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Three Northern Virginia students were honored for academic prowess recently by the McLean area branch of American Association of University Women (AAUW).

The meeting, held at the McLean Community Center, also featured a program on “Gender, Women and Politics: Where Are We Now.”


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The vehicle-wash facility at the Northside Property Yard soon will receive extensive repairs.

The Vienna Town Council on Sept. 23 approved a $128,021 contract to have PBI Environmental Restoration perform the work. The price includes a 20-percent contingency allowance for unexpected factors.


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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.


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 27, 2024.

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

  1. Reston to welcome holidays with second annual Winterfest (9634 views)
  2. Kevin Bacon coming to Fairfax County for Washington West Film Festival (9317 views)
  3. Fairfax County wants your feedback on Lake Accotink’s future (9147 views)
  4. FBI raids Reston office of government contractor Carahsoft (8162 views)
  5. More than 200 townhomes could replace Herndon-area offices (7152 views)
  6. Three fatal pedestrian crashes under investigation by FCPD (6109 views)
  7. UPDATED: Dominion worker injured in transformer explosion at Mars HQ in McLean (5199 views)
  8. Pedestrian killed in hit-and-run on Richmond Highway, fourth fatality in a week (5091 views)
  9. JUST IN: Another person has died at Fairfax County’s jail (4687 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

Expect a gradual transition from mostly cloudy to sunny conditions today with temperatures reaching a comfortable high of around 82°F, accompanied by a mild south wind of around 7 mph. Moving into Saturday night, there is a slight possibility of showers as clouds increase and temperatures drop to a low of around 66°F. The east wind will blow gently at 3 to 5 mph, and the overall chance of precipitation is 20%. 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. 👋


Event

On Sunday, November 15 at 4:00 PM, the St. Andrew the Apostle Concert Series proudly presents The Catholic University of America Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Maestro Simeone Tartaglione, for a free afternoon of orchestral masterworks at St. Andrew the Apostle Catholic Church in Clifton.

Program:
• Paul Dukas – The Sorcerer’s Apprentice, best known from Disney’s Fantasia!
• Camille Saint-Saëns – Cello Concerto No. 1 in A minor
Soloist: Vasily Popov, cello
• Camille Saint-Saëns – Symphony No. 3 in C minor, “Organ Symphony”
Organist: Michael Murphy


News

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.


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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.


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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.


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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.


Countywide

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.