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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Matchbox launches expanded menu only at McLean restaurant

By Angela Woolsey
Matchbox's lobster and shrimp fettuccine (courtesy Matchbox)

Matchbox is no longer just about pizza, especially in McLean.

In late February, the regional chain rolled out an expanded “Matchbox Prime” dinner menu with steak and seafood options exclusively at its McLean location, which opened at 1340 Chain Bridge Road next to Lidl in April 2023.

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NEW: Arts Herndon to lose home despite Comstock project stalling

By Angela Woolsey
The entrance to Arts Herndon's longtime home at 750 Center Street (staff photo by Angela Woolsey)

With an entrance flanked by a Little Free Art Gallery and a colorful “LOVE” sign, Arts Herndon brings visible energy to a block of downtown Herndon otherwise dominated by an asphalt parking lot.

After this month, however, there will only be the parking lot and an empty concrete building, even though the development project that necessitated a temporary displacement of the art groups on the property has ground to a halt.

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House fire in southern Fairfax County sends seven people to hospital

By Angela Woolsey
Firefighters extinguish house fire in the 8300 block of Ivy Green Road in Crosspointe (courtesy Fairfax County Fire and Rescue Department)

Seven people were taken to a hospital as a result of a house fire that occurred Friday afternoon (March 7) in the Crosspointe area near Lorton.

The Fairfax County Fire and Rescue Department (FCFRD) dispatched units around 2 p.m. to a single-family home in the 8300 block of Ivy Green Road after getting calls for a fire in the attached garage.

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Dance festival to take over Capital One Hall in Tysons this weekend

By Angela Woolsey
Furia Flamenca Dance Company performs at the 2024 Aurora Dance Fest (photo by Ruth Judson)

More than 100 performers will take the stage when the Aurora Dance Fest returns to Capital One Hall in Tysons this Sunday (March 9).

Organized by the Reston-based Gin Dance Company, the one-night-only festival will showcase work by 10 different dance companies, 16 choreographers and 105 dancers from around the D.C. area.

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Jury convicts Bailey’s Crossroads man of hate crimes for threatened church shooting

By Angela Woolsey
A sign for Park Valley Church in Haymarket (via Google Maps)

A man from Bailey’s Crossroads has been convicted of hate crimes for plotting a potential mass shooting at a church in Prince William County.

Following a four-day trial, a federal jury in Alexandria found Rui Jiang guilty yesterday (Thursday) of attempting to obstruct congregants of Park Valley Church in Haymarket from exercising their religious beliefs, using a firearm in connection to a violent crime, and sending online threats.

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Herndon police chief put on leave for undisclosed reasons

By Angela Woolsey
Herndon Police Chief Maggie DeBoard discusses the arrest of a man suspected of raping a woman on the W&OD Trail (via Herndon Police Department/Facebook)

Herndon Police Chief Maggie DeBoard was quietly placed on administrative leave last month, and it’s unclear when — or if — she’s expected to return.

DeBoard, who became the town’s first female police chief when she was appointed in 2012, was put on administrative leave on Feb. 12, a town spokesperson says, confirming a Feb. 28 report by WUSA9.

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Fairfax senior living community to expand with additional housing

By Angela Woolsey
A rendering of Pierson Grove, a new residential building under construction at the Woodleigh Chase senior living community in Fairfax (courtesy Erickson Senior Living)

A recently established senior living community in the Fairfax area is expanding its capacity with the addition of a new residential building.

A Woodleigh Chase Senior Living spokesperson says construction is “well underway” on Pierson Grove. Slated to open later this year, the building will bring another 122 apartment units to the 42-acre independent living campus (9805 Woodleigh Lane) off of Braddock Road near George Mason University.

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Call Your Mother now open at Reston’s North Point Village Center

By Angela Woolsey
Call Your Mother at North Point Village Center in Reston (staff photo by Angela Woolsey)

Call Your Mother is now serving up bagels and babka to Reston customers.

After a soft opening limited to friends, family and other invited guests yesterday (Wednesday), the rapidly growing regional chain officially launched its newest location at North Point Village Center this morning (Thursday).

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Onelife Fitness building in Tysons could be redeveloped with high-rise housing

By Angela Woolsey
Developer Paradigm Companies has proposed replacing the Onelife Fitness building at 8250 Greensboro Drive in Tysons with two residential high-rises (via Fairfax County)

Onelife Fitness might morph into the next residential development in Tysons.

The Arlington-based developer Paradigm Companies recently submitted a rezoning application to Fairfax County proposing to replace the gym’s low-lying building at 8250 Greensboro Drive with a pair of residential high-rises.

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Herndon turns up pressure on Comstock to give back downtown redevelopment site

By Angela Woolsey
The site for Comstock's downtown Herndon redevelopment project (via Town of Herndon)

A potential legal battle is brewing over the stalled project to revitalize Herndon’s downtown.

The Town of Herndon filed a declaration in Fairfax County Circuit Court last Friday (Feb. 28) terminating Comstock Companies’ rights to the nearly 5-acre block at the northeast corner of Center and Elden streets that the developer had planned to turn into an arts center, apartments, retail space and a parking garage.

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