It’s Cinco de Mayo!
May 5 is commonly observed to commemorate the Mexican army’s unlikely victory over French forces at the Battle of Puebla on May 5, 1862.
And, it’s also a good excuse for nachos, margaritas and other Latin-inspired food and drink.
Here are some ideas for fun in Reston:
On The Border Mexican Grill & Cantina — is offering $4 margaritas and $3 bottles of Dos Equis Amber, Dos Equis Lager, Corona and Corona, among other specials.
bartaco — Try the fresh-squeezed juices in your margarita and a variety of snack-sized tacos.
Uncle Julio’s, Reston Town Center — This town center standby is always a good place for house-made tortillas and frozen margaritas.
Lake Anne Market — This mini-mart at Lake Anne Plaza has a kitchen that turns out quality pupusas, tacos, and other authentic Latin American specialities.
Meanwhile, the Washington Regional Alcohol Program’s SoberRide will be offering free rides on Cinco de Mayo. You can receive a free carb ride home from 4 p.m. Thursday until 4 a.m. Friday (up to a $30 fare). To receive a free cab ride home please call 800-200-8294 (TAXI).
Photo courtesy bartaco.com
There were no major crimes reported by the Fairfax County Police’s Reston District Station in the past week.
There were however many property crimes, with items stolen from homes, offices and vehicles. Here is a list of larceny incidents that were reported to police:
- 11900 block of Barrel Cooper Court, purse and wallet from vehicle
- 700 block of Bennett Street, phone from school
- 1800 block of Sycamore Valley Drive, door from vehicle
- 2500 block of Centreville Road, items from vehicle
- 1700 block of Clubhouse Road, property from business
- 9900 block of Georgetown Pike, beer from business
- 10500 block of Hunting Crest Lane, wallet from vehicle
- 600 block of River Bend Road, checkbook and wallet from vehicle
- 11500 block of Shadbush Court, wallet from vehicle
- 2500 block of Cornelia Road, license plate from vehicle
- 12000 block of Starboard Drive, bicycle from business
On Fridays, we take a moment to thank our sponsors and advertisers:
Greater Reston Chamber of Commerce, the business community for the vibrant region.
BLVD, Comstock’s new apartments at Reston Station.
AKG Design Studio, boutique design firm specializing in kitchen, bathroom designs and cabinetry sales.
The Harrison, luxury apartments near Reston Town Center.
Berry & Berry, PLLC, Reston law firm specializing in federal employment, retirement, labor union, and security clearance matters.
Reston Real Estate, Eve Thompson of Long & Foster Real Estate specializes in Reston homes.
Becky’s Pet Care, offering friendly pet services in Northern Virginia.
Reston Community Center, Serving Reston’s recreational and cultural needs.
MakeOffices, shared work spaces with five area locations, including Reston.
Lake Anne Nursery Kindergarten, educating Reston’s young minds for more than 50 years.
Boofie O’Gorman, Top Producer Realtor at Long & Foster Reston.
Goldfish Swim School, specializing in children’s swim lessons year-round.
Small Change Consignment, serving Reston’s kids for more than 30 years.
A Cleaning Service, professional residential and commercial cleaning.
Greater Reston Arts Center, Reston’s visual arts center.
Reston Montessori, private co-educational school for children ages 3 months to sixth grade.
Kalypso’s Sports Tavern, providing great food and drink at Lake Anne Plaza.
All Spice Cafe & Catering, bringing flavor to your events.
Ashby Ponds Senior Living, quality senior community in Loudoun County.
PetMAC Pet Nutrition Center, for all your pet food needs at Lake Anne Plaza.
Lake Anne Fellowship House, providing housing for seniors for more than 40 years.
Northern Virginia may get hit with some strong thunderstorms on Tuesday.
The Capital Weather Gang says a cold front will hit the region, bringing with it isolated but severe storms from 4 to 10 p.m.
The storms could bring with its heavy rainfall, lightning, gusty winds and hail.
Read more details on The Capital Weather Gang.
Photo: Rain/Credit: Bahmad Farzad via Flickr
Elections for new members to the Reston Citizens Association Board (RCA) of Directors will be held May 20 to June 20.
RCA is seeking candidates to run for three-year terms on the board. The deadline to file is May 13. There are four director seats up in 2016: Hunters Woods District Director;Town Center/Lake Anne/Tall Oaks District Director; South Lakes District Director; and North Point District Director.
The Reston Citizens Association (RCA) is a non-profit serving the 60,000 citizens who live in Reston.
“Rapid development and how it could affect Reston’s infrastructure, open spaces, and quality life have been at the forefront for Reston and RCA in 2015-16. The future of Tall Oaks Village Center, St. John’s Woods, Reston Regional Library and Reston Town Center North redevelopment are just a few of the development planning activities that RCA has actively participated in and helped the community stay abreast of the updates and potential impacts to the Reston community,” RCA President Sridhar Ganesan said in a statement.
To run for a director seat, you must live in Small Tax District 5, be a Reston resident, be 18 years or older, and vote in designated precincts/polling places within Reston districts. Find an application on RCA’s website.
Send your completed application to [email protected] by May 13.
In other RCA news, RCA held its Citizen of the Year Award ceremony on Sunday, honoring Rescue Reston for its work to protect open space in 2015.
Fairfax County Police report several thefts from vehicles this week, among other larcenies, in the Reston District.
Here are the incident reports for April 17-22:
LARCENIES
- 2300 block of Colts Neck Road, wallet from residence
- 2300 block of Hunters Woods Plaza, merchandise from business
- 11100 block of South Lakes Drive, merchandise from business
- 2200 block of Frear Place, laptop computer and phone from vehicle
- 2100 block of Centreville Road, wallet from vehicle
- 2200 block of Astoria Circle, wallet from vehicle
- 1600 block of Bentana Way, documents from vehicle
- 2000 block of Capstone Circle, license plate from vehicle
- 1800 block of Presidents Street, license plate from vehicle
STOLEN VEHICLES
- 2400 block of Centreville Road, 2001 Nissan Pathfinder
- 1000 block of Liberty Meeting Court, Toyota Sienna
- 11900 block of Thomas Avenue, 2006 Ford Focus
- 2400 block of Old Silo Court, 2011 Toyota Camry
ADDITIONAL CHARGES
Rakesh Kapoor, a Fairfax County Department of Code Compliance Inspector, is facing additional charges after being arrested for obtaining money under false pretenses in March.
This month, an additional victim came forward, police said An employee at a local church reported three similar interactions with Kapoor, which occurred in December of 2015 and in January of 2016.
The victim told police Kapoor had promised services to the church in return for money. Kapoor received payments independent of his position as a Code Compliance Inspector and for tasks outside of his scope of employment.
After further investigation by the Major Crimes Division, three additional felony warrants for Obtaining Money by False Pretense were issued for Kapoor on Tuesday, April 19. He was arrested the next day.
Police are still seeking the community’s assistance in this case. If anyone is aware of similar or suspicious events of this nature, please call 703-691-2131, to report it or Crime Solvers electronically by visiting http://www.fairfaxcrimesolvers.org/ or by calling 1-866-411-TIPS(8477).
On Fridays, we take a moment to thank our sponsors and advertisers:
Greater Reston Chamber of Commerce, the business community for the vibrant region.
BLVD, Comstock’s new apartments at Reston Station.
The Harrison, luxury apartments near Reston Town Center.
Berry & Berry, PLLC, Reston law firm specializing in federal employment, retirement, labor union, and security clearance matters.
Reston Real Estate, Eve Thompson of Long & Foster Real Estate specializes in Reston homes.
Becky’s Pet Care, offering friendly pet services in Northern Virginia.
Reston Community Center, Serving Reston’s recreational and cultural needs.
MakeOffices, shared work spaces with five area locations, including Reston.
Lake Anne Nursery Kindergarten, educating Reston’s young minds for more than 50 years.
Boofie O’Gorman, Top Producer Realtor at Long & Foster Reston.
Goldfish Swim School, specializing in children’s swim lessons year-round.
Small Change Consignment, serving Reston’s kids for more than 30 years.
A Cleaning Service, professional residential and commercial cleaning.
Greater Reston Arts Center, Reston’s visual arts center.
Reston Montessori, private co-educational school for children ages 3 months to sixth grade.
Kalypso’s Sports Tavern, providing great food and drink at Lake Anne Plaza.
All Spice Cafe & Catering, bringing flavor to your events.
Ashby Ponds Senior Living, quality senior community in Loudoun County.
PetMAC Pet Nutrition Center, for all your pet food needs at Lake Anne Plaza.
This is an op-ed by Reston resident Terry Maynard. It does not reflect the opinion of Reston Now. Something on your mind? Send a letter to [email protected].
Restonians are once again faced with the prospect of the burden of an added local “tax service district that could add hundreds of dollars to their annual property tax bill every year. The one we already have, Small Tax District 5, supports our Reston Community Center in providing cultural and educational activities for the community. The proposed new one would solely subsidize developer profits while increasing county tax revenues.
As this discussion continues, Reston Association has shared a questionnaire online with its weekly RA NewsLine (click on “Transportation Tax Survey) for residents to provide feedback on the Reston special transportation tax district idea. I urge all Restonians to vote “NO.” The following provides an explanation why.
The basis for the proposal lies in planned development in Reston’s station areas, growth that will exclusively benefit Reston’s station area landowners. Assuming that all Reston developers are as successful as Boston Properties per its 2015 annual report, their likely profit will total more than $53 billion over 40 years after building costs. That includes more than $9 billion from their future development as well as more than one billion dollars per year from their existing Reston holdings. That is an average of $1.3 billion per year!
The Herndon Police Department is asking for the public’s assistance in locating a teenage girl missing from Herndon.
Police said Fany Torres Gonzales, 15, is believed to be a runaway.
Fany is known to frequent the area of Dulles Park Ct and Alabama Dr. in Herndon, police said.
If you have seen Fany, or have any information concerning her whereabouts, please call 703-435-6846.
Photo courtesy Herndon Police
Officers from the Fairfax County Police’s Reston District Station reported the following incidents this week.
The list includes a number of items stolen from cars, which is an ongoing issue in Reston. The best way to prevent those is to make sure your car doors are locked, police say.
LARCENIES
- 11800 block of Sunrise Valley Drive, phone from business
- 1600 block of Bentana Way, checks from vehicle
- 11200 block of Leatherwood Drive, watch from vehicle
- 1100 block of Trotting Horse Lane, briefcase from residence
- 1600 block of Valencia Way, purse from vehicle
- 2100 block of Centreville Road, merchandise from business
- 1200 block of Delta Glen Court, license plates from vehicle
STOLEN VEHICLES:
11500 block of Olde Tiverton Circle, 2004 Suzuki Vitara
On Fridays, we take a moment to thank our sponsors and advertisers:
Greater Reston Chamber of Commerce, the business community for the vibrant region.
BLVD, Comstock’s new apartments at Reston Station.
The Harrison, luxury apartments near Reston Town Center.
Berry & Berry, PLLC, Reston law firm specializing in federal employment, retirement, labor union, and security clearance matters.
Reston Real Estate, Eve Thompson of Long & Foster Real Estate specializes in Reston homes.
Becky’s Pet Care, offering friendly pet services in Northern Virginia.
Reston Community Center, Serving Reston’s recreational and cultural needs.
MakeOffices, shared work spaces with five area locations, including Reston.
Lake Anne Nursery Kindergarten, educating Reston’s young minds for more than 50 years.
Boofie O’Gorman, Top Producer Realtor at Long & Foster Reston.
Goldfish Swim School, specializing in children’s swim lessons year-round.
Small Change Consignment, serving Reston’s kids for more than 30 years.
A Cleaning Service, professional residential and commercial cleaning.
Greater Reston Arts Center, Reston’s visual arts center.
Reston Montessori, private co-educational school for children ages 3 months to sixth grade.
Kalypso’s Sports Tavern, providing great food and drink at Lake Anne Plaza.
All Spice Cafe & Catering, bringing flavor to your events.
Ashby Ponds Senior Living, quality senior community in Loudoun County.
PetMAC Pet Nutrition Center, for all your pet food needs at Lake Anne Plaza.
Senate Republicans say that they will not hold hearings or otherwise consider President Obama’s nominee to the U.S. Supreme Court, Merrick Garland.
But Sen. Mark Warner (D-Va.) said Wednesday, after a meeting with Garland, that he’s hopeful Republicans will change their mind. He is pressing for Garland to get “the hearing he deserves,” followed by an up or down vote on his confirmation.
“I have to remain an optimist in this business,” he said. “I hope that public pressure maintains that some of my colleagues will rethink their position and go ahead and hold the hearing.”
Warner didn’t specify what he thinks may finally sway Republicans from their position, that in a presidential year it should fall to the next president to make the nomination to the nation’s highest court. The resolve of those lawmakers is made even stronger given that Garland, who’s widely considered a moderate, would be replacing the late Antonin Scalia, a staunch conservative.
Could the outcome of the presidential nomination process — say, if the general election race turned out to be between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump — be the turning point?
“To me that would be kind of whacky,” Warner said. “Although this has been clearly a kind of whacky election year.”
Warner said he hopes the nomination process can be de-politicized.
“I think it is terribly important that the process proceeds,” he said. “The Constitution is explicitly clear that the president shall nominate. He did his job on March 16 when he nominated Judge Garland, now it’s up to the Senate to advise and consent. I strongly hope that my Republican colleagues will take this out of the realm of politics and do their job.”
“The notion that we’re going to use political gamesmanship about decision-making on the Supreme Court would be a further deterioration of our political process in this country,” Warner added. “That’s not what the country wants.”
ARLnow.com contributed to this story. Photo of Wednesday meeting courtesy of Warner’s office.
On Fridays, we take a moment to thank our sponsors and advertisers:
Greater Reston Chamber of Commerce, the business community for the vibrant region.
Hunter Woods Cooperative Preschool, Reston’s original co-op school.
BLVD, Comstock’s new apartments at Reston Station.
The Harrison, luxury apartments near Reston Town Center.
Berry & Berry, PLLC, Reston law firm specializing in federal employment, retirement, labor union, and security clearance matters.
Reston Real Estate, Eve Thompson of Long & Foster Real Estate specializes in Reston homes.
Becky’s Pet Care, offering friendly pet services in Northern Virginia.
Reston Community Center, Serving Reston’s recreational and cultural needs.
MakeOffices, shared work spaces with five area locations, including Reston.
Lake Anne Nursery Kindergarten, educating Reston’s young minds for more than 50 years.
Boofie O’Gorman, Top Producer Realtor at Long & Foster Reston.
Goldfish Swim School, specializing in children’s swim lessons year-round.
Small Change Consignment, serving Reston’s kids for more than 30 years.
A Cleaning Service, professional residential and commercial cleaning.
BASIS Independent McLean, Independent school for K-12 located in McLean.
Greater Reston Arts Center, Reston’s visual arts center.
Kalypso’s Sports Tavern, providing great food and drink at Lake Anne Plaza.
Ashby Ponds Senior Living, quality senior community in Loudoun County.
PetMAC Pet Nutrition Center, for all your pet food needs at Lake Anne Plaza.
On Fridays, we take a moment to thank our sponsors and advertisers:
Greater Reston Chamber of Commerce, the business community for the vibrant region.
Hunter Woods Cooperative Preschool, Reston’s original co-op school.
BLVD, Comstock’s new apartments at Reston Station.
The Harrison, luxury apartments near Reston Town Center.
Berry & Berry, PLLC, Reston law firm specializing in federal employment, retirement, labor union, and security clearance matters.
Reston Real Estate, Eve Thompson of Long & Foster Real Estate specializes in Reston homes.
Becky’s Pet Care, offering friendly pet services in Northern Virginia.
Reston Community Center, Serving Reston’s recreational and cultural needs.
MakeOffices, shared work spaces with five area locations, including Reston.
Lake Anne Nursery Kindergarten, educating Reston’s young minds for more than 50 years.
Boofie O’Gorman, Top Producer Realtor at Long & Foster Reston.
Goldfish Swim School, specializing in children’s swim lessons year-round.
Small Change Consignment, serving Reston’s kids for more than 30 years.
A Cleaning Service, professional residential and commercial cleaning.
BASIS Independent McLean, Independent school for K-12 located in McLean.
Greater Reston Arts Center, Reston’s visual arts center.
Kalypso’s Sports Tavern, providing great food and drink at Lake Anne Plaza.
Ashby Ponds Senior Living, quality senior community in Loudoun County.
PetMAC Pet Nutrition Center, for all your pet food needs at Lake Anne Plaza.
Spring’s fragile cherry blossoms may be blown to the ground by late tonight.
The National Weather Service has issued a wind advisory for Fairfax County and most of Northern Virginia through midnight Monday.
The NWS says the strongest winds will continue through early evening, then gradually diminish.
Winds are expected to be 20 to 30 miles per hour — with gusts up to 50 mph, the NWS says.
There could be scattered tree and power line damage and difficulty driving high-profile vehicles, the NWS said.
