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Construction begins on new ramps at GW Parkway and Route 123 in McLean

Published August 11, 2025 at 8:30AM

The existing ramps between the southbound GW Parkway and westbound Route 123 are being demolished and replaced (via National Park Service)

Construction is getting underway on a partial revamp of the George Washington Memorial Parkway and Route 123 (Dolley Madison Blvd) interchange in McLean.

The ramps that connect southbound GW Parkway to westbound Route 123 and vice versa has closed starting today (Monday) so that work can begin on two new ramps, the National Park Service (NPS) announced last week.

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Capital Bikeshare expands to Herndon area, Huntington Metro station

By Angela Woolsey

Published August 8, 2025 at 2:45PM

A Capital Bikeshare station at the West Falls Church Metro station (file photo)

Capital Bikeshare is finally arriving in the Herndon and Huntington areas.

The bicycle-sharing service operated by Lyft is rolling out 10 new docking stations around the Innovation Center and Huntington Metro stations earlier this month, years after they were initially proposed.

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Housing proposal continues push to redevelop challenged Woodland Park offices near Herndon

By Angela Woolsey

Published August 8, 2025 at 10:00AM

The Parkline at Woodland Park development could include a multifamily residential building (via Gordon/Fairfax County)

A D.C.-based real estate firm is looking to redevelop more of the office buildings in McNair’s Woodland Park area just south of Herndon with housing.

The Parkline at Woodland Park neighborhood would replace three “underperforming” office buildings at 2291 Wood Oak Drive with “much-needed opportunities for homeownership,” a legal representative for the Pinkard Group said in a July 30 statement to Fairfax County.

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Sundance clothing chain started by Robert Redford to close all stores

By Angela Woolsey

Published August 8, 2025 at 9:15AM

Sundance Living at the Mosaic District in Merrifield (staff photo by Angela Woolsey)

The credits will soon start rolling on Sundance Living, though its fate won’t be as flashy as the one that awaited the heroes of its namesake movie.

Apparently shutting down for good, the apparel and home decor chain founded by actor and director Robert Redford is holding closing sales online and at all its physical stores, including the lone Virginia location at the Mosaic District (2910 District Avenue, Suite 140) in Merrifield.

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Reston Cardboard Boat Regatta set for Lake Anne return this weekend

By Angela Woolsey

Published August 7, 2025 at 2:45PM

A team sets out from the Lake Anne Plaza dock for the 2024 Cardboard Boat Regatta (courtesy Reston Museum)

Reston’s annual cardboard boat race is set to make a splash this weekend.

The Cardboard Boat Regatta will return to the waters of Lake Anne on Saturday (Aug. 9) for a friendly competition to raise money for the Reston Museum, the nonprofit that organizes the event.

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Multiple people injured as high-speed police chase ends in crash off I-395

By Angela Woolsey

Published August 7, 2025 at 10:15AM | Updated August 8, 2025 at 12:25AM

State police and Fairfax County's fire department respond to a crash off I-395 at Edsall Road (via Dave Statter/Bluesky)

A Henrico man is facing charges after allegedly leading police on a high-speed chase last night (Wednesday) that concluded with a crash off of I-395 in Lincolnia.

According to the Virginia State Police, a trooper attempted to stop the driver of a Honda sedan who was travelling north “at a high rate of speed” on I-95 near Prince William Parkway in Woodbridge around 10:29 p.m. yesterday. When the driver didn’t stop, the trooper initiated a pursuit.

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Whole Foods Market opens new, larger store in Reston

By Angela Woolsey

Published August 7, 2025 at 9:15AM

The produce section at Whole Foods in Reston (courtesy Whole Foods Market)

After a mere three-day absence, Whole Foods Market is back open in Reston.

The grocery store welcomed customers to its new, larger location at the Spectrum at Reston Town Center yesterday (Wednesday), offering complimentary coffee and snacks from Manassas-based Café Kreyol and Maryland’s Whisked by Jenna.

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Family-owned bakery resurrected in Vienna with new Mediterranean focus

By Angela Woolsey

Published August 6, 2025 at 2:45PM | Updated August 7, 2025 at 2:29PM

Inside Silva and Son (staff photo by Angela Woolsey)

Silva Sarkees and her son, Harry Sarkees, are back in business in Vienna.

A half-decade after closing Silva’s Patisserie, the culinary duo reintroduced themselves to their longtime hometown in early July with the aptly named Silva & Son, a new bakery that serves Mediterranean sandwiches, salads and dips as well as bread and pastries.

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Fairfax County no longer named a ‘sanctuary jurisdiction’ by Trump administration

By Angela Woolsey and Associated Press

Published August 6, 2025 at 1:45PM | Updated August 6, 2025 at 2:27PM

A member of the clergy with New Sanctuary Coalition enters an immigration courtroom as federal agents wait outside on Tuesday, July 8, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Olga Fedorova)

The Trump administration has released a new list of localities and states it considers “sanctuary jurisdictions,” and Fairfax County is no longer on it.

The Justice Department identified some three dozen states, cities and counties as so-called sanctuary jurisdictions on Tuesday (Aug. 5), two months after the federal government quietly removed a much longer list that included many localities that support the Trump administration’s hard-line immigration policies.

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Military weapons and vehicles maker to establish new U.S. hub in Merrifield

By Angela Woolsey

Published August 6, 2025 at 10:00AM

The Metro Place II office building at 2600 Park Tower Drive in Merrifield (staff photo by Angela Woolsey

A defense contractor that manufactures weapons, armored vehicles, and other military systems is setting up a new base in Merrifield.

Two U.S. subsidiaries of the German company Rheinmetall have leased nearly 10,000 square feet of office space at Metro Place II (2600 Park Tower Drive) in Merrifield, the Fairfax County Economic Development Authority (FCEDA) announced yesterday (Tuesday).