A local option for Chinese street food has closed in Idylwood.
Bing & Bao officially closed its doors at the end of July, bookending a four-year stint in the Idylwood Plaza shopping center.
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The Washington Commanders’ stadium will soon bear the name of a company based in Herndon.
Northwest Federal Credit Union, which is headquartered at 200 Spring Street, announced today (Tuesday) that it has secured the exclusive naming rights to Commanders Field, the home stadium for D.C.’s NFL team.
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One of the Shops at Avenir Place’s earliest tenants has left.
Spice 6, a fast-casual Indian restaurant, closed its doors last Wednesday (Aug. 21) after serving customers near the Dunn Loring Metro station for nearly a decade.
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Fairfax County Public Schools is giving the Virginia Department of Education (VDOE) a demerit for its recent reveal of annual student test scores.
The results released last week omitted assessments outside of the Standards of Learning (SOL) tests that students take statewide, creating a misleading impression of how FCPS is doing, Superintendent Dr. Michelle Reid said in an Aug. 23 letter to state officials, including Gov. Glenn Youngkin.
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Man Behind Connolly Staff Assault Enters Insanity Plea — “Xuan-Kha Tran Pham appeared in court Monday and pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity after the attack in [Rep. Gerry] Connolly’s district office in Fairfax on May 15, 2023…The judge accepted Pham’s plea and said two doctors who evaluated him concluded he was insane at the time of the attacks.” [NBC4]
Murder Suspect Arrested at Dulles Airport — “A 15-year-old Silver Spring teen has been arrested and charged with two counts of second-degree murder in connection with a double homicide that occurred over Memorial Day weekend. Onyx Santana Austin was arrested on Monday, August 26, 2024, at Dulles International Airport.” [MoCo Show]
Air Quality Alert Issued — “Code Orange Air Quality day for the region today. Air pollution concentrations may become unhealthy for children, people suffering from asthma, heart disease or other lung diseases, and the elderly. Avoid strenuous activity and exercising outdoors.” [Ready Fairfax/Twitter]
Trump Campaign Stops by Eden Center — Yesterday, former president and current Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump “made an appearance at Truong Tien Restaurant at the Eden Center, alongside Vietnamese-American U.S. Senate candidate Hung Cao (R).” Trump ordered about $60 worth of food, a consultant for the restaurant told the Washington Post. [ARLnow]
Inova LGBTQ Clinic Reports Growth — “A little more than two years after opening its doors, a Northern Virginia clinic for LGBTQ+ patients is seeing its client list and services expand, outpacing projected growth goals. So far, doctors at the Inova Pride Clinic have treated more than 1,100 patients, which is well beyond what they initially expected.” [WTOP]
Company Gives Tours of Annandale’s Korean Cuisine — “Soomin Kim’s Korean restaurant tours in Annandale have been selling out since she launched Virginialicious earlier this year. The tours bring people to four to six restaurants within walking distance of one another, where they can sample different kinds of Korean specialties while learning about Korean cuisine and culinary history.” [Annandale Today]
Oakton Volleyball Team to Defend State Title — “The Flint Hill Huskies begin the 2024 volleyball in a position the girls high-school team has been in for a long time now — defending state champions. The Huskies won last season’s Division I private-school state championship for the 12th time in program history and the sixth time overall.” [Gazette Leader]
It’s Tuesday — Expect mostly sunny skies with a high near 91 and light, variable winds during the day. In contrast, Tuesday night will be partly cloudy with a low temperature around 74 degrees and a gentle south wind at approximately 5 mph. [NWS]
Good Monday 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 — Aug 26, 2024.
- 8:15 am: Morning Notes for August 26, 2024 | 🗣️ Comments
- 9:30 am: Indoor trampoline park landing in Chantilly next year | 🗣️ Comments
- 10:30 am: Herndon to add historical marker on library and town’s segregated past | 🗣️ Comments
- 11:30 am: D.C. bar owners branch out with planned Tysons laser hair removal clinic | 🗣️ Comments
- 1:30 pm: Partial Lake Fairfax office park overhaul to add mix of housing, possible school site | 🗣️ Comments
- 2:30 pm: J. Crew Factory store may be coming to Tysons strip mall | 🗣️ Comments
- 3:30 pm: Giant Food reopens Burke store after major remodel | 🗣️ Comments
📅 Upcoming events
Here is what’s going on Tuesday throughout the county, from our event calendar.
- 7:00 pm: Jean Meltzer Releases Magical Meet Cute
- 8:00 pm: Karaoke at The Old Fire Station #3
☀️ Tuesday’s forecast
Expect mostly sunny skies during the day with a high temperature near 91 degrees, accompanied by a calm wind. As nighttime approaches, the sky will turn partly cloudy, with the temperature dropping to around 73 degrees. A southward breeze will blow at approximately 6 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.
Thanks for reading! Feel free to discuss the day’s happenings in the comments.
Giant Food has reopened its store at the corner of Fairfax County Parkway and Huntsman Blvd in Burke after a major remodel, offering special promotions to celebrate the grand opening.
Located at 7501 Huntsman Blvd, the updated store now features a range of new amenities designed to enhance the shopping experience.
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A discount clothing retailer appears to be coming soon to Tysons, right down the street from both Tysons Corner Center and Tysons Galleria.
Pike 7 Plaza will be home to a J. Crew Factory store, according to permit applications submitted to Fairfax County. It will be located at 8387 Leesburg Pike, between the strip mall’s Lidl and DSW Designer Shoe Warehouse stores.
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A developer is charting a new future for the Lake Fairfax Business Center, but it will not include the home of the “Quad God.”
SkateQuest, the indoor rink where world figure skating champion and George Mason University student Ilia Malinin trains, is one of several buildings slated to remain as part of a plan to revitalize the Reston office park with housing, new retail and perhaps, an elementary school.