The Fairfax County School Board expects to spend about $2 million on engineering and designs for renovations to remake a private school south of Herndon into the new Skyview High School.
At its meeting on June 11, the board directed Fairfax County Public Schools staff to finalize an approximately $1.99 million contract for architecture and engineering services with Grimm + Parker Architecture.
The Wait Is Over!
Welcome to 1st Stage’s dynamic 2026-2027 season.
Intimate. Powerful. Authentic. Inclusive. Excellent. 1st Stage Theatre.
From an unexpected elegy of hidden truths from a Nobel Prize-winning playwright, to a look at the stakes of women’s basketball in the Dust Bowl, to a U.S. premiere from the writer of One Man, Two Guvnors – join us for 1st Stage’s upcoming 2026-2027 season.
Individual tickets go on sale later this summer. To learn more about the season and subscription options, visit https://1ststage.org/.
FULL 2026-2027 SEASON:
The Logan Festival of Solo Performance
August 20-30, 2026
This innovative festival, acclaimed in The Washington Post with “three plays prove the power of one,” will gather celebrated solo performers from across the country for two weeks of performances, workshops, discussions, and events. Stay tuned for the announcement of the shows and full schedule!
Betrayal
Written by Harold Pinter
Directed by Alex Levy
October 8-25, 2026
Emma, Robert and Jerry have history. As her marriage to Robert comes to an end, Emma reconnects with Jerry, her former lover—and her husband’s best friend—as the action unspools backward in time in an inventive retelling by the Nobel Prize-winning playwright. At once utterly domestic and dangerous, uncovering hidden truths and revealing how little we know about those we think we know so much about, it’s an “elegy about time and memory (where) the greatest dramatic weight lies in what’s unspoken”- The New York Times (more…)
The Wait Is Over!
Welcome to 1st Stage’s dynamic 2026-2027 season.
Intimate. Powerful. Authentic. Inclusive. Excellent. 1st Stage Theatre.
From an unexpected elegy of hidden truths from a Nobel Prize-winning playwright, to a look at the stakes of women’s basketball in the Dust Bowl, to a U.S. premiere from the writer of One Man, Two Guvnors – join us for 1st Stage’s upcoming 2026-2027 season.
Individual tickets go on sale later this summer. To learn more about the season and subscription options, visit https://1ststage.org/.
FULL 2026-2027 SEASON:
The Logan Festival of Solo Performance
August 20-30, 2026
This innovative festival, acclaimed in The Washington Post with “three plays prove the power of one,” will gather celebrated solo performers from across the country for two weeks of performances, workshops, discussions, and events. Stay tuned for the announcement of the shows and full schedule!
Betrayal
Written by Harold Pinter
Directed by Alex Levy
October 8-25, 2026
Emma, Robert and Jerry have history. As her marriage to Robert comes to an end, Emma reconnects with Jerry, her former lover—and her husband’s best friend—as the action unspools backward in time in an inventive retelling by the Nobel Prize-winning playwright. At once utterly domestic and dangerous, uncovering hidden truths and revealing how little we know about those we think we know so much about, it’s an “elegy about time and memory (where) the greatest dramatic weight lies in what’s unspoken”- The New York Times (more…)
A pedestrian has died after being struck by two different drivers on Richmond Highway early this morning (Thursday).
Police officers and Fairfax County Fire and Rescue Department units were dispatched to Richmond Highway at Fort Hunt Road in Huntington at around 1:43 a.m. after one of the drivers reported to 911 that they “hit a pedestrian and then another car ran them over,” according to the police scanner.
Further reductions in Fairfax County’s office building inventory are needed, but the commercial office sector is not a dinosaur destined for extinction, industry officials say.
“We’re seeing our existing tenants … beginning to need more space,” Barry Bass, a cofounder of the real estate investment firm Silverline Equities, told the Board of Supervisors’ Council for Economic Opportunity on Tuesday (June 16).
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Early voting has officially started in Fairfax County for Congressional primary elections that will likely be relatively low on drama after a chaotic spring saw voters narrowly approve new districts that were subsequently nullified by the Virginia Supreme Court.
The county is opening three in-person early voting sites today (Thursday), starting with the Fairfax County Government Center at 8 a.m. and followed at 1 p.m. by the Mount Vernon and North County governmental centers.
Missing Swimmer’s Body Found — “Crews from the Montgomery County fire department recovered the body of 20-year-old Nazir Bell early Tuesday afternoon days after they started their search on Sunday evening.” Bell went missing while swimming in the Potomac River near the Billy Goat Trail during what “was supposed to be a fun outing with friends.” [NBC4]
Home Builder Convicted of Fraud — “A three-week criminal trial in Fairfax County Circuit Court ended Wednesday with a six-count conviction for home contractor Richard Craig Tadlock. The 76-year-old was convicted on five counts of construction fraud and one count of obtaining money by false pretenses.” [WUSA9]
Regional Lego Theft Ring Busted — “Three suspects are accused of conspiring to steal minifigures from numerous Lego sets across the D.C. area, making a tidy profit reselling them online. Collectible minifigures from fandoms such as Star Wars, Lord of the Rings and Zelda were secretly swiped in 29 incidents, supplying a high-volume eBay storefront that netted over $36,000 in 12 months, according to a criminal complaint.” [ARLnow]
Repairs Continue on Potomac Water Pipes — Emergency repairs started on Tuesday (June 16) to fix a different section of the Potomac Interceptor than the one that “famously spewed raw sewage straight into the Potomac River” in January, an indicator of the “precarious state” of D.C.’s only drinking water source. Additional priority spots have been identified in Dulles and “on the DC-Maryland line by Chain Bridge.” [Washingtonian]
Former Kingstowne Library Slated for Retail — The owner of Landsdowne Centre is seeking contractors to divide roughly 20,000 square feet of space previously occupied by the Kingstowne Library and Center for Active Adults into “nine new retail spaces.” The shopping center is otherwise “fully leased” to tenants including CVS, Hangry Joe’s, Dairy Queen and more. [Washington Business Journal]
Local Student Honored for Safety Patrol Work — Inspired by his mother and older sister, William Kinne signed up to become a safety patrol member at Canterbury Woods Elementary School in Wakefield. “On Tuesday night, Kinne was recognized as AAA’s Safety Patroller of the Year. It marks the second consecutive year a student at the school has received the honor.” [WTOP]
New Eateries Coming to Bailey’s Crossroads — “Several new dining options are in the works for Bailey’s Crossroads. The Nile Restaurant is slated to open Monday, June 22, at 5624 Columbia Pike. Gamal Elhadi, the owner, plans to offer kebabs, grilled chicken, fried fish, salads, and Mediterranean specialties.” Multiple cafes, a Chinese restaurant and Bora Bora Smoothie Cafe are also under construction. [Annandale Today]
Metro Reflects on 50 Years of Service — “This year marks 50 years since Metrorail’s first trains began service in D.C. Over the course of the decades, the transit system has expanded significantly, playing a crucial role in the growth and development of the Washington metropolitan area.” Metro General Manager and CEO Randy Clarke “views Metro’s story as intertwined with that of America and the DMV.” [DC News Now]
It’s Thursday — Expect a high of 94°F and partly sunny skies, with a 50% chance of showers and thunderstorms after 2 PM. At night, there is a 20% chance of showers and thunderstorms, mostly before 3 AM, with a low of 69°F. [NWS]
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Good Wednesday evening, Fairfax County. Let’s take a look back at today’s stories and a look forward to tomorrow’s event calendar.
The following articles were published earlier today — Jun 17, 2026.
Here is what’s going on Thursday throughout the county, from our event calendar.
Expect partly sunny skies with a slight chance of showers, turning to showers and thunderstorms after 2 pm, and a high of around 93°F. It will be breezy with west winds at 16 to 22 mph and gusts up to 33 mph, and precipitation has a 50% chance. Thursday night will be mostly cloudy with a low of about 69°F and west winds at 6 to 11 mph, gusting up to 22 mph. On Juneteenth, anticipate mostly sunny weather with a high near 84°F and northwest winds at 7 to 11 mph, with gusts up to 21 mph. See more from Weather.gov.
The MonumentCam screenshot above is used with permission of the Trust for the National Mall and courtesy of EarthCam.
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A motorcyclist has been hospitalized with reportedly serious injuries following a crash that has fully shut down Richmond Highway (Route 1) in the Lorton area.
First responders, including police officers, medics and a helicopter, were dispatched to Richmond Highway at Mims Street at around 3:29 p.m. for a crash involving a motorcycle and a car, according to scanner traffic.
The Fairfax County School Board voted last week to approve a new policy that prioritizes full five-day school weeks throughout the year, confirms the length of spring and winter breaks, and sets a framework for the calendar year going forward.
After a tense discussion, the school board voted 8-4 on June 11 to approve a motion by Providence District member Karl Frisch revising an earlier draft of the policy.
