Angela Woolsey

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Site Editor at FFXnow

FFXnow (@ffxnow) and Tysons Reporter (@TysonsReporter) editor. Formerly a journalist with the Fairfax County Times. She/her.

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Articles

Dominion Energy to remove dozens more trees along W&OD Trail

3 weeks ago | ffxnow.com | Angela Woolsey

After reevaluating plans to clear more trees throughout the Washington & Old Dominion (W&OD) Trail corridor in the spring, Dominion Energy is revving up its chainsaw once more. The utility shared yesterday (Thursday) that its forestry team has “identified several areas” along the 45-mile trail in Fairfax, Arlington and Loudoun counties where tree removals will be necessary to preserve the electrical grid.
Park Authority kicks off Summer Entertainment Series tonight

3 weeks ago | ffxnow.com | Angela Woolsey

Temperatures are warming, school is nearly out for the year, and a full slate of free, outdoor summer entertainment is coming to Fairfax County parks.
Report: Tysons economy steady to open 2025, but federal spending disruptions loom

3 weeks ago | ffxnow.com | Angela Woolsey

The Tysons economy appeared to be heading in an encouraging direction to start 2025. Visitations and residential and retail occupancy rates were up, and office vacancies at least held steady instead of rising. However, the impacts of federal spending and workforce cuts by the Trump administration have yet to emerge in the data tracked by the Tysons Community Alliance (TCA), which released its latest quarterly market report today (Thursday).
Reston Taco Bell appears ready to reopen soon

3 weeks ago | ffxnow.com | Angela Woolsey

Reston’s new Taco Bell appears to be on the verge of reopening. The fast-food restaurant at 11257 Roger Bacon Drive has been closed for months, as franchise owner Summerwood Corporation undertook a wholesale demolition and replacement of the existing building. Construction seems to have finished on the new building, which boasts a more modern look with two, long drive-thru aisles, a late-night pickup window and a covered outdoor patio.
JUST IN: Man charged with trying to abduct child at Annandale school bus stop

3 weeks ago | ffxnow.com | Angela Woolsey

A man has been charged with attempted abduction after police say he tried to lure a child who was waiting for a school bus. Hugo Perez Soliz, 45, allegedly drove up to the child near Wadsworth Court and Little River Turnpike in yesterday (Tuesday) morning and “attempted to persuade the child” to get into his black Subaru sedan, the Fairfax County Police Department says.
Dance lessons, pets on the Plaza and more free events shake up summer in Tysons

3 weeks ago | ffxnow.com | Angela Woolsey

Summer is heating up in Tysons with a variety of free programs throughout the season. A new “Latin Dance Experience” series will kick off at Boro Park (8350 Broad Street) this Sunday (June 8). Led by Classé Dance Company, which is based in Tysons at 8032 Leesburg Pike, the series will feature lessons in salsa and other Latin dance styles, live performances and giveaways. The outdoor celebrations will continue on June 22, July 6 and July 20, lasting from 3-8 p.m. each day.
Townhouses proposed to replace ‘under-leased’ office building near Dulles

3 weeks ago | ffxnow.com | Angela Woolsey

A developer hopes to alchemize real estate gold out of a faltering building in Coppermine Commons, an office complex in the McNair area south of Herndon. An affiliate of the Arlington-based company Felice Development Group that appears to own Coppermine Commons III has proposed replacing the 5-story office building at 13851 Sunrise Valley Drive with up to 98 residential townhouses.
Fairfax County resumes rollout of speed cameras in school zones

3 weeks ago | ffxnow.com | Angela Woolsey

Fairfax County will expand its speed camera program to 10 more public schools this summer, several months after it announced plans to install the devices. After giving the public notice on Monday (June 2), the county will roll out the new cameras in two batches, starting with three cameras in early July. Another seven cameras will come online in mid-August before the next school year gets underway.
Lorton teen accused by police of shooting girlfriend’s father

3 weeks ago | ffxnow.com | Angela Woolsey

A Lorton man was shot last night (Monday) by a teen identified by police as his daughter’s boyfriend. According to the Fairfax County Police Department, officers responded to the 9800 block of East Hill Drive at 9:56 p.m. for reports of a shooting in the Lorton Station neighborhood. Upon arriving, police found an adult man with a gunshot wound to his upper body.
Indian restaurant coming soon to Idylwood from Bollywood Bistro team

3 weeks ago | ffxnow.com | Angela Woolsey

The team behind Fairfax City’s Bollywood Bistro is working on a new restaurant that they hope will transport diners in more ways than one. Upon entering Mumbai Central in Idylwood, customers will find themselves in a space resembling a train compartment, decked out with a destination board, a ticket counter and other paraphernalia that evoke the restaurant’s namesake train station.