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Reston Town Center will welcome Corsica Wine Bar in 2025.

A company spokesperson confirmed the expected timing of the restaurant’s opening. Corsica, a sister concept of Barcelona Wine Bar, will replace French restaurant Mon Ami Gabi at 11950 Democracy Drive, Suite 120.


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Police have arrested a 25-year-old man in connection with Sunday night’s shooting at Worldgate Centre in Herndon.

Mohamed Abdalla was arrested and charged last night (Monday) with four felony charges of malicious wounding, two counts of abduction and the use of a firearm in the commission of a felony, the Town of Herndon Police Department announced.


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Reston Community Center’s The CenterStage will soon bear the name of a woman who has spent decades uplifting it.

The center’s Board of Governors has renamed the 260-seat venue at its Hunters Woods facility (2310 Colts Neck Road) the Leila Gordon Theatre in honor of the longtime executive director and arts supporter.


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Reston’s Hunters Woods ballfield was officially rededicated as a park on Friday (Oct. 4).

Reston Association marked the underutilized baseball diamond’s transformation into a community park with staff, residents and county officials. The association completed the project in November 2023.


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The Town of Herndon’s new indoor tennis facility is back in business.

The indoor tennis center at Bready Park (814 Ferndale Avenue), which officially opened today (Monday), features new structure, lights and a repaired ProBounce surface.


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Design work is underway on Reston’s massive $235 million Soapstone Connector, a half-mile road that will eventually link Sunrise Valley Drive to Sunset Hills Road through a bridge over the Dulles Toll Road.

The Virginia Department of Transportation is set to host a public information meeting on the project next Thursday, Oct. 10 at South Lakes High School (11400 South Lakes Drive). An open house will begin at 6:30 p.m., followed by a presentation at 7 p.m.


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A Reston soccer club will add fencing at Lake Fairfax Park with some financial help from Fairfax County.

During its meeting on Sept. 25, the Fairfax County Park Authority board approved $20,000 in matching funds to install fences around the rectangular fields 1 and 4 at the park (1400 Lake Fairfax Drive).


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Though it’s now 145 years old, the Town of Herndon’s identity continues to evolve.

A small-town feel and diversity were among the salient attributes highlighted by an emerging brand strategy, a consultant reported to the Herndon Town Council at a work session on Tuesday (Oct. 1). But questions remain on how the town will engage its minority-majority community.


Countywide

Fairfax County is among several localities across the country leaning on a new partner for 911 calls: artificial intelligence.

An AI-powered system will provide the Fairfax County Department of Public Safety Communications (DPSC) with support for handling non-emergency calls, Scott Brillman, the agency’s director, told the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday (Oct. 1).


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Work will start this month on improvements to pedestrian and bicyclist connectivity around the Innovation Center Metro Station.

Fairfax County public officials broke ground yesterday (Wednesday) on the Innovation Station North Neighborhood Access Project, which will directly link the Metro station’s kiss-and-ride parking lot to adjacent neighborhoods at Farougi Court and Apgar Place.


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