In its first member meeting of the 2024-25 season, the New Dominion Women’s Club presented four local organizations with donations of $2,200 each in recognition of their support to the local community over the past year.
• English Empowerment Center – teaches adults the basic skills of reading, writing, speaking, and understanding English so they can access employment and educational opportunities and more fully and equitably participate in the community.
Amazon is looking to add an industrial park near Dulles International Airport to its network of Northern Virginia data centers.
Amazon Data Services has applied for air pollution control permits from the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) to allow data center facilities at 13860 and 13876 Redskin Drive in Renaissance Technology Park, a warehouse complex just east of Route 28 in the Floris area of Herndon.
By STEVE LeBLANC Associated Press
BOSTON (AP) — A Massachusetts woman accused of operating a high-end brothel network with wealthy and prominent clients in that state and Fairfax County is planning to change her plea to guilty in federal court Friday, according to court documents.
Different portions of McLean’s popular Clemyjontri Park will close in phases next week to allow for repairs.
Contractors hired by the Fairfax County Park Authority (FCPA) will arrive at the park on Monday (Sept. 30) to conduct maintenance on the playground equipment. Work is expected to wrap up next Friday (Oct. 4), if the weather cooperates.
A combined basketball and futsal court is set to open next Thursday, Oct. 3 at Stratton Woods Park (2431 Fox Mill Road) in Reston.
Construction on the court began in August. The $229,000 project is being supported by the Fairfax County Park Authority (FCPA), Volkswagen Group of America and the Great Outdoors Fund, a nonprofit that aims to expand access to recreational amenities.
If you nearly get swiped by a turning car while walking across a street in Fairfax County, there’s a good chance that you or another community member has had a similar experience in that same spot before, newly released survey data indicates.
The inaugural “Near Miss/Dangerous Location” summary report from the Fairfax chapter of Northern Virginia Families for Safe Streets (NOVA FSS) found that 90% of the incidents recorded by pedestrians and cyclists since 2020 were recurring events — a higher rate than in Arlington (82%) or Alexandria (74%), the two other jurisdictions analyzed by the volunteer-run nonprofit.
Driver Hospitalized in Richmond Highway Crash — A man was hospitalized with life-threatening injuries after crashing on Route 1 at Janna Lee Avenue in Mount Vernon yesterday (Thursday). Fairfax County police say “excessive speed was a factor” in the single-vehicle crash, which occurred down the road from a fatal pedestrian hit-and-run that morning. [FCPD/Twitter]
Springfield Woman Charged in Fatal Crash — “Police have charged a 21-year-old Springfield woman with DUI manslaughter in connection with a Sept. 13 crash in Woodbridge that killed a passenger in her car and left another driver seriously injured.” [Inside NoVA]
Man Who Shot at Police Officers Sentenced to Jail — “A man who led police on a wild, high-speed chase involving gunfire and damage to numerous vehicles has been sentenced to two years of active incarceration.” Ricardo Singleton pleaded guilty in Arlington County Circuit Court but “still faces several weightier charges in Fairfax County.” [ARLnow]
Baby Reunited with Family After Carjacking — “The mother of a 4-month-old child has been reunited with her baby after the child was taken during a carjacking in Fairfax County. The carjacking took place just before 2 p.m. on Wednesday outside the Apple Federal Credit Union on Richmond Highway.” [NBC Washington]
Reston Company Raided by FBI Involved in Price-Fixing Case — The FBI has yet to confirm what prompted its recent raid of Carahsoft’s Reston headquarters, but there has been “speculation about possible — but thus far unsubstantiated — links to an ongoing court case that was filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland last year and involved efforts to defraud government agencies.” [Government Executive]
Uyghur Restaurant Eyes Falls Church Expansion — Dolan Uyghur, which can currently be found in D.C. and Chantillly, “plans to expand further into Northern Virginia with a new Falls Church location. The new eatery hopes to open by Friday, Oct. 18 at 400 S. Maple Avenue, in the space formerly held by Pizzeria Orso.” [ARLnow]
Reston Contractor to Help Build Lunar Rover — “Lunar Outpost in Golden, Colorado, announced this week that Leidos has joined its effort to create a new class of lunar terrain vehicles to be used by astronauts on Artemis missions. Leidos, which already supports a number of NASA missions, will be part of a team that also includes General Motors, Goodyear Tire & Rubber and MDA Space.” [Washington Business Journal]
Marshall Girls’ Basketball Team Gets New Top Coach — “It makes sense that Doug Sawitzky is the new coach of the Marshall Statesmen’s girls varsity high-school basketball team. He knows both the school and the hoop programs very well.” [GazetteLeader]
It’s Friday — Expect showers throughout the day, with possible thunderstorms after 5pm and a high of 76°F. Precipitation is likely at 70%, with rainfall amounts ranging up to a quarter of an inch. Rain will likely continue until 2am, as temperatures drop to around 70°F. [NWS]
Some local Donald Trump supporters will rev up their engines this Sunday (Sept. 29) as a display of enthusiasm for the Republican presidential nominee.
Organized by activists from the D.C. area’s Vietnamese community, the Northern Virginia Car Rally for Trump will be “an unforgettable day of patriotism and support,” according to an event notice posted on the Fairfax County Republican Committee’s website.
A plan to redevelop Van Buren Office Park in Herndon into a mostly residential development could be the first test case of a soon-to-be established zoning district in the Town of Herndon.
Rooney Properties, owner of the office park at 250 Exchange Place, wants to replace the five existing office buildings and surface parking with a 400-unit multi-family residential building and garage as well as 66 townhouse units.
A historical marker now stands in McLean’s Clemyjontri Park as a monument to the site’s past as a center of social and spiritual activity for the local Black community.
Fairfax County officials, historians, students and present-day community leaders unveiled the marker commemorating Gunnell’s Chapel and its founder, Robert Gunnell, at a dedication ceremony last Saturday (Sept. 21).
