Reston's Plague Year: Week 3 (Updated 4/6)

This is great:

After a long anxious week I snug out to hear the cheers from the #MidTown residents in #Reston #Virginia thanking #HealthCareWorkers and #FirstResponders 🙏🏽 😭 My #MentalHealth is instantaneously improved @RestonNow @washingtonpost pic.twitter.com/bZqc5TNkpb

— Scandic health (@scandichealth) April 3, 2020

Dulles Toll Road now electronic payments only. Those without EZPass or exact change will get bills in the mail.

Courtesy of Confidential Restonian Operative "Terry," more gang code images of inspiration.

From our BFFs at Reston Patch, a partial list of local businesses that are open and closed.

A one-sentence response from RA CEO Larry Butler to concerns about the closure of Reston tennis courts:

Please understand the decision has been made and we are sticking with that decision.

Metro is now closing at 9pm every evening.

Another sign of the times. Fun fact: We were today years old when we were reminded that the vowel-free VY stands for "Very":

A message to our residents regarding COVID-19. pic.twitter.com/0lSsW0XG0k

— VY / Reston Heights (@VYrestonheights) April 3, 2020

Some things never change:

Oh wow what a morning. Armed robber on the loose in my neighborhood. Helicopter flying over head in Reston near the Trader Joe’s

— lisi (@kaLisi_mu) April 6, 2020

According to the unimpeachable source of news known as Nextdoor, the reason checks out.

See our updated list of local organizations and groups seeking donations and support.