On Thursday, September 13th a man had a domestic dispute, and was later found stabbed to death. The police arrived shortly after 11pm, and the suspect fled the scene. Upon entering the house it was discovered the man had been stabbed three times. A murder warrant was obtained for the victims son.
On Friday Mohamed Adde turned himself in at the Reston District police station. The incident happened at the apartment building of 11911 Winterthur Lane.
Governor Kaine and a host of Virginia politicians from all parties where at Congress to announce $300 million dollars in cuts to bring the troubled Silver Line project in line with federal cost requirements.
Kaine said “The good-faith challenge was: ‘You’re close, but you’ve got to take some costs out of this project,’ ” and added “And we took them up on that challenge. Protesters at the event wanted a tunnel option to be added for the Tysons Corner segment.
Features removed from the budget include a parking garage a Wiehle Avenue, tiles on station floors, and expansions of Route 7. The parking garage at Wiehle station would be built by a public/private partnership, which probably means a private company would run it. The Route 7 widening and utility relocation would be moved out of the rail budget, and paid for by the standard road budget.
These changes bring the project well within federal cost requirements. The Federal Transit Administration will be footing $900 million of the bill, and the administration has stringent requirements for cost efficiency.
Terry Smith, a longtime board member of Reston Community Center died after a long fought illness. Smith was first elected in 1986, and helped RCC expand it’s aqautics program, and played an important role in creating the Lake Anne location. The Aquatics center was named the Terry L. Smith Aquatics center in reckongazation of his contributions.
The Fairfax County Board of Supervisors adobted a resolution reckognizeing Smith for his efforts. “When Supervisor Hudgins announced that he passed away yesterday, there was a collective gasp throughout the auditorium…his daughter Melanie was present to accept the proclamation on behalf of the entire Smith family. Her acceptance speech was moving and captured the essence of Terry’s generosity and love for his community.” said Freeman, who attended the Board meeting.
Terry Smith is surived by his wife of 47 years, and his 3 children.
The suspect in this incident has been identified as Rodney L King, of no fixed address. He has non life threating injuries, and is under guard at the Inova Fairfax Hospital. He has been charged with attempted capital murder of a police officer. Criminal and administrative investigation continue.
At around 3:30am police fired on the man at a traffic stop, near Sunrise Valley Drive and Copper Mine Road. Officers responded to a report of a single car accident. Fairfax County police are saying the man pulled a handgun, and pointed it at police during the incident. The police took preemptive actions.
The officers where put on administrative leave, as is standard procedure in such incidents.
The Washington Post is reporting the man shot was medevaced to the Inova Fairfax hospital. Another officer received minor injuries, but is fine. No details where released on who fired, or how many shots there where.
Kettler, a prominent developer in the DC area has completed the interior construction of it’s Midtown North lofts. The development is part the three condominium towers at the Reston Town Center. The condos offer up to 2500 square feet of space. Prices range from $400,000 to $1.6 million.
“In combining the solitude and spaciousness of a private home with the sophistication of an elegant hotel, we are eager to offer our residents a special kind of living. The Midtown North is an intimate, high-end community that focuses on giving each of our homeowners a distinct space they can call their own,” said Jamie Gorski, Chief Marketing Officer of Kettler.
This is the final phase of the current residential development. This brings the total amount of units at the complex to 952 units.
At around 3:30am police fired on a man at a traffic stop, near Sunrise Valley Drive and Copper Mine Road. Officers responded to a report of a single car accident. Fairfax County police are saying the man pulled a handgun, and pointed it at police during the incident. It has not been confirmed if the man shot at the police, or if the police took preemptive action.
The officers where put on administrative leave, as is standard procedure in such incidents. Criminal and administrative investigations are proceeding, and criminal charges are pending.
The Washington Post is reporting the man shot was medevaced to the Inova Fairfax hospital. Another officer received minor injuries, but is fine. No details where released on who fired, or how many shots there where.
Two men have been arrested in connection with a sexual assault that occurred on Glade Drive. The incident happened at 9:30pm on September 7th. The two men held the victim against her will and assaulted her. The next day she saw the men in the 12000 block of Glade Drive and contacted the police.
The two men, Milton Murillo-Rodriguez and Elvis Mejia-Galdamez both had no permanent fixed address. They where taken to the Adult Detention Center.
The post has had a few articles in the last couple of days of frustrated rail proponents writing commentary.
Hunter Mill supervisor Cathy Hudgins, wrote “Should the Federal Transit Administration cancel the project, the future would indeed be as bleak as Toles’s cartoon envisions.” Of course in her article, she wants to persuade anyone over at the FTA to approve the project.
Audrey Moore, a former supervisor from the Springfield district wrote, “[The train] can get federal funding. Put it back on track to International Drive in Tysons Corner, where public land is available for a station.” The FTA does cite the acquisition of private land as reason for rejecting the project. She also believes it might provide enough savings that phase one could reach Dulles Airport, as opposed to it’s first terminus being Wiehle Avenue.
And finally the president of Tysons Tunnel has said, “The project teeters on the brink off failure.” But he also deflected blame to the Virginia Department of Transportation, saying their delays resulted in cost escalation. If only he had mentioned that VDOT took time to evaluate a tunnel option.
The Silver Line will start in Reston at Wiehle Avenue, and then merge with the Orange Line in East Falls Church. The FTA has said the project fails it’s cost efficiency standards, which determine weather it will get critical federal funding.
The Reston Community Center will close temporarily in summer 2008 for HVAC renovations. Classes and other activities will be relocated to other facilities, including the Lake Anne center.
The HVAC system is over thirty years old, and RCC chariman Bill Bouie said, “we are replacing a 30-year old system, which was original to the Hunters Woods building. The system started to require more and more repair and without question
outlived its efficiency.” The board decided the timings to overlap with the annual closures of both the pool and community theater.
RCCs executive director, Bonnie Freeman has said the move will also see expansion in the Reston Town Center area, and North Reston. This has been an area the Center has wanted to expand in for a while, according to her. The center will close in June 2008, and reopen in October.
Volkswagen has announced plans to move it’s American headquarters to bordering Woodland Park in Herndon. The move comes amid corporate reshuffling and lagging sales in America.
The companies strongest sales are on the East Coast, and they figured they’d abandon their Detroit headquarters, for a place nearer their base. Fairfax County contributed 1.5 million dollars for road and other improvenments and other areas. Virginia awared 4.5 dollars in cash incentives for the company. But the state will only grant the money once employment benchmarks are met.
About 150 people would move to the Herndon-Reston area, including the corporate leadership. The move will add 400 jobs to this area, the largest since Booze Allan Hamilton brought 1400 jobs to Fairfax County in 2004.
Additional information from the Washington Post.
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