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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Metro unveils possible new train designs for public vote

By Angela Woolsey
Proposed exterior design options for Metro's upcoming 8000-series rail cars (via WMATA)

While regional leaders continue to discuss a path forward for funding transit, Metro is turning to the public for help on deciding a look for its newest trains.

The Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA) unveiled three options today (Monday) for the exterior design of its incoming 8000-series rail fleet, which is expected to arrive next year.

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Local granola baker ready to unveil new, expanded shop in Reston

By Angela Woolsey
Inside the new, expanded Dano's Granola in Reston (courtesy Dano's Granola)

The local baker behind Dano’s Granola can now, once again, call Reston her personal and professional home.

Relocating from Chantilly, the snack business will officially unveil its new retail shop and production space at 11495 Sunset Hills Road, Suite 105, with a grand opening and ribbon-cutting ceremony at noon on Sept. 6, owner and founder Dania Abimourched says.

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Food hall launches in Tysons with bakery, rainbow soup dumplings

By Angela Woolsey
Luna Hall Tysons is now open at 8201 Greensboro Drive (staff photo by Angela Woolsey)

Last week was a busy one in the D.C. area for Tous les Jours. A day after soft-launching at Reston Row, the bakery chain began serving its signature French pastries and bread in Tysons.

The Tysons franchise opened Friday (Aug. 15) alongside Dumpling District in the first Virginia site of area restauranteur Zong Chen’s Luna Hall, a food hall that launched in D.C.’s Chinatown in 2023 and can now also be found in Wheaton and Ellicott City in Maryland.

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BREAKING: FCPS rejects Trump administration demand that it scrap trans-inclusive policies

By Angela Woolsey
A Trans Day of Visibility rally outside a school board meeting at Luther Jackson Middle School (staff photo by Vernon Miles)

Fairfax County Public Schools is joining its counterparts across Northern Virginia in rejecting the Trump administration’s demands that it rescind policies supporting transgender and gender-nonconforming students.

In a message to FCPS staff and families, Superintendent Michelle Reid says she has sent a response to the Education Department’s Office for Civil Rights (OCR) defending the school system’s policies as consistent with existing state and federal law, requesting that the federal government pause any further action until the issue is “clarified” by the courts.

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Walkinshaw and Whitson to face off in second candidate forum next week

By Angela Woolsey
James Walkinshaw and Stewart Whitson (staff photos by Jared Serre)

Fairfax County voters will have a second chance on Monday (Aug. 18) to hear from the two men vying to succeed the late Gerry Connolly as Virginia’s 11th Congressional District representative.

Braddock District Supervisor James Walkinshaw, the Democratic nominee, and former FBI agent Stewart Whitson, the Republican nominee, will both participate in a candidate forum at 8 p.m. organized by the League of Women Voters of the Fairfax Area, a nonpartisan group that advocates for voting rights and civic participation.

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FCPD: Herndon private school teacher fired, arrested in child solicitation sting operation

By Angela Woolsey
Fairfax County police car close-up (file photo)

An Ashburn man who taught at a private school in the Herndon area has been arrested for child solicitation, among other charges, after allegedly interacting online with detectives he believed were minors.

According to the Fairfax County Police Department, David Mark Sabin, 38, contacted an undercover detective who was posing as a 14-year-old online in July.

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Woof Gang pet store to bound into Pimmit Hills shopping center

By Angela Woolsey
Dogs at the checkout counter and on a grooming table at Woof Gang Bakery and Grooming at Belmont Chase in Ashburn (photo by Felipe Freire)

Falls Church-area residents will soon have a new place to pamper their pets with both sweet treats and spa-like treatments.

The Miami-based chain Woof Gang Bakery & Grooming is working on a new location at the Tysons Station shopping center in Pimmit Hills, filling a 1,518-square-floor space at 7504 Leesburg Pike.

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Reston pool season wraps up with return of dog paddles

By Angela Woolsey
Reston Association's annual Dog Paddle events are returning (via Reston Association)

The dog days of summer have arrived, and they’re about to get more literal in Reston.

As is tradition, Reston Association (RA) is bringing back its annual Dog Paddle series to close out the 2025 aquatics season, which began on May 10 and will conclude on Sept. 21.

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Family of pedestrian killed in Lincolnia crash seeks help with funeral costs

By Angela Woolsey
Eastbound Little River Turnpike at Beauregard Street in Lincolnia (via Google Maps)

The family of an Alexandria man who was killed in a crash on Little River Turnpike earlier this month has launched an online fundraiser to help with the funeral costs.

Angel Benito Matom Velasco, 19, was walking in the road’s eastbound lanes past the Beauregard Street intersection in Lincolnia shortly after midnight on Aug. 1 when he was hit by the driver of a 2003 Lincoln Town Car, the Fairfax County Police Department says.

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Youngkin tells police to investigate FCPS over abortion assistance allegations

By Angela Woolsey
Gov. Glenn Youngkin at a rally in Vienna (staff photo by Vernon Miles)

Allegations that Fairfax County Public Schools employees helped students obtain abortions without their parents’ consent have drawn Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin’s attention after circulating for days on right-wing media.

The Republican governor directed the Virginia State Police yesterday (Wednesday) to open a criminal investigation into FCPS based on the report, which was originally published in the Substack-based newsletter WC Dispatch.

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