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

Fairfax County Carnival and Fair brings summer fun for 75th year this week

By Angela Woolsey
Visitors leaving the Fairfax County Carnival and Fair (via Fairfax County Park Authority/Facebook)

Carnival rides, farm animals, live entertainment and more will mingle at Frying Pan Farm Park this week for the 75th annual Fairfax County Carnival and Fair.

Organized by Fairfax County 4-H and the Fairfax County Park Authority, the festivities at 2709 West Ox Road in the Herndon area will kick off this Thursday (July 31), with the carnival rides and games operating from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m.

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JUST IN: Fairfax realtor charged with inappropriately touching children

By Angela Woolsey
Christopher Dudley of Fairfax (courtesy FCPD)

A prominent real estate agent based in Tysons has been arrested after investigators learned about multiple allegations of him inappropriately touching children, Fairfax County police say.

Detectives began investigating Christopher Dudley, a 46-year-old man living in the Fairfax area, after Fairfax County Child Protective Services received a referral for a child who was reportedly “inappropriately touched by an adult male,” according to the Fairfax County Police Department.

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French-inspired bakery and cafe to open soon on Leesburg Pike

By Jared Serre and Angela Woolsey
De Ma Vie is coming to 7787 Leesburg Pike in Idylwood (staff photo by Jared Serre)

Idylwood will soon welcome a French bakery and cafe.

Construction permits have been filed for De Ma Vie, a new venture that will take over the first floor of the commercial building at 7787 Leesburg Pike.

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Private school for special-needs students coming to Reston this summer

By Angela Woolsey
Sign for Isaac Newton Square in Reston (staff photo by Angela Woolsey)

A Virginia private school that serves students with autism and other behavioral health needs is relocating from Loudoun County to Reston.

Rivermont Schools announced last Wednesday (July 23) that its Sterling campus at 45305 Catalina Court will move next month to a new facility at 11411 Isaac Newton Square South. The buildout is expected to finish in August, in time for the start of the 2025-2026 school year.

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Dramatic transformation underway at Tysons’ 1st Stage theater

By Angela Woolsey
Welcome banner at the entrance to 1st Stage theater in Tysons (staff photo by Angela Woolsey)

For its next act, 1st Stage Theatre in Tysons will get a major face-lift.

The nonprofit theater company is in the midst of a three-year campaign to raise $4 million that will be used to upgrade its home in the Spring Hill Business Center (1524 Spring Hill Road), increase staff pay, expand programming and more.

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Driver killed in tractor-trailer crash on Fairfax County Parkway in Burke

By Angela Woolsey
Northbound Fairfax County Parkway is closed at Burke Lake Road after a fatal crash (via Google Maps)

A man was killed in a single-vehicle crash on Fairfax County Parkway in Burke earlier this afternoon (Friday).

Officers were dispatched to Fairfax County Parkway at Old Keene Mill Road around 4:09 p.m. for a tractor-trailer that had flipped over, according to scanner traffic.

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Countywide

Education Department tells FCPS to rescind transgender-inclusive policies

By Angela Woolsey
A community member waves an LGBTQ pride flag at the rally protesting Virginia's model policies on transgender students (staff photo by Jay Westcott)

The U.S. Department of Education is pushing several Northern Virginia school districts, including Fairfax County Public Schools, to roll back their policies intended to support transgender students.

The Education Department’s Office for Civil Rights (OCR) announced today (Friday) that it has found FCPS and its counterparts in Arlington, Alexandria, Prince William and Loudoun in violation of Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, arguing that letting students use bathrooms and other facilities consistent with their gender identity constitutes discrimination on the basis of sex.

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Police: Armed man robs woman in Tysons, as boyfriend’s home is burglarized

By Angela Woolsey
Police respond to robbery at Plateau Drive home in Fairfax (photo by Phil Foss)

A man has been arrested for a home burglary in the Fair Oaks area that appears to be connected to an armed robbery at a Tysons parking garage.

Police officers were first dispatched to the office building at 8605 Westwood Center Drive around 9:07 a.m. on Wednesday (July 23) for a reported robbery, according to scanner traffic.

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As spotted lanternflies multiply, Fairfax urges residents to ‘smash on sight’

By Angela Woolsey
Close-up on a spotted lanternfly on an asphalt road in Vienna (staff photo by Angela Woolsey)

Spotted lanternflies are booming in Fairfax County.

Primarily concentrated in the western part of the county just a couple of years ago, the invasive pest can now be seen throughout Fairfax and the D.C. region. Sightings have also been reported this summer in Arlington, Falls Church and the District.

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Traffic Alert: Paving work closes lanes on Old Dominion Drive in McLean

By Angela Woolsey
Lanes closed on Old Dominion Drive for repaving (staff photo by Vernon Miles)

Commuters might want to think twice before braving Old Dominion Drive in McLean this afternoon (Thursday).

The road is undergoing paving work today, requiring alternating lane closures for both west and eastbound traffic from Briar Ridge Road near the Chesterbrook Shopping Center past Little Falls Road in Arlington County.

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