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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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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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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