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.

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Herndon seeks input on plan that aims to eliminate traffic deaths

By Angela Woolsey
Elden Street at the Grace Street intersection in Herndon (staff photo by Angela Woolsey)

The Town of Herndon is turning to the public for assistance with identifying the most hazardous spots on its roadways.

Feedback collected through an online survey and other avenues will help shape the town’s new Roadway Safety Action Plan, an initiative that aims to eliminate traffic deaths and drastically reduce serious injuries resulting from crashes over the next decade.

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Commanders rename training facility after Tysons AI tech contractor

By Angela Woolsey
Rendering of the newly named BigBear.ai Performance Center training bubble (courtesy Washington Commanders)

Though it’s not going to host their new stadium, Fairfax County continues to put its stamp on the Washington Commanders.

D.C.’s NFL team has granted the naming rights to its training facility in Ashburn to BigBear.ai, a Tysons-based contractor that develops artificial intelligence technology.

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Police make arrests in repeated thefts at Reston Home Depot

By Angela Woolsey
Home Depot in Reston (staff photo by Angela Woolsey)

Home Depot in Reston has been the target of several shoplifting incidents this summer, and Fairfax County police believe they’ve identified the culprits.

Over the past month, the Fairfax County Police Department has arrested and charged seven people allegedly belonging to an “organized retail theft crew” that stole over $20,000 in merchandise across multiple occasions from the home improvement store at 1651 Reston Parkway.

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Around Town

Ax dodging, craft brews await at new games and dining venue in Tysons

By Angela Woolsey
Doors to game rooms at Level99 in Tysons (staff photo by Angela Woolsey)

Getting axed will take on a more literal yet more enjoyable meaning in Tysons next week with the arrival of Level99.

Ax Run, where players race along a narrow beam while dodging swinging foam axes, is one of 53 games that will test patrons’ physical and mental agility when the unique entertainment venue opens at Tysons Corner Center on Monday (Aug. 25).

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Measles confirmed in another Dulles Airport traveler, as U.S. cases surge

By Angela Woolsey
Dulles Airport main terminal (staff photo by Angela Woolsey)

Another case of measles has been confirmed in a person who traveled through Dulles International Airport last week, state health officials say.

The individual is a resident of another state, but they passed through the airport during the afternoon of Aug. 12, potentially exposing other travelers and workers, the Virginia Department of Health (VDH) announced today (Wednesday).

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Countywide

Trump administration moves to cut off funding for FCPS, punishing support for transgender students

By Angela Woolsey
Students hold trans rights and LGBTQ Pride flag signs at a rally protesting Virginia's model policies on transgender students outside Luther Jackson Middle School (staff photo by Jay Westcott)

The Trump administration appears to be following through on its threat to withhold federal funds from public schools in Northern Virginia after they refused to roll back policies that support transgender and gender non-conforming students.

The U.S. Education Department announced yesterday (Tuesday) that it has placed Fairfax County Public Schools and the school systems in Arlington, Alexandria, Prince William and Loudoun on “high-risk status,” a move that it claims lets it attach specific conditions for releasing funding.

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Reston artist to cultivate ‘Weeds and Seeds’ exhibit at Lake Anne gallery

By Angela Woolsey
Artist Jennifer Duncan works on a painting for her new Reston Art Gallery and Studios exhibit "Weeds and Seeds" (courtesy Jennifer Duncan)

Reston Art Gallery and Studios will be overtaken by weeds next month — an intrusion that, in this case, will be enthusiastically welcomed.

The gallery at Lake Anne Plaza (11400 Washington Plaza West) announced today (Tuesday) that it will host a new exhibit titled “Weeds & Seeds: Observed Motifs” from local visual artist Jennifer Duncan from Sept. 6-28.

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JUST IN: Tysons media company to be acquired in $6.2 billion deal

By Angela Woolsey and Associated Press
The Boro office buildings in Tysons, where Tegna has its headquarters (staff photo by Angela Woolsey)

A national TV broadcast company based in Tysons could soon be subsumed into a rival.

Tegna, which became the first tenant to move into Boro Tower in 2019, announced today (Tuesday) that it has entered into a $6.2 billion agreement to be acquired by Nexstar Media Group, a media company whose local holdings include the CW affiliate DC News Now and the online political news outlet The Hill.

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VHC Health prepares to demolish West Falls Church retail center

By Angela Woolsey
Graham Center in West Falls Church has been fenced off ahead of demolition (staff photo by Angela Woolsey)

Graham Center has officially closed after seven decades of hosting small, often immigrant-owned businesses.

The shop windows at the West Falls Church strip mall are now boarded up, and a chain-link fence covered with black windscreens surrounds the property, complete with “No trespassing” signs.

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Donatos Pizza circles Reston area for return to Fairfax County

By Angela Woolsey
BBQ and buffalo chicken pizzas from the Ohio-based chain Donatos Pizza (via Donatos Pizza/Facebook)

An Ohio pizza chain is plotting a comeback years after mostly bowing out of Fairfax County.

Donatos Pizza announced earlier this month that it’s planning an “ambitious” expansion in the D.C. area, starting with restaurants in Reston, Herndon and Ashburn.

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