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Published June 15, 2023 at 9:30AM

Fairfax County will alight with joy and celebration with a variety of opportunities to celebrate Juneteenth this coming weekend (June 17-19).

Just last week on June 6, the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors officially recognized Monday, June 19 of this year as Juneteenth. Only recently anointed a state and federal holiday, the occasion commemorates the day in 1865 when enslaved men and women in Galveston, Texas finally heard the news that they had been freed two years prior under the Emancipation Proclamation in 1863.

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Major population growth predicted for Town of Herndon

By Fatimah Waseem

Published June 12, 2023 at 11:00AM

Herndon government offices (staff photo by Jay Westcott)

After sleepy population growth over the last decade, Herndon planners expect the town will see significant population growth in the coming 10 to 15 years.

In a June memo to the Town of Herndon’s planning commission, head of long-range planning Ahmad Zaki said the changes must inform the town’s planning decisions.

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Rearranging of buildings at Herndon’s Arrowbrook Centre approved

By Fatimah Waseem

Published June 8, 2023 at 1:30PM

A map of the Arrowbrook Centre development in Herndon (via Arrowbrooke Centre LLC)

Arrowbrook Centre, an anchoring mixed-use neighborhood near the Innovation Center Metro station, is moving one step forward to completion.

Several pieces of the 54-acre development, which is bounded by the Dulles Airport Access Road to the north and Centreville Road to the east, were approved by the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors at a Tuesday (June 6) meeting.

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Industrial tech manufacturer from Austria opens Herndon location

By Fatimah Waseem

Published June 7, 2023 at 3:00PM

TELE opened its offices last month in the Town of Herndon (Photo courtesy TELE).

An industrial automation manufacturer from Austria is now a part of the business fabric in the Town of Herndon.

Tele Controls Inc., a 60-year-old, woman-owned manufacturer, opened its first U.S. subsidiary in Arlington in 2018, according to company spokesperson Apolinar Rivera.

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A literal scoop: Moo Thru ice cream is coming to the Town of Herndon

By Fatimah Waseem

Published June 7, 2023 at 10:15AM | Updated June 8, 2023 at 8:45AM

The popular ice cream is expected to open in January (staff photo by Fatimah Waseem)

(Updated 8:45 a.m. on 6/8/2023) Moo Thru, a popular ice cream parlor that sells handmade, locally sourced ice cream, is coming to the Town of Herndon this summer.

The family-owned business is expected to open a truck sometime next week at 317 Spring Street, according to franchise owner Caitlin Kenney. A brick-and-mortar store will follow in July.

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Funeral home appeals Herndon denial of plan to demolish old buildings

By Fatimah Waseem

Published June 6, 2023 at 2:15PM | Updated June 6, 2023 at 2:43PM

The main Adams-Green Funeral Home structure is located in downtown Herndon (courtesy Town of Herndon)

(Updated at 2:45 p.m.) The future of two structures built on Elden Street around 1888 is now in limbo.

The longstanding Adams-Green Funeral Home is appealing the Town of Herndon’s decision to deny an application to demolish two homes on 725 Elden Street. The Herndon Town Council will consider the appeal at a work session tonight (Tuesday) at 7 p.m.

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Demolition and renovation proposed for Herndon Taco Bell

By Fatimah Waseem

Published June 1, 2023 at 2:30PM

The redevelopment of the Herndon Taco Bell is proposed (Image via Google Maps).

A Taco Bell in Herndon could soon be temporarily out of commission.

A proposal before Fairfax County seeks to demolish and redevelop the fast-food restaurant, which is located at 2170 Centreville Road, into a larger restaurant with a second drive-thru lane, according to a May 24 application.

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Final pieces of Arrowbrook Centre advanced by planning commission

By Fatimah Waseem

Published May 31, 2023 at 1:15PM

Aura is a residential building proposed on the final land bay in the development (Photo via Fairfax County government/handout).

The final pieces of the massive Arrowbrook Centre development near Herndon’s Innovation Center Metro station got the Fairfax County Planning Commission’s unanimous support last week.

The commission recommended on May 24 that the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors approve changes to the final, nearly 10-acre section of the mixed-use development, which is being built and managed by a Launders Charitable Trust.

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Space-centered cyber company moves HQ to Reston Town Center

By Fatimah Waseem

Published May 30, 2023 at 1:15PM

SpiderOak has officially moved its headquarters to Reston (Photo courtesy Unsplash/Adi Goldstein).

Space-oriented cybersecurity company SpiderOak has expanded its web of operations to Reston Town Center.

The U.S.-owned and operated software company opened its Reston office (11911 Freedom Drive) last month.

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Former American Idol winner to headline Herndon Festival

By Fatimah Waseem

Published May 26, 2023 at 11:00AM

The festival returns to the Town of Herndon in June (Photo courtesy Town of Herndon).

“American Idol” winner David Cook will headline this year’s Herndon Festival, set to take place from June 1-4 at Northwester Federal Credit Union (200 Spring Street).

Cook, who won the seventh season of the popular singing show, has since broken several Billboard chart records. The D.C.-based rock band Broke Royals will open his performance.