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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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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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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