentagon City shopping center the previous day.

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