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

Report: The Block food hall to close in Annandale ahead of redevelopment

By Angela Woolsey
The Block in Annandale (staff photo by Angela Woolsey)

A popular, Asian-focused food hall and other businesses in Annandale’s Eastgate Shopping Center will be required to close or relocate by the end of this summer.

According to Annandale Today, property owner Brian Kim has given The Block, Kimen Ramen & Izakaya and several other retail tenants until Aug. 30 to vacate the strip mall, which is slated for partial demolition to make way for an apartment building.

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Countywide

UPDATED: Fairfax school board revises policy for phasing in boundary changes

By Angela Woolsey
An interactive map showing draft scenarios for Fairfax County Public Schools' 2024-2026 boundary review (via FCPS)

As Fairfax County Public Schools continues to work through a sweeping redistricting process, the school board decided to revisit its policy on how the upcoming changes will be implemented.

Led by Mason District Representative Ricardy Anderson, the Fairfax County School Board voted unanimously this Thursday (July 17) to revise the phasing policy that guides which students are affected by boundary adjustments.

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Vienna’s temporary library set to open next week

By Angela Woolsey
A temporary library for Vienna is under construction at the Cedar Park Shopping Center (staff photo by Angela Woolsey)

A new library is taking shape in Vienna, though services in the town will remain limited.

Fairfax County Public Library will open a temporary branch in the Cedar Park Shopping Center next Monday, July 21, about a month later than originally anticipated as a result of some permitting delays.

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Developer proposes dozens of townhouses in Reston’s Isaac Newton Square

By Angela Woolsey
Isaac Newton Square development plan for blocks N1, N3 and W3 (via LandDesign/Fairfax County)

A developer is finalizing plans for more housing in Isaac Newton Square, though construction on a previously approved residential building has yet to begin.

Tri Pointe Homes, the builder behind the new townhouses under construction at Lake Anne, hopes to construct up to 143 townhomes across three blocks of Isaac Newton Square, an office park in Reston that has been slated for an extensive, mixed-use redevelopment since 2019.

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News

UPDATED: Hikers rescued from rising water at Scott’s Run Nature Preserve

By Angela Woolsey
Traffic backed up on I-495 to Georgetown Pike during storm (via VDOT traffic camera)

The Fairfax County Fire and Rescue Department has rescued a group of hikers who got stuck at Scott’s Run Nature Preserve during the storm that just passed through Northern Virginia.

According to scanner traffic, rescue and swift water rescue units were dispatched to the park off of Georgetown Pike around 6:23 p.m., as a thunderstorm dropped a deluge of rain on northern Fairfax County.

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Reston Association dives into reviews of swimming pool facility conditions

By Angela Woolsey
Reston Association's Lake Audubon pool house in the fall (staff photo by Angela Woolsey)

Reston Association is reviewing the state of its many recreational facilities, and so far, it’s encouraged by the results.

An initial conditions assessment completed in May found that the five oldest swimming pools all need varying levels of maintenance or repair work, but none of them have deteriorated to the point where they need to be fully replaced.

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Around Town

Peppa Pig experience and more coming to Tysons Corner Center

By Angela Woolsey
Sign announcing Peppa Pig x Camp is coming to Tysons Corner Center (staff photo by Angela Woolsey)

A few months after saying goodbye to the world of “Encanto,” the toy store Camp will welcome Peppa Pig to its Tysons Corner Center location.

A celebration of the popular British children’s TV show, the new themed experience is set to make its debut in Tysons on July 25, staying for a limited time before moving to one of Camp’s eight other retail stores.

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Driver ran through red light in fatal Fair Lakes crash, police say

By Angela Woolsey
Monument Drive at the on-ramp to Fairfax County Parkway in Fair Lakes (via Google Maps)

A driver was killed on Friday (July 11) after another motorist apparently ran a red light on Monument Drive and crashed into his car, police say.

Officers were dispatched to the two-vehicle crash at the Fairfax County Parkway intersection near Fair Lakes around 1:22 p.m., according to the Fairfax County Police Department.

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UPDATED: Herndon sues Comstock, demanding return of downtown redevelopment site

By Angela Woolsey
A sign showing the concept plan for Comstock's downtown Herndon redevelopment project (staff photo by Angela Woolsey)

Herndon is officially taking legal action against Comstock Companies after the developer backed out of its long-stalled downtown redevelopment project last year.

The town filed a lawsuit in Fairfax County Circuit Court this afternoon (Friday) demanding that Comstock return the nearly 5-acre site that it planned to transform into a mixed-use block with an arts center, apartments, retail space and a parking garage.

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UPDATED: Police identify man behind alleged bus driver assault in Lorton

By Angela Woolsey
The side of a Fairfax Connector bus (staff photo by Angela Woolsey)

Updated — An 18-year-old man from Lorton has been charged with aggravated malicious wounding for allegedly assaulting a Fairfax Connector bus driver earlier this month.

The Fairfax County Police Department announced on July 21 that Javantai Johnson was identified as the man behind the assault based on a community tip. He was arrested on Saturday, July 19 in Stone Ridge with help from the Loudoun County Sheriff’s Office and is now in custody at the Fairfax County Adult Detention Center without bond.

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