Lake Anne Brew House of Reston and Caboose Brewing Company of Vienna will be among the local beermakers at Saturday’s Fairfax County Brewfest in Chantilly.
The event is sponsored by the Dulles Regional Chamber of Commerce and Mustang Sally’s Brewery.
Here is what you need to know:
Brewfest is from 12 to 6 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 1 at Mustang Sally’s, 14140 Parke Long Court (Suites A-C), Chantilly. Rain or shine.
Admission: $25 (Online through Friday) / $35 (At The Gate)
Admission includes logo tasting glass, four drink tickets, brewery tour, beer education program.
Designated drivers and non drinkers: $10; Kids 12 and under, free.
Other local breweries taking part:
- Fairwinds Brewing Company
- Mad Fox Brewing Company
- Forge Brew Works
Food trucks on site will include Weird Brothers Coffee; TurCusine; S&D BBQ; and the Inside Scoop.
There will also be live music from Phil Kominski of Loyd Dobler Effect; Daniel Warren Hill; Fxbgallstars; and Scott Kurt & Memphis 59.
Visit the Fairfax County Brewfest website for more information.
A burglary, a robbery and a police chase that ended in the arrest of a teen driver lead Fairfax County Police’s Reston District Station police reports for the week ending Sept. 27.
The burglary, in the 12100 block of Quorn Lane in Reston, was reported to police Monday about 9:23 p.m. The homeowner said someone entered his garage and took his bicycle and his backpack. There is no suspect information.
The robbery occurred in the 13200 block of Parcher Avenue in Herndon, where a woman said a man assaulted her and stole her wallet on Sept. 23.
The woman, age 36, was walking alone about 5:25 a.m. when she heard someone call out to her from behind. When she turned around, a man assaulted her and took her wallet, then fled. The suspect was described as black, between 18 and 20 years old, about 6 feet 1 inch tall and 160 pounds. He wore a black hoodie and black pants. The victim did not require medical attention, police said. Read More
Dr. John David Farrell Sr., a Reston pediatrician for more than 40 years, died Sept. 18 at age 79 after a long illness.
Dr. Farrell, originally from Clarksburg, W. Va., was a 1955 graduate of Campion Jesuit High School, a Jesuit boarding school for boys in Prairie du Chien, Wis. He was a 1959 graduate of the University of Notre Dame.
Dr. Farrell completed his medical training in 1965 after his internship at Medical College of Virginia in Richmond, and residency at Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh.
After completing his medical training Dr. Farrell served in the U.S. Navy Medical Corps at the U. S. Naval Hospital, Pediatrics, Camp Lejeune, N.C. In 1968-69, he served in Vietnam pacification program as a Navy pediatric physician advisor II corps, Milphap Team N-4 in Nha Trang and Saigon treating plaque, malaria and tuberculosis.
After being discharged in 1969, he continued to serve in the U. S. Navy Reserves receiving an honorable discharge as Lieutenant Commander April 1975. He received the National Defense Service Medal, Vietnam Service Medal and Vietnam Campaign Medal.
After his military service, Dr. Farrell moved to Reston in 1971, establishing Farrell Pediatrics in Hunters Woods Village Center.
In 1985, he moved his practice to Sunset Hills Professional Center. The practice still bears his name and has provided care to thousands of young patients in Northern Virginia.
“Dr. Farrell was such a good clinician that in 1989, when my daughter was diagnosed with leukemia, he knew the diagnosis before the blood test came back,” said Reston resident John Farrell, a lawyer who often joked with the doctor because the two shared the same name.
Dr. Farrell was preceded in death by his father, Dr. Marcus E. Farrell and his mother, Mae Ann (Hurray) Farrell. His first wife, Carol (Aston) Farrell, died in November 2015 in Raleigh, NC.
He is survived by his wife Nancy; brother Marcus E. Farrell Jr. (wife Ellen); son John David Farrell Jr. (wife Kerry and grandchildren Victor, Patrick and David); Laura Farrell Page (husband Jeff and grandchildren, Carter, Natalie and Logan); Michael Farrell and Julene Farrell; and stepdaughter Cynthia Connell (husband Paul and grandchildren Brian and Kevin).
Family will receive guests on Friday, Oct. 28 from 6-8 p.m. with a memorial service to be held Saturday, Oct. 29 (time and location pending).
More information and a condolence book can be found at www.adamsgreen.com.
Photo: Dr. John D. Farrell Sr./Family photo via Adams Green Funeral Home.
Get your rain boots ready.
The National Weather Service has issued a Flash Flood Watch for Reston, Fairfax County and most of the Washington, DC, area for Wednesday night through Friday morning.
A front heading here from the Great Lakes is expected to dump several inches of rain. Here is the forecast:
AN UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE OVER THE WESTERN GREAT LAKES WILL DROP SOUTHWARD INTO THE OHIO VALLEY WEDNESDAY INTO THURSDAY. AS THE UPPER LOW DROPS SOUTHWARD…
PERIODS OF HEAVY RAINFALL ARE ANTICIPATED LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT ACROSS THE CENTRAL MID-ATLANTIC. THE PERIOD OF GREATEST
RAIN RATES IS EXPECTED LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON.WIDESPREAD RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES ARE EXPECTED WITH LOCALIZED HIGHER TOTALS IN AREAS OF REPEATED ACTIVITY.
* POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL STREAMS…CREEKS AND URBAN AREAS ESPECIALLY IN AREAS OF REPEATED ACTIVITY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…
A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION.
YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED.
Soccer Fundraiser — Reston Soccer, which seeks to build turf fields at Reston Association’s Lake Newport Soccer fields, is holding a big fundraiser this weekend. [EventBrite]
Runners Marathon Registration Open — The Runners Marathon of Reston has opened registration for the 2017 race, which will take place on April 9. This year’s race will feature a marathon, half-marathon and a relay. [PR Races]
Former Poet Laureate In Reston — Former U.S. Poet Laureate Billy Collins will be at Reston Community Center Hunters Woods tonight. Tickets for CenterStage are sold out, but seats for a simulcast in the community room are still available. [RCC]
The League of Women Voters of the Fairfax Area is co-sponsoring a forum this week on the proposed Fairfax County meals tax.
The question of a 4-percent tax on meals and other prepared foods will be presented to voters in the general election Nov. 8. The tax would add an additional $100 million annually to county coffers. Seventy percent of it would go to Fairfax County Public Schools.
Surrounding jurisdictions such as Alexandria, Arlington, the District, and the towns of Herndon, Vienna already have meal taxes.
Fairfax County last held a referendum on a meals tax in 1992. It failed.
Proponents say it is a necessary way to diversify revenue without continuing to raise property taxes. Opponents say it will hit lower income people the hardest and it is unfair to the restaurant industry, among other issues.
Here is what you need to know:
The forum is Thursday, Sept. 29, 7 to 9 p.m. at Luther Jackson Middle School Auditorium, 3020 Gallows Road, Falls Church.
The moderator will be Mary Kimm, editor of the Connection newspapers.
The panelists in opposition to the meals tax will be Springfield Supervisor Pat Herrity (R) and Jon Norton from Great American Restaurants. The panelists in support of the meals tax will be FCPS’ Hunter Mill School Board rep Pat Hynes and Phil Niedzielski-Eichner, management consultant.
The panel will take questions from the audience. Questions may also be submitted in advance by writing to [email protected] or by taking a survey.
After six postponements since December, Pulte Home’s Lofts at Reston Station will finally go before the Fairfax County Planning Commission this week.
It might not move quickly though. A Fairfax County Planning staff report recommends denial of the application to rezone an industrial area, currently a one-story office building, on Michael Faraday Drive and built 44 residences. The plan calls for 12 2-over-2 townhouses and 32 multifamily units on a 1 1/2-acre plot of land.
The parcel is about one-third of a mile from the Wiehle-Reston East Metro station, and will eventually be connected by interior streets, including an extension of Reston Station Blvd, plans show.
The planning staff report basically says that is too much housing attempting to be crammed into a small space.
The staff report takes issues with the configuration of open space; the amount of surface parking (27 spaces, which they say should be in structured parking); a poorly designed pocket park; and lack of landscaping in connecting to public space.
The report also mentions concerns about how trash and recycling trucks will function in the crowded layout.
The staff report suggest an alternative layout or removing two townhouse units in order to open up space in the development.
The public hearing is Thursday at 8:15 p.m. at the Fairfax County Government Center.
Rendering of multifamily building along future Reston Station Blvd at Michael Faraday Drive/Credit: Fairfax County
Updated: The entire Cosi chain filed for bankruptcy on Wednesday. Also, about half of the chain’s stores, including a branch in Arlington, closed this week.
Cosi at Reston Town Center has closed its doors. The restaurant’s last day in business at 11909 Democracy Dr. was Monday.
Manager John Paul said the store was at the end of its lease and a new lease was going to be more expensive.
No word yet on a new tenant for the space.
(Update: 10 a.m. – Fairfax County Parkway has reopened)
A car crash investigation has closed all lanes of the Fairfax County Parkway near New Dominion Parkway as of 9:15 a.m. Tuesday.
Fairfax County Fire Rescue and Fairfax County Police are both at the scene.
Additionally, there is a crash being removed from Reston Parkway and Fox Mill Road as of 9:35 a.m. so steer clear of that area as well.
Reston Now will have more details as they are available.
A former Reston personal trainer who was accused of taking pictures of women underneath their clothing at South Lakes Village Center a year ago was sentenced to 12 months in jail last week. He won’t serve time though.
Michael Wayne Edwards’ sentence handed down in Fairfax County Circuit Court Friday was for 12 months, all but four of them suspended, NBC4 Washington reports. Edwards was credited with time served.
Edwards must register as a sex offender, NBC4 reported.
Edwards pled guilty to the crime last May. In January of 2016, he was found guilty of two charges of filming women without their consent and of simulated masturbation charge.
Fairfax County General District Court Judge Ian O’Flaherty sentenced Edwards to one-year supervised probation and six months in jail. Edwards’ attorney immediately appealed the sentence, which resulted in a new case in circuit court. Read More
A Screening About Screens — Reston Community Center will hold a screening of the documentary Screenagers tonight at 7:30 p.m. at the CenterStage at RCC Hunters Woods. Screenagers explores the impact of growing up in the digital age. The event is free and open to the public. No tickets required.
Give Blood Tuesday — The Inova Bloodmobile will be at Reston Town Center Tuesday from noon to 7 p.m. The truck will be located near the skating rink rental center (by Clyde’s patio). Register on-site or in advance. [Reston Town Center]
Southgate Celebration — Saturday is Southgate Community Day & 10th Anniversary Celebration. The party is from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Southgate Community Center, 12125 Pinecrest Road. Free activities include talent show, games, music and DJ, food vendors, contests, information tables and more.
South Lakes’ football’s 75-8 victory over McLean on Friday has earned the Seahawks a spot in the Washington Post’s High School Top 20 this week.
South Lakes (4-0) entered the poll at No. 20 based on the performance in which eight different players scored touchdowns and the Seahawks led 61-0 at halftime.
It was the biggest victory since Coach Trey Taylor took over the team prior to the 2014 season. The Seahawks were 8-2 last season, earning a trip to the Virginia 6A North Region Playoffs.
The margin was believed to be the biggest for the school since 1978.
“In general, I am happy with how we have progressed this season form last,” said Taylor. “We have had guys step up and replace players who graduated and we are playing well as a team. We are still a young group and have lots of things we need to fix if we want to improve as a team. That is our focus; we need to be better than last week.”
Leading South Lakes’ effort was junior running back Albert Mensah, who rushed six times for 127 yards (an average of 21.2 yards per carry) and two touchdowns; junior wide receiver Chris Ezidinima (33-yard touchdown catch); senior punt returner Andrew Funaki (50-yard return for a TD); junior quarterback Devin Miles (10-yard TD run); junior running back Spencer Alston (two-yard TD run); junior receiver Noah Seneca (13-yard catch); and sophomore running back Xavier May (scoring on runs of six and four yards).
Get your beer stein ready: The Greater Reston Chamber of Commerce’s Oktoberfest Reston returns to Reston Town Center on Oct. 8. Food, wine, music and vendors will fill the area around Market Street.
Here is what you need to know:
The fun begins at noon and runs until 11 p.m.
Admission is free. Food and drink tickets are $1 per ticket or $20 for 24 tickets. You can purchase advance tickets online at www.OktoberfestReston.com or at the festival.
Beers on tap include Samuel Adams Oktoberfest, Warfteiner, Blue Moon and Miller Lite. There will also be a Craft Beer Alley featuring Fair Winds, Flying Dog, Heritage, Old Ox and Old Bust Head.
Among the local restaurants with food for sale: Tavern 64 Regional Kitchen; Vinifera Wine Bar & Bistro; American Tap Room; Neyla; Buffalo Wing Factory; The Melting Pot; Pittsburgh Ricks; The Melting Pot; and GreenFare.
Among the entertainment: Alpine Dancers, The Low’nBrows German Band, Dr FU, DJ Edward Daniels and DJ Moon Man. Check the event website for the exact schedule at the two stages (RTC Pavilion and on Library Street).
The fun continues on Sunday, Oct. 9 with the Pumpkin 5K and Kids Pumpkin Dash. Participants are encouraged to run in their Halloween costumes. The race begins at 8:15 a.m. and goes on a flat course around Reston Town Center.
Registration is now open online.
This is the last week of voting in the 2016 Preference Poll for the Reston Community Center Board of Governors.
There are three candidates running for three seats. Even though the elections are uncontested, RCC is required to hold the Preference Poll annually regardless of how many candidates run.
Read more about the three candidates, Beverly Cosham, Michelle Moyer and Paul Thomas, on this previous Reston Now post and on RCC’s website.
If you weren’t able to attend the September 17 Candidate Forum to learn about each candidate’s vision for Reston, you may view it online through Reston Community Television. If you haven’t voted yet, please remember to cast your vote no later than 5 p.m. on Friday, Sept. 30.
Write-in voting is not counted. A ballot and instructions for online, mail, or walk-in voting have been mailed to all Small District 5 residential and commercial addresses. Residents of Small District 5 may use the unique USERID and PIN found on their ballot to vote online, in person or by mail:
Online: Visit www.restoncommunitycenter.com and click on the VOTE NOW button in order to enter your unique household credentials and gain access to online voting. Online voting will be available through Friday, September 30 at 5 p.m.
In Person: Bring your ballot to RCC Hunters Woods or RCC Lake Anne and deposit it in a ballot box; do not leave it in RCC lobbies or on countertops. The boxes will be in the lobbies from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. during the voting period. Ballots will be accepted until 5 p.m. on Friday, Sept. 30.
By Mail: Residents may use the return envelope provided with the ballot to cast a vote by mail. Postage required. Mailed ballots must be received by Thursday, Sept. 29 at 5 p.m. Please note the earlier deadline for mailed ballots and allow time for delivery by the deadline.
Residents or business representatives who did not receive a ballot may obtain a provisional ballot by visiting Customer Service at RCC Hunters Woods or RCC Lake Anne. Photo ID is required for address confirmation; business representatives will need to show a business card or additional proof of eligibility. Provisional ballots may be cast in person or by mail or may be used to vote online. Only one ballot per household or business will be tabulated.
A Fairfax County Planning Commission staff report recommends approval of a proposed cell phone tower to be built on the grounds of Crossfield Elementary School off Fox Mill Road.
Milestone Communications (on behalf of Verizon Wireless) is seeking to build a 138-foot tall monopole on the grounds of the school. The pole, which would be built to look like an evergreen tree, would be able to carry signals from five mobile carriers in order to fill in gaps in coverage. The pole would be on a 2,500-square-foot area surrounded by an 8-foot fence.
There will be a planning commission hearing on the application on Wednesday at 8:15 p.m. at the Fairfax County Government Center.
This is the second time in the last three years Reston-based Milestone has proposed a monopole at Crossfield. The company had a similar application in 2013, but withdrew it based on objections from residents.
Residents are perhaps even more upset at the latest proposal. They have organized a petition, put up a “Stop The Crossfield Tower” website and plan to testify at Wednesday’s hearing. Read More
