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A former underdog swim team finishes the season with a big win
The Barracudas celebrate a big win. The Broyhill Crest Barracudas, the swim team based at the Broyhill Crest Recreation Club in Annandale, achieved what had been thought to be impossible – It finished...
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Course finalized for Taste of Annandale 5K
Runners at the starting line at the first Taste of Annandale 5K in 2015.The route has been finalized for the Taste of Annandale 5K Race on Oct. 14. The 5K starts at 10 a.m. in the Kmart parking lot, at...
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Neighbors gather for National Night Out events
The National Night Out event at the Annandale Shopping Center included a demonstration by the Hupmudo martial arts studio, games, snacks, face painting,raffles, and booths set up by local...
View ArticleYou have been warned: Don't drink and drive
The Fairfax County Police Department has announced it will be conducting “sobriety checkpoints” Thursday, Aug. 3, in Falls Church, and Friday, Aug. 4 in Seven Corners. Both checkpoints are scheduled...
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Daycare center planned for church
Sleepy Hollow Methodist ChurchThe Fairfax County Planning Commission has endorsed the establishment of a daycare center in an existing building at Sleepy Hollow Methodist Church at 3435 Sleepy Hollow...
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Bailey's Crossroads Rotary Club hosts 'Great Assembly" to package school...
Rotary club members package school supplies.Members of the Bailey’s Crossroads Rotary Club and other volunteers packaged more than 2,300 school supply kits for distribution to students at the Stuart...
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Storm knocks down trees, power lines
Whispering lane [Photos Larry Golfer]The brief hail storm Thursday evening knocked down trees all over the Annandale/Mason District.There's another truck buried under those branches on Chaco Road in...
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Fairfax Circle mixed-use project moving forward
A rendering of Scout on the Circle.Demolition of the long-closed shopping center on Fairfax Circle is expected to start in late 2017 or early 2018 to make way for the Scout on the Circle mixed-use...
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Gas leak reported in Annandale
Firefighters from the Annandale Volunteer Fire Department investigate reports of a natural gas leak from a sewer on Tom Davis Drive, just a few feet from their fire station, on the evening of Aug. 5.
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Local parks offer music on summer nights
The Vietnamese-American Youth String Orchestra.The Vietnamese-American Youth String Orchestra performed classical and popular music at Vietnamese Cultural Heritage Night at Ossian Hall Park on Saturday...
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Heron spotted in Annandale park
Thanks to a reader for getting a photo of this heron seen from the bridge on Holmes Run Trail near Rose Lane Park in Annandale. The two dogs with the photographer annoyed the heron and it flew away.
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Historic marker commemorates Lincolnia church
Crowd gathers for historic marker unveiling at Mount Pleasant Baptist Church.Mount Pleasant Baptist Church has sustained the African-American community of Lincolnia for 150 years.That milestone was...
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Kitchen fire damages house in Lincolnia area
Fairfax County firefighters respond to a fire in Parklawn. [FCFRD]Combustible materials left on a stove caused a fire in a single-family home in the 3900 block of Fairfax Parkway in the Parklawn...
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Zoning changes under review, including new rules on Airbnb rentals
The Annandale area on the county's zoning map.A new regulation on short-term rentals is likely to be the most high-profile of several changes in the Fairfax County Zoning Ordinance under consideration...
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Bradlick Plaza will display art by Poe students
Bradlick PlazaPoe Middle School students are bringing some art to Bradlick Plaza, the shopping center at the corner of Backlick and Braddock roads.Six artworks by eighth-graders will be converted to 4...
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Mosaic District to get new pizza place
[Oak Craft Pizza]Oath Craft Pizza is coming to the Mosaic District in Merrifield.The fast-casual chain started in Nantucket, Mass., in 2015 and has four locations in the Boston area. The new restaurant...
View ArticleDrug and assault arrests in Lincolnia
A traffic stop in Lincolnia on Aug. 9 led to a drug and assault arrests, the Fairfax County Police Department reports.When an officer stopped a car for an equipment violation at about 12:50 a.m. near...
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Stuart pyramid families get a jump start on school at School Resource Fair
JEB Stuart High School was full of students and their families Thursday afternoon as they dropped in to pick school supplies and books and get health screenings and haircuts. All of it was free of...
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Prepare for the eclipse
A partial solar eclipse will be visible in Fairfax County on Aug. 21 beginning at 1:17 p.m., peaking at 2:42 p.m., and ending at 4:01 p.m.Although we are about 500 miles from the zone of totality...
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Public invited to multimedia drama presented by Bangladeshi community
A green screen rehearsal for "Palki."The board of directors of the Bangladesh Association of America Inc.(BAAI) invites the public to a unique “cinematic stage drama” Aug. 19 and 20 at the Ernst...
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