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Environmental films at the Angelika in the Mosaic District
The Environmental Film Festival in the Nation’s Capital, the largest event of its kind in the United States, will include a few screenings at the Angelika Film Center in the Mosaic District.More than...
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Anti-Trump sentiment takes center stage at Connolly fundraiser
Rep. Connolly greets the crowd at his 23rd annual St. Patrick's Day Fete.The resistance to the Trump presidency was the overwhelming theme at Rep. Gerry Connolly’s annual St. Patrick’s Day fundraiser...
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Marie Monsen nominated for Volunteer Fairfax Lifetime Achievement Award
Marie Monsen (second from left) at a Rebuilding Together project in Annandale.Marie Monsen, a longtime community activist in Mason District, has been nominated for a 2017 Lifetime Achievement Award...
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Local governments can regulate Airbnb rentals
This Annandale house is listed on Airbnb for $75 a night.The Virginia General Assembly passed legislation that would allow local governments to regulate short-term home rentals, such as those arranged...
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Lawmakers urge environmental advocates to get more active in politics
A full house at an environmental advocacy workshop.Elected officials urged people concerned about the environment to take a more active role in politics at a workshop at Green Spring Gardens March...
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School news: Big winners
Weyanoke students dressed up for the annual Heritage Festival.An occasional series highlighting programs and activities at schools in the Annandale/Mason District area. The information and photos here...
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Townhouses proposed for Seven Corners
The address of this medical building is 6060 Arlington Blvd., but it's not visible from the road. The owner of a medical building at 6060 Arlington Blvd. in Seven Corners is proposing to tear it down...
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Sidewalks planned for Sleepy Hollow Road
Sleepy Hollow Road by Kennedy Lane.The Fairfax County Department of Transportation is going to install walkways and other pedestrian improvements along Sleepy Hollow Road between Bay Tree Lane and...
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Missing teen sought by police
UPDATE: Samantha has been found in the Annandale are, FCPD announced just after 5 p.m. on March 22. She is in good health. – Police detectives are asking for the public’s assistance in locating...
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Gangs actively recruiting in local schools
RoesslerThere’s been a resurgence of gang activity in Fairfax County, along with “heavy recruiting in our schools,” Jay Lanham, director of the Northern Virginia Regional Gang TaskForce, said at a...
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Providence Players present "To Kill a Mockingbird"
From the left: Robert Heinly (as Atticus Finch), Caden Mitchell (Dill), Sophia Manicone (Scout), and Brendan Dure (Jem). [Chip Gertzog/Providence Players]By David SiegelA revered classic for five...
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Lincolnia Task Force considers how area can be improved
Linconia residents and business owners look at a map of Lincolnia.Members of the Lincolnia Planning District Study Task Force spent most of their third meeting on March 22 talking about what they like...
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Neighborhood History Project seeks photos and stories from the past
The organizers of Fairfax County’s commemoration of its 275th anniversary this year have launched the Neighborhood History Project to collect information about the founding of local communities, civic...
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New church planned for Rt. 50
An illustration of the new sanctuary.The Falls Church Anglican is planning to build a new sanctuary next to the office building it purchased in 2015 at 6565 Arlington Blvd. in Mason District. Work on a...
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Burglary, unlawful entry arrests this weekend
Martinez [FCPD]The Fairfax County Police Department’s weekend crime report includes several incidents in the Mason District/Annandale area.Two men were charged with burglarizing an apartment in the...
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Prepare for construction delays due to work on Gallows Road bridge over Route 50
The overpass as seen from Route 50. [VDOT]Expect some intermittent delays and nighttime closures at the Route 50/Gallows Road intersection over the next year as the Virginia Department of...
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Lakeside Plaza condo owners oppose expansion of townhouse community
The layout of the Ambrose Hills community. Lakeside Plaza is at the end of the cul de sac on Powell Lane. [Stanley Martin]The development of the Ambrose Hills townhouse community on Columbia Pike is...
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Neighbors upset by homeless men in vacant homes
Homeless men exiting the vacant house at 3408 Washington Drive. Bailey’s Crossroads residents concerned about squatters in two vacant houses that will be torn down to make way for a new retail center...
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Public urged to report suspected gang activity
LanhamWith gang activity on the increase in Fairfax County, law enforcement officials are urging residents to be vigilant, monitor their children, and report suspicious events.At a Town Hall on Gangs...
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Gas station employees detain would-be robber
HicksA man tried to rob the Exxon station at 7336 Little River Turnpike, Annandale, on March 29, but was rebuffed by the employees, the Fairfax County Police Department reports. A man entered the...
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