Here is what’s going on Thursday throughout the county, from our event calendar.
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☀️ Thursday’s forecast
Expect sunny weather with a high of around 88 degrees and light northwest winds. Thursday night will be mostly clear with temperatures dropping to about 64 degrees, and calm winds shifting to the south at about 5 mph after midnight. See more from Weather.gov.
Great horned owlets rescued at Huntley Meadows Park are placed in a basket (courtesy Ralph Fielder)
A pair of great horned owlets were recently re-nested and reunited with their parents after falling out of their nests in Hybla Valley’s Huntley Meadows Park.
The owlets’ troubles began after one of the pair — who were likely only a few weeks old — fell out of the nest earlier this spring. After park visitors reported the issue, the bird was quickly taken to a rehabber in Boyce, Virginia.
Indecent
Written by Paula Vogel
Directed by 1st Stage Artistic Director Alex Levy
June 4 – 21, 2026 (Opening This Week!)
From Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Paula Vogel, a deeply moving play inspired by the true events surrounding the controversial 1923 Broadway debut of Sholem Asch’s “God of Vengeance”—a play seen by some as a seminal work of Jewish culture, and by others as an act of traitorous libel. Indecent charts the history of an incendiary drama and the path of the artists who risked their careers and lives to perform it. “…we are indebted to Vogel…for reminding us of a brave play that fearlessly told the world there’s nothing indecent about love.” — TheaterMania
A rock in the Potomac River near Riverbend Park in Great Falls (staff photo by Angela Woolsey)
With the D.C. metro area now back under a regional drought watch, local officials have raised concerns about the ability of the Potomac River to meet the region’s long-term water needs.
An increasing population, proliferation of data centers, climate change and the possibility of accidents closing access to the river’s water are all threats, according to the general manager of Fairfax Water.
President Donald Trump discusses improvements to the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts with Kennedy Center Executive Director Richard Grenell in Washington, D.C., Wednesday, August 13, 2025. (Official White House Photo by Daniel Torok)
A McLean man will spend more than a year in prison for threatening violence against former Kennedy Center president and longtime Trump ally Richard Grenell.
Scott Allen Bolger, 33, was sentenced today (Wednesday) to a year and three months in prison after he pleaded guilty in February to transmitting a threat via interstate commerce, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Virginia announced.
Are you interested in learning about how Continuing Care Retirement Communities work, but don’t know where to start? Join our free workshop at 5:00 on Tue., 6/16 to learn more and ask questions!
If you are interested in learning more about Continuing Care Retirement Communities (also known as “Life Plan Communities”), whether for yourself or for a loved one, please join our free workshop on Tuesday, June 16 from 5:00-7:00 at the Arlington office of Long & Foster.
“We’ll have them replaced by the end of the year,” Fairfax Water general manager Jamie Bain Hedges said at a meeting yesterday (Tuesday) between the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors and water authority board members.
Police vehicles and a tow truck block southbound Richmond Highway at Mims Street after a crash that seriously injured a motorcyclist (via 511 Virginia traffic camera)
A motorcyclist was hospitalized this morning (Wednesday) as a result of a crash on Richmond Highway in Lorton.
Police officers and medics with the Fairfax County Fire and Rescue Department were dispatched to Richmond Highway at Mims Street for a crash with injury at 8:24 a.m.
Merrifield at Dunn Loring Station apartments sign (staff photo by Angela Woolsey)
The owner of the Merrifield at Dunn Loring Station Apartments is seeking to transform the 1960s-era residential neighborhood into a mixed-use development befitting its proximity to Metro.
Malkin Properties’ proposed redevelopment would replace the 706 existing garden-style apartments at 8130 Prescott Drive with up to 2,975 multifamily units — a more than fourfold increase — complemented by 25,000 square feet of “neighborhood serving” retail, according to a rezoning application submitted on Monday (June 1) to Fairfax County.
The Burke Moo Thru (Staff photo by Mary Stachyra Lopez)
Just in time for the hotter months, Burke residents have a new option for ice cream.
Moo Thru announced Monday (June 1) that it is now open at Burke Town Center (6025H Burke Centre Parkway). This is Moo Thru’s second Fairfax County location after a franchise opened in Herndon in 2024.
The entrance to Poplar Ford Park in Centreville (Staff photo by Mary Stachyra Lopez)
The Fairfax County Health Department has issued a rabies alert for the area near Poplar Ford Park in Centreville after a rabid kitten was found near the park entrance on Bull Run Post Office Road.
Anyone who was touched, bitten, or scratched by a domestic shorthair orange tabby male, which was about 5 weeks old, between May 12 to May 15 is asked to call the Fairfax County Health Department Rabies Program at 703-246-2433, TTY 711.
