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FFXnow Daily Debrief for Nov 6, 2024

By FFXnow.com

Good Wednesday 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 — Nov 6, 2024.

📅 Upcoming events

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

  • No events today. Have one to promote? Submit it to the calendar.

🌦️ Thursday’s forecast

Expect scattered showers mainly before 1pm, with mostly cloudy skies and a high temperature near 75. Light northwest winds will blow at 3 to 7 mph and the chance for rain is 30%. In the evening, the sky will clear slightly, becoming partly cloudy, and the temperature will drop to around 49, accompanied by a 6 mph north wind. 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.

Thanks for reading! Feel free to discuss the day’s happenings in the comments.

Sports

Potomac School girls, boys soccer teams fall in state semifinals

By Dave Facinoli
Potomac School plays defense (staff photo by Dave Facinoli)

Championship seasons ended for the Potomac School Panthers girls and boys high-school soccer teams with recent semifinal losses in private-school state-tournament action.

The No. 3-seeded and defending champion girls (12-5) lost to the host and No. 2 seed Bishop O’Connell Knights, 2-0, in the four-team Northern Virginia Independent Schools State Invitational.

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McLean Holiday Arts & Crafts Festival – DEC 4th-6th

By Sponsor
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December 4-6, 2026
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• Tote bags will be given to the first 200 attendees each day
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For additional information please visit:
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Sports

Madison football team plays Friday for an undefeated regular season

By Dave Facinoli
Madison's Cael Yates heads to the end zone against Oakton (photo by Deb Kolt)

Just one more game stands between the Madison High School varsity football team and an undefeated regular season.

The 9-0 Warhawks visit the Centreville Wildcats on Friday (Nov. 8) in their final game prior to the region playoffs.

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Event

World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims

Row of white pillar candles placed along a purple concrete ledge, with green stems and small white flowers between them.

Event location

Woodson High School

9525 Main Street

Fairfax, Virginia 22031

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Northern Virginia Families for Safe Streets (NoVA FSS) cordially invites you to attend and support our upcoming World Day of Remembrance (WDoR) for Road Traffic Victims.

World Day of Remembrance is an annual event where we honor those whose lives were prematurely ended after being struck by a person driving. This year is particularly painful and sad as we think about the recent death of a 13-year-old Frost middle school student who was struck and killed by a person driving a truck on Pickett Road. We will also honor the nearly 30 other people (as of today’s date) who have been killed on Northern Virginia streets while, walking, biking, or rolling since last year’s day of remembrance.

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Countywide

D.C. area urged to reduce water use with drought watch extended

By Angela Woolsey
Lake Audubon in Reston on a November morning (staff photo by Angela Woolsey)

The D.C. area’s historic rain-free streak continues after a predicted chance of precipitation this morning (Thursday) failed to materialize.

The Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments (COG) announced today that it has extended a drought watch that has been in place since July, urging nearly 6 million residents and businesses in the region to take voluntary steps to conserve water.

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Around Town

Career-spanning exhibit for Maryland artist now on display in Reston

By Angela Woolsey
Betsy Packard's ".1359 Record of Works," made in 2024, is now on display at Tephra Institute of Contemporary Art's Signature gallery in Reston (courtesy Tephra ICA)

A Maryland artist who has worked for nearly half a century is the subject of the latest exhibit unveiled by the Tephra Institute of Contemporary Art in Reston.

Betsy Packard’s solo exhibition “Ways of Thinking About Your Life” opened on Nov. 1 at the institute’s gallery in the Signature apartment building at 11850 Freedom Drive, where it will remain on display through Feb. 1, 2025.

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Countywide

Fairfax County voters stick with Dems, but turnout down from last presidential elections

By Jared Serre
Voting at Lake Braddock Secondary School (staff photo by Jared Serre)

After reporting record turnout levels in 2016 and 2020, Fairfax County saw a noticeable dip in voter participation for this year’s general election.

The county reported a voter turnout of 68.35%, with 561,368 of its 821,347 registered voters casting a ballot either on Tuesday (Nov. 5) or during the 45-day early voting period, according to unofficial results that will be certified after noon tomorrow (Friday), the deadline for the county’s elections office to receive mail-in ballots.

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Around Town

Report: Arab restaurant to open in Vienna’s former Donutchew space

By Angela Woolsey
The Arabian restaurant Dar Mariam will open in the former Donutchew on Maple Avenue in Vienna (staff photo by Angela Woolsey)

A new restaurant specializing in cuisine from the Arabian Penninsula, particularly Iraq and Kuwait, is moving into the Town of Vienna.

Dar Mariam anticipates opening in late December at 107 Maple Avenue West, the storefront that was vacated this summer by Donutchew, according to its Instagram profile.

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Countywide

BREAKING: Rep. Gerry Connolly diagnosed with cancer

By Jared Serre
Rep. Gerry Connolly speaks at Lorton Station Elementary School in 2024 (staff photo by James Jarvis)

Just two days after winning reelection to Congress, Rep. Gerry Connolly announced that he has been diagnosed with esophageal cancer.

Connolly learned of his diagnosis “a few days ago” after experiencing “some intermittent abdominal aches and pains,” but no other symptoms, he said in a statement posted on his social media pages this morning (Thursday).

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