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

Vienna Farmers Market returns tomorrow with native plant sale

By Angela Woolsey
Customers check out vegetables at the Vienna Farmers Market (courtesy Town of Vienna, Va.)

With the calendar turning to May, farmers’ market season is blooming across Fairfax County.

The Vienna Farmers Market, organized by the nonprofit Optimist Club of Greater Vienna, will open for 2026 tomorrow (Saturday) in the Vienna Community Center parking lot at 120 Cherry Street SE.

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Planning commission nudges Lofts at Reston Station developer to address resident complaints

By Angela Woolsey
Conceptual rendering of Pulte Group's proposed Lofts II at Reston Station development (via Land Design Consultants/Fairfax County)

The Fairfax County Planning Commission has thrown its support behind a proposed expansion of the Lofts at Reston Station with the expectation that the developer will address several outstanding complaints raised by existing residents.

All eight commissioners present for a meeting on Wednesday (April 29) voted to recommend that the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors approve a comprehensive plan amendment that would allow residential development on the 5-acre site at 1810, 1825 and 1850 Samuel Morse Drive, which are currently occupied by low-rise office buildings.

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Dulles Airport introduces new, nonstop flights to South Korea

By Angela Woolsey
Air Premia's first flight from Seoul to the D.C. region lands at Dulles International Airport (courtesy MWAA)

Travelers at Dulles International Airport have a new option for reaching South Korea.

The airport is now offering nonstop service to and from Seoul Incheon International Airport, courtesy of the Korean airline Air Premia.

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Westpark Plaza developer pitches redesign to revive stalled Tysons project

By Angela Woolsey
View of Dittmar Company's proposed Westpark Plaza development from the Greensboro Metro station (via Hickok Cole Architects/Fairfax County)

A developer that has been hoping to build on Tysons’ former Best Western Hotel site for more than a decade might have finally identified a way to turn its aspirations into a reality.

Dittmar Company is seeking to revise its plans for Westpark Plaza, a mixed-use development that would occupy an approximately 5.2-acre property at the corner of Westpark Drive and Route 7 (Leesburg Pike), just south of The Boro.

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Countywide

Fairfax County exploring possible rules for short-term parking

By Angela Woolsey
Designated curbside pickup parking spaces at the Mosaic District in Merrifield (staff photo by Angela Woolsey)

From curbside pickups to ridesharing services and Amazon Prime deliveries, drivers making quick trips through neighborhoods or to local businesses have become increasingly commonplace in Fairfax County.

However, the county still doesn’t have any regulations around short-term parking, even after it adopted new parking rules in 2023, its first comprehensive update in 35 years.

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First new Vantage Hill townhomes on track to finish this summer

By Angela Woolsey
Construction in progress on the Fairland at Vantage Hill townhomes in Reston (staff photo by Angela Woolsey)

Construction is progressing on a new townhome neighborhood near the Vantage Hill Condominiums in Reston.

Two buildings containing the first seven of 28 houses planned in The Fairland at Vantage Hill are on track to be completed this summer, likely in July or August, according to Craftmark Homes sales manager Lori Windsor.

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NOW: Man seriously injured in single-vehicle crash on Ox Road in Lorton

By Angela Woolsey
Ox Road partially closed near Hampton Road in Lorton after a single-vehicle crash (via Google Maps)

A man has been taken to the hospital with serious injuries following a crash on Ox Road (Route 123) near the Crosspointe Fire Station in Lorton.

Police officers and units with the Fairfax County Fire and Rescue Department were dispatched to Ox Road at Hampton Station Court just after 4 p.m. today (Wednesday) for a single-vehicle crash.

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Around Town

McLean Project for the Arts unveils first exhibit in new center, opening tomorrow

By Angela Woolsey
The paintings "Hanging Out" and "Magdi" by artist Yasmine Iskander (courtesy McLean Project for the Arts)

The McLean Project for the Arts will celebrate the realization of its anticipated downtown expansion with a tribute to the power of the abstract.

The late abstract painter Yasmine C. Iskander will headline the inaugural exhibition at the MPA Berlage Arts and Education Center, which is set to open at 6910 Fleetwood Road with an 11 a.m. ribbon-cutting ceremony tomorrow (Thursday).

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Countywide

Fairfax County reports reduced energy use with switch to LED streetlights

By Angela Woolsey
LED streetlights along Sunrise Valley Drive near the Innovation Center Metro station (courtesy Fairfax County)

The end is within sight for Fairfax County’s nearly decade-long push to convert all streetlights to more energy efficient LED fixtures.

Dominion Energy, which owns, operates and maintains about 96% of the county’s 60,000 streetlights, has upgraded approximately 93% or 52,100 of them to LED, as of March, the county announced earlier this week.

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Bed Bath and Beyond coming to Fairfax County’s Container Stores

By Angela Woolsey
The Container Store in Tysons (staff photo by Angela Woolsey)

Bed Bath and Beyond is returning to Fairfax County, but not as a standalone retailer.

Instead, the home decor chain’s products will become available through local Container Stores as part of a nationwide “mashup” following a merger between the two companies.

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