We hope you enjoyed the fireworks, parades and other patriotic events in the past week. Stories about fireworks and holiday festivals received a lot of traffic on Reston Now as people planned their celebrations.

When looking at the the Top 5 stories from the past week, we’ll filter out those stories. There was plenty of other news to report as well.

These are the non-holiday-specific stories that have received the most clicks on the site since last Friday:

1. Staples Closing at Plaza America; Total Wine & More Reported to Replace It
2. Seven Restaurants Advertised as Coming to RTC West Development
3. ICE Detainee Who Escaped Custody Monday Afternoon Captured
4. ‘Operation Safe Summer’ Nabs More Than 10 Suspected Internet Predators
5. Crime: A Look at the June Incident Reports from FCPD’s Reston District Station

Feel free to discuss these topics and anything else that happened locally this week. Enjoy the weekend!