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Vienna Police: Two teens charged with shooting fireworks at officers

Published October 8, 2025 at 3:00PM

McDonald's on Maple Avenue in Vienna (via Google Maps)

Vienna police have identified the teens who allegedly set off fireworks during a fight at the local McDonald’s last month.

An 18-year-old girl from Falls Church and an unnamed 16-year-old have been arrested and charged with causing malicious injury to police officers, throwing a missile at an occupied building, and other offenses, the Town of Vienna Police Department (VPD) announced today (Wednesday).

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Taste of NoVA festival moves, Army Ten-Miler at risk as federal shutdown drags on

By Angela Woolsey

Published October 8, 2025 at 10:00AM | Updated October 9, 2025 at 8:42PM

The NOVA Live campus in Manassas (courtesy Taste of NoVA)

Fairfax County is losing Taste of NoVA to Prince William County, a consequence of the federal government shutdown stretching into a second week.

The food festival was set to unfold this weekend (Oct. 11-12) at the National Museum of the U.S. Army in Fort Belvoir, which has been closed since Oct. 1 with all events canceled as long as the shutdown continues.

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Fairfax County takes over troubled homeless shelters, as former operator alleges underfunding

By Angela Woolsey

Published October 8, 2025 at 8:30AM | Updated October 8, 2025 at 9:45AM

Bailey's Shelter and Supportive Housing in Bailey's Crossroads (staff photo by Angela Woolsey)

Fairfax County has cut ties with one of its homeless shelter providers in response to allegations of deteriorating conditions and mismanagement.

The Department of Housing and Community Development’s Office to Prevent and End Homelessness (HCD OPEH) took control of Bailey’s Shelter & Supportive Housing, the Eleanor U. Kennedy Shelter in Fort Belvoir and other programs managed by New Hope Housing at the beginning of October after terminating its contract with the nonprofit on Sept. 30.

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Dogfish Head Alehouse lands Reston spot for Fairfax County return

By Angela Woolsey

Published October 7, 2025 at 10:45AM

Dogfish Head Alehouse breakfast burger and Super Doppio beer (via Dogfish Head Alehouse/Facebook)

Dogfish Head Alehouse is coming back to Fairfax County.

The craft brewery has leased a 7,550-square-foot space in Reston Town Center’s expansion for a new restaurant, its first in Virginia since closing locations in Seven Corners and Greenbriar Town Center two years ago.

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Construction underway on Flats at Tysons condos behind Patsy’s American

By Angela Woolsey

Published October 7, 2025 at 9:15AM | Updated October 7, 2025 at 6:38PM

Construction is underway on the Flats at Tysons condominiums off of Gallows Road (staff photo by Angela Woolsey)

A new condominium development is taking shape in Tysons.

Site work began earlier this fall on the Flats at Tysons, which will replace an office building parking lot at 1953 Gallows Road with 86 one- and two-bedroom residences.

Countywide

FCPS seeks to speed up lawsuit over federal funding freeze

By Angela Woolsey

Published October 7, 2025 at 8:30AM

Fairfax County Public Schools (file photo)

Fairfax County Public Schools is asking an appeals court to accelerate proceedings in its lawsuit over the U.S. Education Department cutting it off from federal funds.

The request filed last Thursday (Oct. 2) came a day after a three-judge panel with the U.S. Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals unanimously denied the school system’s bid to stop the federal government from freezing or canceling any more funds while the case is in court.

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Pedestrian still in hospital after crash near Arrowbrook Centre in Herndon

By Angela Woolsey

Published October 6, 2025 at 2:45PM | Updated October 7, 2025 at 10:48AM

Centreville Road at Woodland Park Crossing in Herndon (via Google Maps)

A man remains hospitalized after being struck by a driver near Arrowbrook Centre in Herndon late last week.

Fairfax County police officers and medics were dispatched around 7:22 p.m. on Friday (Oct. 3) for a crash involving a driver in a 2012 Nissan Versa hitting a pedestrian near the intersection of Centreville Road and Woodland Park Road just south of the Dulles Toll Road.

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County launches update of 20-year plan for Franconia-Springfield area

By Angela Woolsey

Published October 6, 2025 at 11:45AM | Updated October 7, 2025 at 9:47AM

A gateway sign for Springfield on the Old Keene Mill Road pedestrian bridge (staff photo by Angela Woolsey)

Fairfax County is revisiting its vision for downtown Springfield in the hopes of adapting it to a new era.

The county’s Department of Planning and Development will formally kick off its Franconia-Springfield Planning Study with a virtual community meeting tomorrow (Tuesday) at 7 p.m. Interested members of the public must register to receive a link to the Zoom meeting.

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Global HR software company to trade Tysons office for Reston

By Angela Woolsey

Published October 6, 2025 at 10:00AM

The office building at 1818 Library Street in Reston Town Center (courtesy BXP)

A company that helps thousands of companies around the world manage their personnel and finances is planning a move westward along the Silver Line corridor.

Workday will relocate its existing office in Tysons to Reston Town Center, where it has signed a lease for all of the eighth and ninth floors at 1818 Library Street, property owner and developer BXP announced last Thursday (Oct. 2).

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FCPS celebrates progress on solar panel, electric bus initiatives, even as federal support fades

By Angela Woolsey

Published October 3, 2025 at 8:30AM

Langley High School student Shriya Gubbi speaks at a Sun Day event celebrating clean energy outside James Madison High School in Vienna (photo by Scott Peterson)

Half a decade after Fairfax County launched a solar panel initiative touted as the largest in Virginia to date, the first major installation at a public school is nearing completion.

Rooftop solar panels have been under construction at Olde Creek Elementary School (9524 Old Creek Drive) since Aug. 1 and are on track to become fully operational by Oct. 13, according to Fairfax County Public Schools.