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

These Fairfax restaurants are finalists for the 2025 RAMMYS Awards

By Angela Woolsey
Stellina Pizzeria at Capital One Center in Tysons (staff photo by Angela Woolsey)

The list of top contenders for the 2025 RAMMYS Awards is here, and it includes a few nods to the dining scene in Fairfax County, particularly in Tysons.

Among the five finalists for Upscale Casual Restaurant of the Year is Ometeo, which was eligible for the Restaurant Association Metropolitan Washington’s (RAMW) annual awards for the first time after opening at Capital One Center (1640 Capital One Drive) in Tysons in December 2023.

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Tysons Community Alliance turns to tax district for transportation project funding

By Angela Woolsey
A Tysons Community Alliance sign outside the Spring Hill Metro station (staff photo by Angela Woolsey)

In the future, a share of tax revenue generated by the Tysons Transportation Service District could go to transportation-related projects shepherded by the Tysons Community Alliance (TCA), including ones on private property.

The district’s advisory board voted last Wednesday (April 9) to recommend that $1 million be allocated to the TCA for fiscal year 2026 to support its work to close gaps in the Tysons transportation network, reduce traffic from single-occupant vehicles, and boost public awareness and engagement.

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Potential Reston developers face mostly distrustful community at packed meeting

By Angela Woolsey
A full house at Langston Hughes Middle School for Fairfax County's community meeting on Site-Specific Plan Amendment proposals in Reston (staff photo by Angela Woolsey)

Three proposals for future development in Reston were mostly greeted with varying degrees of skepticism by community members who crowded into the cafeteria at Langston Hughes Middle School (11401 Ridge Heights Road) last Monday (April 7).

Drawing an estimated 350 to 400 attendees, the meeting was one of three held by Fairfax County planning staff over the past two weeks to gather feedback on 11 different pitches for changes to land use guidance in the Reston Comprehensive Plan.

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NEW: Closing date set for Vienna’s Patrick Henry Library

By Angela Woolsey
Patrick Henry Library checkout desk (staff photo by Angela Woolsey)

Vienna residents officially have less than a month to check out books and other materials from Patrick Henry Library before it closes for a long-anticipated renovation.

The branch’s last day of service at 101 Maple Avenue East will be Friday, May 9, though any materials on hold will need to be picked up by May 6. Fairfax County Public Library (FCPL) finalized the date after providing an update to its Board of Trustees on Wednesday (April 9).

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Celebration planned for Idylwood’s recently finished Ruckstuhl Park

By Angela Woolsey
Ruckstuhl Park, now open in Idylwood, was funded by a 2020 Fairfax County Park Authority bond referendum (staff photo by Angela Woolsey)

The Fairfax County Park Authority (FCPA) plans to throw a party next month celebrating the latest addition to its system.

After more than a year of construction, the trails, play area and fitness zone at Idylwood’s new Ruckstuhl Park are now open to community members.

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Padel tennis courts proposed on Tysons parking lot awaiting development

By Angela Woolsey
Rendering of Epic Padel's proposed courts at Greensboro Park in Tysons (via Epic Padel/Fairfax County)

A Tysons parking lot that has been slated for development for over a decade now could finally see some activity of the recreational variety instead.

The Arlington-based sports company Epic Padel is proposing to build six temporary padel tennis courts on surface parking for the Greensboro Park offices at 8200 Greensboro Drive, according to a rezoning application submitted to Fairfax County last Friday (April 4).

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Wendy’s celebrates reopening in Herndon with free food offer

By Angela Woolsey
The newly remodeled Wendy's in Herndon (courtesy Flynn Group)

Wendy’s is back up and running in Herndon.

The fast-food chain temporarily shuttered its restaurant at 2160 Centreville Road, just outside town limits, late last year for a remodeling. After welcoming customers back on March 23, Wendy’s will celebrate its return with a grand reopening celebration this Saturday (April 12).

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Union battle to represent Fairfax County government workers heads to court

By Angela Woolsey
SEIU Virginia 512 and other unions rally in support of collective bargaining for Fairfax County government workers on Oct. 5, 2021 (staff photo by Jay Westcott)

More than three years after Fairfax County leaders authorized collective bargaining, a majority of the county government’s workers have yet to choose a representative for future contract negotiations.

That could soon change, as one established union gears up for a potential election this month, while a challenger turns to the courts in an effort to halt the vote.

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Reston resident sentenced to prison for downloading child porn

By Angela Woolsey
The Albert V. Bryan U.S. Courthouse in Alexandria (staff photo by Angela Woolsey)

A man stationed at the German military’s outpost in Reston will serve more than six years in prison after pleading guilty to downloading thousands of images and videos of child pornography, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Virginia says.

Peter Markus Kuttke, a 49-year-old German national who lives in Reston, was indicted by a grand jury on Nov. 7, 2024 on one count of receiving child pornography, according to court records.

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Pedestrian struck by SUV driver in February has died, FCPD says

By Angela Woolsey
Fairfax County police logo (file photo)

Fairfax County police are investigating an SUV crash that killed a pedestrian in February but was previously not publicly reported.

Officers were dispatched to the intersection of Centreville Road and Parcher Avenue in the Hutchinson area just outside the Town of Herndon at 2:55 p.m. on Feb. 14 for a crash involving a pedestrian, the Fairfax County Police Department said in a news release today (Wednesday).

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