Metro Adds More Shuttles During Station Closures — “We recognize the crowding concerns with the Orange & Silver Line shuttle service and continue to adapt our plan. To help with crowding,” Metro has added Express shuttles running seven days a week between Rosslyn and McLean, and starting today (Monday), all routes will have more buses. [WMATA/Twitter]
Two Dead Bodies Found on Saturday — “At 9:21 a.m., officers with the City of Fairfax Police Department responded to the 9700 block of Fairfax Blvd” and found the body of an unidentified adult. At 9:55 a.m., Fairfax County police reported that another body was discovered in the 6200 block of Little River Turnpike. Both departments said there didn’t appear be a threat to the community. [FOX5]
“Heavy” Fire Put Out Near Reston — “Units [were] on scene of a structure fire near the intersection of Hunter Mill Road and Crowell Road in the Reston area. Arriving crews saw heavy smoke and fire coming from a seemingly abandoned structure. The fire is under control.” [FCFRD/Twitter]
N. Va. Home Sales Expected to Drop This Year — “The number of overall sales across Northern Virginia in 2023 is expected to decline 10 to 15 percent, compared with 2022…Fairfax County’s single-family home market will effectively see flat prices in 2023, with total sales down 10 percent and inventory (the number of active properties on the market) dropping 13 percent.” [Northern Virginia Magazine]
McLean HS Beats Madison for Softball Championship — “Sore arm or not, [Hailey] Simpson wouldn’t be denied the opportunity to pitch for a state championship. For the third time in just over 24 hours, she took to the pitching circle for the Highlanders in their most important game of the season and spun a complete game, allowing just four hits to lift McLean to the summit, 2-1, in Aldie.” [The Washington Post]
Banking Company Moves From McLean to Tysons — “Primis Financial Corp. (NASDAQ: FRST) recently relocated its corporate headquarters from a low-slung brick building on Old Dominion Drive in McLean to the ninth floor of a recently renovated, Class A tower in the heart of Tysons.” The company says the move to 1676 International Drive could help it compete for “customers and talent.” [Washington Business Journal]
Pride Month Art Added at the Mosaic District — “Image360 Fairfax, a locally-owned and operated graphics design company, recently finished a project to help The Mosaic District celebrate Pride Month…In support of the LGBTQ+ community, Image360 installed an art display featuring a rainbow of flowers and empowering phrases at the atrium facing the Strawberry Lane public space.” [Patch]
Graduating Springfield Students Open Time Capsule — “As Lynbrook Elementary School students in Springfield boarded buses to head home, a handful of soon-to-be graduating seniors from nearby John Lewis High School returned to where they learned their ABCs to step back in time.” [ABC7]
It’s Monday — A chance of showers and thunderstorms, then showers and possibly a thunderstorm after 8am. High near 78. South wind 11 to 13 mph, with gusts as high as 21 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. New rainfall amounts between a half and three quarters of an inch possible. [Weather.gov]
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