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

Lake Anne Brew House plans expansion of Reston tap room

By Angela Woolsey
Patrons sit on the patio outside Lake Anne Brew House in Reston (staff photo by Angela Woolsey)

Lake Anne Brew House is getting a bigger space.

The Reston establishment announced on Wednesday (July 9) that, as of July 1, it has officially leased the neighboring storefront at 11426 Washington Plaza West, which has been empty since Chesapeake Chocolates closed its doors at the end of September 2024.

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Mobile American history museum makes pit stop in Vienna

By Angela Woolsey
Visitors enter VA250 Mobile Museum outside Vienna Elementary School (photo by Amy Woolsey)

The VA250 Mobile Museum has arrived in Vienna.

The museum opened in the Vienna Elementary School parking lot (128 Center Street South) with a ribbon-cutting ceremony at 10 a.m. yesterday (Thursday), welcoming visitors to a “Out of Many, One” exhibit that explores Virginia’s instrumental role in the founding of the United States.

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Police still looking for suspect in Bailey’s Crossroads stabbing

By Angela Woolsey
Fairfax County police (file photo)

Fairfax County police are now turning to the public for help with identifying a suspect in a stabbing that occurred late last month at the Build America Plaza retail center in Bailey’s Crossroads.

Officers responded to the 3800 block of South George Mason Drive at 6:03 a.m. on June 29 after a man called 911, reporting that he had been stabbed twice, according to scanner traffic.

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JUST IN: Trump targets GMU with investigation into diversity-related hiring practices

By Associated Press and Angela Woolsey
George Mason University (file photo)

By COLLIN BINKLEY AP Education Writer

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration on Thursday opened a civil rights investigation into the hiring practices at George Mason University, expanding a national campaign against diversity policies to Virginia’s largest public university.

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Vienna set to install first Capital Bikeshare stations this fall

By Angela Woolsey
The Capital Bikeshare docking station on Hilltop Road in Merrifield (staff photo by Angela Woolsey)

After years of planning, the Town of Vienna is finally kicking its Capital Bikeshare program into gear.

The Vienna Town Council voted unanimously on Monday (July 7) to award $231,000 in state grant funds toward the purchase and installation of four bicycle-sharing stations, with an option to add a fifth station in the future.

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Fundraiser at Herndon tavern will double as farewell concert for D.C.-area rock band

By Angela Woolsey
NoVA Live Music Mingle organizers Ann Ball and Jeanette Pagliuco with the rock band Collective (courtesy Jeanette Pagliuco)

A group of Northern Virginia residents who bonded through their shared love of live music now hopes to translate that passion into support for a worthy cause — and a memorable goodbye for a local band.

NoVA Live Music Mingle will host its first-ever fundraiser tonight (Thursday) at Jimmy’s Old Town Tavern (697 Spring Street) in Herndon to benefit the music education program StudioRock of Northern Virginia.

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UPDATED: Thousands without power after thunderstorms in Fairfax County

By Angela Woolsey
Radar shows storm entering Fairfax County on July 9, 2025

Update — More than 10,000 Dominion Energy customers in Fairfax County have lost power as thunderstorms sweep through the D.C. region.

As of 7:20 p.m., the outages appear to be concentrated in the south central part of the county, from Newington up to the Falls Church area, according to the utility’s outage map.

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French-inspired bakery to anchor new Tysons food hall, coming this summer

By Angela Woolsey
Luna Hall Tysons, a new food hall, will occupy the ground floor of the office building at 8201 Greensboro Drive (staff photo by Vernon Miles)

Tous les Jours is coming to Tysons with a few other eateries in tow.

The bakery, which started in Korea but serves French-style pastries, will anchor Luna Hall Tysons, a new food hall expected to open on the ground floor of the office building at 8201 Greensboro Drive near Tysons Galleria later this summer.

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D.C.-based Italian restaurant and deli put Reston expansion on menu

By Angela Woolsey
Future retail space in the Marriott AC Hotel and Residence building at Reston Town Center (staff photo by Angela Woolsey)

Reston Town Center has booked another restaurant tenant for its expansion along Sunset Hills Road.

The Italian restaurant Grazie Nonna and the deli Grazie Grazie — which share an owner and are primarily based in D.C. — are both expected to open at the development known informally as RTC Next in spring 2026, a public relations representative for property owner BXP told FFXnow.

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Police seek driver behind apparent ‘road rage’ shooting on Springfield highway

By Angela Woolsey
The I-495, I-395 and Route 644 (Old Keene Mill Road) interchange in Springfield (via Google Maps)

Police are still searching for a driver who allegedly shot another man on I-495 last month in an apparent act of road rage.

Around 9:12 a.m. on June 11, the victim was driving south on I-495 in a brown 1999 Chevy Suburban SUV near Duke Street in Alexandria when they might’ve cut off the driver of a black BMW sedan, according to the Virginia State Police.

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