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Piazza at Tysons development embraced as potential Route 7 game-changer

Published October 28, 2025 at 9:15AM | Updated October 28, 2025 at 10:18AM

A rendering of The Cube and Piazza Lawn in Piazza at Tysons from Spring Hill Road (via WDG Architecture)

A mixed-use development that could transform a corner of Tysons West sailed through the Fairfax County Planning Commission last week after more than five years of review.

All of the commissioners present for the Oct. 22 public hearing recommended that the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors approve a conceptual development plan for the Piazza at Tysons, which would replace a gas station and the Tysons 3 shopping center near the Spring Hill Metro station with housing, office, over 2 acres of park space and, potentially, a public arts and culture center.

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Upcoming bistro Town seeks to energize McLean dining scene

By Angela Woolsey

Published October 27, 2025 at 2:45PM

Town, a new American restaurant, is coming to 6671 Old Dominion Drive in McLean (staff photo by Angela Woolsey)

A new restaurant is taking shape in McLean, one that its owners hope will give local residents a reason to dine in town instead of driving down Route 123 into Tysons.

Described on its Instagram page as an “American neighborhood bistro,” Town will join forces with the recently relocated Moby Dick House of Kabob to revitalize a retail center on Old Dominion Drive left dormant by Café Oggi’s closure in early 2022.

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Lake Anne residents still awaiting clarity after cooling service shuts down

By Angela Woolsey

Published October 27, 2025 at 1:45PM

The fountain at Lake Anne in Reston (staff photo)

Two weeks after Reston RELAC announced it will cease operations, Lake Anne residents who have relied on the cooling service for decades are still looking for clearer guidance on how to prepare for next summer.

After informing customers, the owners of the utility, known formally as the Reston Lake Anne Air Conditioning Corporation, sent a letter to Reston Association Chief Operating Officer Peter Lusk earlier this month stating that they “will no longer provide chilled water service,” co-owner Mark Waddell said in an Oct. 19 update.

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Four Fairfax County restaurants ranked among 10 best in Northern Virginia

By Angela Woolsey

Published October 27, 2025 at 9:15AM

A plate of sushi from Modan in Tysons (staff photo by Angela Woolsey)

Fairview Park’s 2941 Restaurant is back on top in Northern Virginia Magazine’s annual list of the region’s 50 best restaurants.

After dropping to second last year, the West Falls Church-area restaurant returned to the no. 1 spot for 2025, a feat it has now managed in three of the past five years. Both times it missed (in 2024 and 2022), 2941 was bested by The Restaurant at Patowmack Farm in Lovettsville, which closed its doors for good at the end of August.

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Police charge juvenile with fatally shooting Herndon HS student

By Angela Woolsey

Published October 27, 2025 at 8:30AM

Fairfax County police car close-up (file photo)

The suspect behind a recent shooting in the Herndon area that killed a student from Herndon High School is also a juvenile, Fairfax County police say.

The unnamed “juvenile male suspect” has been charged with second degree murder, using a firearm in the commission of a felony and shooting from a vehicle, the Fairfax County Police Department announced on Saturday (Oct. 25).

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DEVELOPING: Herndon police seek multiple people in teen stabbing

By Angela Woolsey

Published October 24, 2025 at 5:40PM

A Town of Herndon Police Department vehicle (staff photo by Angela Woolsey)

A teen was stabbed reportedly by multiple people at a residence in Herndon this afternoon (Friday).

Police officers were dispatched to the 600 block of Center Street around 3:32 p.m. after a woman reported that her 15-year-old son had been “stabbed in the chest” by three people, according to scanner traffic.

Countywide

JUST IN: Frost Advisory issued for D.C. region

By Angela Woolsey

Published October 24, 2025 at 1:15PM | Updated October 24, 2025 at 1:43PM

Dusting of ice on a backyard wood railing (staff photo by Angela Woolsey)

A Frost Advisory has been issued for Fairfax County, signaling an end to the mild weather that the D.C. region has seen so far this fall.

The advisory will be in effect from 2 to 9 a.m. tomorrow (Saturday), with temperatures expected to dip as low as 33 degrees, according to the National Weather Service.

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Residents welcome long-awaited pedestrian beacon on Edsall Road

By Angela Woolsey

Published October 24, 2025 at 10:00AM

Pedestrian flashing beacons have been installed at the crosswalk on Edsall Road outside the Bren Pointe neighborhood (photo by Brian Sterling)

Years of advocacy have paid off for residents in Lincolnia’s Bren Mar area with the recent addition of flashing pedestrian beacons at a key intersection.

An estimated 50 to 60 community members gathered last Saturday (Oct. 18) to officially celebrate the beacons’ installation at a crosswalk on Edsall Road that connects dozens of homes to the Bren Mar swimming pool and tennis courts as well as Fairfax County’s Bren Mar Park.

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Shutdown threatens SNAP funding for thousands of Fairfax residents

By Angela Woolsey

Published October 24, 2025 at 8:30AM

A community member picks out food at Food for Others' new market (staff photo by Angela Woolsey)

Affording groceries, already a challenge for many households in the D.C. region, could become an even greater obstacle next month for thousands of Fairfax County residents with the suspension of federal food benefits.

The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, also known as SNAP, is expected to pause payments at the end of next week unless Congress and President Donald Trump resolve the budget standoff that has closed the federal government since Oct. 1.

Around Town

South Block to give out free bowls at Reston grand opening

By Angela Woolsey

Published October 23, 2025 at 2:45PM | Updated October 23, 2025 at 4:03PM

South Block took over the former Robeks storefront at Spectrum at Reston Town Center (staff photo by Angela Woolsey)

South Block is ready to make its Reston debut, just a few months after confirming the planned expansion.

The Northern Virginia smoothie chain will celebrate its grand opening at 1835 Fountain Drive in the Spectrum at Reston Town Center this Saturday (Oct. 25) with free food, a banana costume contest, giveaways and a live DJ.