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Backlick Road sidewalk project under way
This path will be replaced with a six-foot wide sidewalk.The Fairfax County Department of Transportation is planning a $1.5 million sidewalk project for Backlick Road between Cindy Lane and Degroff...
View ArticleVoter turnout and 'Trump effect' were major favors in Northam victory
High voter turnout and the “Trump effect” were major factors in Ralph Northam’s unexpectedly big win over Ed Gillespie in the election for Virginia governor, the managers of both campaigns...
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Aldi opens in Merrifield Nov. 16
The Annandale Aldi.Drop by the new Aldi in Merrifield during its grand openingon Nov. 16 for a chance to win some great prizes and try free samples.The grocery store, at 8100A Arlington Blvd. in the...
View ArticleRealtor hosts coat drive to help the needy
Do you have some old, unneeded coats taking up space in your closet? Realtor Steve McIlvaine of Annandale is collecting donations of coats and other winter wear, like gloves and hats, for the those in...
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Task force to advise county on plan for Northern Virginia Training Center site
This site along Braddock Road could become a community for seniors.Braddock Supervisor John Cook is creating a citizen task force to advise county officials as they develop a Comprehensive Plan for the...
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Civilian panel reviews investigations of police misconduct
Members of the Police Civilian Review Panel and independent police auditor speak to the public in Annandale Nov. 16. From the left: Randy Sayles, Hansel Aguilar, Jean Senseman, Kathleen Davis-Siudut,...
View ArticleUtility phone scams on the rise
Utility scams are on the rise again in Virginia and across the country, Dominion Energy says. Reports of scammers calling Dominion customers and threatening to disconnect their electricity in exchange...
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Eakin Park gets a picnic shelter
Work is expected to begin soon on a new picnic shelter at Eakin Community Park in Annandale.The project includes four picnic tables, a grill, and an accessible trail, as well as a 20 by 24-foot...
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Donate socks for the homeless
Sock and food collection boxes at PR Performance Fitness.When it comes to donating for the homeless, the most needed but least donated item is socks. You can close that gap by contributing to the sock...
View ArticleMan stabs woman in Seven Corners
Two Seven Corners residents are hospitalized in “serious but stable condition” following a domestic-related stabbing early this morning in the 6200 block of Wilson Boulevard, the Fairfax County Police...
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School aids needy for Thanksgiving
Congressional students bring donated food to Culmore families.This is the 10th year the Congressional School has helped needy families in the Culmore area enjoy Thanksgiving. Students and teachers...
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New restaurant in the works
A restaurant/carryout place called Pelicana Chicken is planned for the vacant storefront at 4219 John Marr Drive, Annandale, in between The Block and a wonderful little gem of a Korean bakery.Pelicana...
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'Crazy for You': Irresistible fun at Signature
Danny Gardner as Bobby Child and Ashley Spencer as Polly Baker in "Crazy for You." [C. Stanley Photography]By David SiegelWhat a giddy, joyful afterimage of mouthwatering kinetic alchemy. Under the...
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Two local "Dreamers" file suit against abrupt change in federal immigration...
These advocates with the Annandale-based National Korean American Service & Education Consortium urge Congress to extend the Dream Act to protect immigrants who arrived in the U.S. as children....
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Police officers in Mason District selected for a body camera pilot program
An Axon body camera. [CNN Money]Beginning this spring, patrol officers from the Mason and Mount Vernon police districts will begin wearing body cameras under a pilot program approved by the Fairfax...
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Bryan Hill appointed Fairfax County executive
HillThe Fairfax County Board of Supervisors appointed Bryan Hill as county executive, effective Jan. 2.Hill has been the administrator and clerk to the Board of Supervisors of James City County, Va.,...
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School news: a Belvedere success story
Assistant Superintendent Fabio Zuluaga and Belvedere Principal Cecilia Vanderhye. An occasional series highlighting programs and activities at schools in the Annandale/Mason District area and other...
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Park Authority will seek a resident curator to care for the White Gardens
The house on the White Gardens property.Want to live free in a historic property in exchange for doing some rehabilitation and maintenance work? Fairfax County’s resident curator program could be for...
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Stuart students can start thinking about a new mascot
JEB Stuart High School students and eighth-graders at Glasgow Middle School will be involved in the process to select a new mascot for Stuart.The Fairfax County School Board voted on Oct. 26 to rename...
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'Warning shot' fired in Annandale
BrownThe Fairfax County Police Department reports there was a “reckless discharge of a firearm” in the parking lot of the Tandoori Nights restaurant at 7137 Little River Turnpike around midnight on...
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