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A “membership-first” veterinary practice opened its doors in McLean for the first time today (Monday).

Transparency and convenience are the ideas behind Small Door Veterinary, which settled on Chesterbrook Shopping Center for its first Virginia location.


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A person was shot this morning (Thursday) at the CIA’s headquarters in McLean.

Patrol officers were dispatched to the 900 block of Dolley Madison Blvd shortly before 4 a.m. to assist CIA Police with managing traffic after a “non-fatal shooting” on the intelligence agency’s property, the Fairfax County Police Department says.


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The arts center planned for downtown McLean has a new name and a potential timeline for starting construction.

The facility will officially be known as the MPA Berlage Arts & Education Center in honor of McLean Project for the Arts (MPA) board member and longtime supporter Bruce L. Berlage, who made a “significant” contribution to help fund the project, MPA announced last week.


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A rapidly expanding dry-cleaning brand is bringing its latest location to McLean.

Mulberrys Garment Care, which opened its first D.C. location in the Friendship Heights neighborhood in December 2023, has secured a space at 6647-B Old Dominion Blvd in McLean Square for its next expansion in the D.C. region.


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Fairfax County’s Department of Transportation will consider this week whether to implement a time-of-day turn restriction from one McLean road onto Georgetown Pike.

A proposal, which will be discussed at a virtual public meeting tomorrow (Wednesday), would prohibit outside drivers from turning left from Dead Run Drive during evening hours in hopes of limiting cut-through traffic in the neighborhood.


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Plans for significant future expansion of the Vinson Hall retirement community in McLean took a small but key procedural step forward last Thursday (May 1).

The Fairfax County Planning Commission unanimously, if informally, indicated support for adding the development proposal to a list of possible comprehensive plan amendments that will be forwarded to the Board of Supervisors in June.


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The McLean Community Center’s annual McLean Day festival is returning later this month with food trucks, carnival rides, a petting zoo and more to celebrate the event’s 110th birthday.

The festival is scheduled for Saturday, May 17, from 11 a.m.-5 p.m. at Lewinsville Park (1659 Chain Bridge Road).


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Virginia State Police (VSP) said a driver died after striking a tractor-trailer on I-495 early this morning near the Old Dominion Drive overpass.

According to VSP, the driver of the sedan crashed into the back of a tractor trailer around 1:50 a.m.


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Ramp closures and detours are in place during overnight hours this week around the I-495 and George Washington Memorial Parkway interchange.

The Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) said ramp closures and detours will be in place between 10 p.m. and 5 a.m. this week.


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