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Competition will be held at Fairfax High, players can still register

The 24th annual local College Showcase girls basketball competition is scheduled for Sunday, Sept. 29 at Fairfax High School from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. for high-school age players from Northern Virginia and surrounding jurisdictions.


Around Town

Good Friday evening, Fairfax County. Let’s take a look back at today’s stories and a look forward to tomorrow’s event calendar.

🕗 News recap

The following articles were published earlier today — Sep 13, 2024.

Since it’s Friday, we’ve also compiled a list of the most-read articles of the week, below.

  1. Annual ‘Dulles Day’ returns to airport for 32nd consecutive year (16867 views)
  2. Fairfax County’s deer hunting archery program gets underway (11787 views)
  3. Another indoor pickleball facility coming to Chantilly (9763 views)
  4. Reston homeless camp vacated as county moves forward with RTC North plan (7142 views)
  5. Tysons office center welcomes steakhouse, plans rooftop amenity (3257 views)
  6. Chesapeake Chocolates to shutter after 17 years at Lake Anne Plaza (3192 views)
  7. Man charged in indecent exposure incident at Tysons TJ Maxx (3080 views)
  8. King Arthur Baking to open pop-up shop next week in Fairfax Corner (2859 views)

📅 Upcoming events

Here is what’s going on Saturday throughout the county, from our event calendar.

Here are the events planned for Sunday:

🌤️ Saturday’s forecast

The weather will transition from mostly cloudy to sunny, reaching a high of approximately 84 degrees and accompanied by a 5 to 9 mph east wind. By Saturday night, skies will be mostly clear with a low temperature around 62 degrees and a gentler east wind blowing at 3 to 7 mph. See more from Weather.gov.

🌅 Tonight’s sunset

The MonumentCam screenshot above is used with permission of the Trust for the National Mall and courtesy of EarthCam.

We hope you have a great weekend! Feel free to discuss the most-read stories of the week, the upcoming weekend events or anything else of local interest in the comments. 👋


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The star of Capital One Center’s next Perchfest will be a green ogre who speaks with a distinct Scottish brogue.

The Tysons development has teamed up with “Shrek the Musical” for the latest edition of its biannual festival, which will return to The Perch (1805 Capital One Drive) next Friday and Saturday (Sept. 20 and 21).


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Attention aspiring hockey players: the Washington Capitals are bringing a unique opportunity to Reston.

The Fairfax County Park Authority is partnering with the team to provide two free hockey programs at Lake Fairfax Park (1400 Lake Fairfax Drive) this fall. First, attendees will learn inline skating techniques this Sunday (Sept. 15), and then, on Nov. 3, newcomers can try their hand at the sport.


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A Tysons-based mental health nonprofit recognized two milestones with one celebration earlier this week.

The Women’s Center held a ribbon-cutting and open house event on Tuesday (Sept. 10) to mark 50 years of serving in the D.C. area and formally unveil its new office at Courthouse Center (8230 Old Courthouse Road) in Tysons.


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Flagship Carwash is looking to open another location in the Herndon area, this time right by the Fairfax and Loudoun county border.

Earlier this month, the company submitted a development plan to Fairfax County seeking to rezone a portion of land at 1013 Dranesville Road from commercial and residential uses to strictly commercial uses.


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Fairfax County police are investigating a hit-and-run crash on Franconia Road in Springfield that resulted in a pedestrian’s death.

Officers were dispatched to Franconia Road at Elder Avenue near Frontier Plaza around 6:10 a.m. after passersby reported seeing a vehicle that drove off the road, hitting a pole, according to scanner traffic on Open MHz.