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FFXnow Daily Debrief for Jun 20, 2024

By FFXnow.com

Good Thursday 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 — Jun 20, 2024.

📅 Upcoming events

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

☀️ Friday’s forecast

Expect sunshine and a high of nearly 95 degrees with a gentle south breeze at 3 to 5 mph. The night will be mostly clear, with the temperature dropping to approximately 74 degrees and a 6 mph south wind. See more from Weather.gov.

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

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Maryland nonprofit expands 5K fundraiser to Reston Town Center

By Angela Woolsey
Runners participate in the 2024 Maryland ASA RunFest (courtesy Athletes Serving Athletes)

A Maryland-based nonprofit that supports athletes with limited mobility will stride across state lines this fall with a new 5K event in Reston.

Athletes Serving Athletes (ASA) opened registration last week for its first Virginia RunFest, which will be held at Reston Town Center on Saturday, Sept. 22. It will be the organization’s first-ever event in Virginia, supplementing the race that it has hosted in Hunt Valley, Maryland, where it’s headquartered, for the past 16 years.

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Countywide

NOW: Metro slows down trains due to high temperatures

By Angela Woolsey
A Metro train on elevated tracks above Route 7 in Tysons (staff photo by Angela Woolsey)

In the D.C. area, the summer solstice has brought a reminder that heat doesn’t just make people sluggish. It can affect transportation infrastructure too.

Metro has instituted a systemwide speed restriction, limiting all trains to a maximum of 35 mph when they’re above ground due to rail temperatures exceeding 135 degrees Fahrenheit. The limit took effect today (Thursday) at 2 p.m.

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News

FCPD: Thieves lift booze from Tysons ABC store

By Angela Woolsey
The Virginia ABC store at 8413 Old Courthouse Road in Tysons (via Google Maps)

The shelves at the Tysons ABC store are a little emptier today after an apparent shoplifting incident last night (Wednesday).

Officers were called to the liquor store at 8413 Old Courthouse Road at 7:58 p.m. for a report of a larceny, the Fairfax County Police Department says.

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News

Police investigate fatal motorcycle crash on Route 28

By Angela Woolsey
A Virginia State Police vehicle (staff photo by Jay Westcott)

Virginia State Police are investigating a fatal motorcycle crash that occurred on Route 28 in the Centreville area on Monday (June 17).

According to the VSP, Juan Rossi Jr., a 25-year-old from Centreville, was riding his 2017 Yamaha YZF on the Route 28 North exit ramp to I-66 East when he “lost control, ran off the road, and hit a guardrail.”

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News

Work on modernization of Pan Am Shopping Center to begin soon

By Angela Woolsey
Glory Days Grill at Pan Am Shopping Center in Merrifield (staff photo by Angela Woolsey)

Construction will begin this month on a facelift and amenity upgrades at the Pan Am Shopping Center in Merrifield, property owner and developer Federal Realty announced today (Thursday).

Scheduled to start in late June and finish by the end of this year, the renovation will “refresh and modernize” the 228,000-square-foot shopping center at 3089 Nutley Street SW, according to a press release.

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News

Tax breaks considered for Lake Anne, Huntington developers to spur revitalization

By Angela Woolsey
Lake Anne Plaza in late March (staff photo by Angela Woolsey)

Fairfax County is looking at Reston’s Lake Anne area and the Huntington Metro station as the next candidates for a program that offers tax breaks and other incentives to jumpstart revitalization efforts.

Both areas have proven difficult to redevelop and are seeing stagnant real estate values, despite their prime locations and the county’s overall economic growth, according to Elizabeth Hagg, director of the Fairfax County Department of Planning and Development’s community revitalization section.

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New pet hospital Bond Vet to open this month in Fairfax City

By James Jarvis
Bond Vet in Hell's Kitchen in New York City (courtesy of Bond Vet)

A new pet hospital is opening up in Fairfax City.

Bond Vet, a full-service veterinary clinic for dogs and cats, is opening later this month at 9428 Fairfax Blvd, across from the Giant supermarket under the Scout on the Circle apartments. There is no definitive opening date yet, but a spokesperson told FFXnow it plans to open “within the month.”

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