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General Assembly considers cracking down on abandoned shopping carts
This shopping cart ended up next to Arlington Boulevard in Seven Corners.The Virginia Senate passed a bill Jan. 27 to give localities more authority to take action against abandoned shopping carts. The...
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New barber school offers $3 haircuts
The CS Barber School has replaced the AT&T store at 7305 Little River Turnpike in the center of Annandale.The shop offers $3 haircuts for men, women, and children by people studying to become...
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Annandale's Hunter-M E-Sports is for the serious gamer
If your home computer doesn’t cut it for serious gaming, Hunter-M E-Sports at 7031 Little River Turnpike in Annandale offers 70 high-end gaming computer stations 24 hours a day. Another 16 computer...
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Korean Community Center to be based in Annandale office building
The Korean Community Center will occupy this building on Little River Turnpike.After more than seven years of fundraising and searching for a suitable building, the Korean Community Center Organizing...
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Residents take issue with plans for expanding Pine Ridge police facility
An artists rendering of the new FCPD Pine Ridge Operations and Support Bureau. People who live next to the Fairfax County Police Department’s Pine Ridge Operations and Support Bureau in Annandale...
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Annandale Community Park is getting a new playground
An illustration of the new playground. [Park Authority]A new playgroup will be installed at Annandale Community Park. The Fairfax County Park Authority Board approved a plan Jan. 22 to demolish the...
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Pinecrest Plaza is getting a makeover
The new vision for Pinecrest Plaza. [Edens]The Lidl grocery store at Pinecrest Plaza is expected to open in summer 2020, reports a spokesperson for Edens, the real estate company that owns the shopping...
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DeRose named principal of Annandale High School
Shawn DeRose (under the A on the Atoms poster) meets the folks at Annandale High School. [Region 2 Twitter]Glasgow Middle School Principal Shawn DeRose will become the new principal of Annandale High...
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Justice student goes to extremes to raise money for leukemia research
Henry SmithHenry Smith, a junior at Justice High School, is going all out to raise money in the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society’s Students of the Year campaign – and he’s inviting the public to...
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Board of Supervisors renames Merrifield Center for Sharon Bulova
The Merrifield Center.The Fairfax County Board of Supervisors agree to rename the Merrifield Center for former board chair Sharon Bulova.The Merrifield Center, at 8221 Willow Oaks Corporate Drive in...
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New townhouses in Seven Corners selling quickly
A rendering of Boulevard 6060. [Beazer Homes]The new townhouse community under construction on the site of a former medical building at 6060 Arlington Boulevard in Sevan Corners is selling quickly,...
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Detectives from the Fairfax County Police Department’s Crash Reconstruction Unit are asking for the public’s assistance in identifying a vehicle and its driver involved in a crash that resulted in the...
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Local Sears stores survive as company shrinks
The Sears store in Seven Corners.As Sears stores continue to close across the county – 51 will be gone by mid-February – the Sears stores in Seven Corners and Landmark continue to operate.Several...
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Bowlero grand opening draws big crowd
Redskin Derrius Guice (center) celebrates the grand opening of Bowlero Annandale.A big crowd showed up for Bowlero Annandale’s grand opening Feb. 1, featuring free bowling, free arcade games, an...
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Carbon monoxide leak sends three people to hospital
Emergency units respond to a carbon monoxide leak at Americana Grocery. [FCFRD]Three people were taken to the hospital following a hazardous materials incident at Americana Grocery at 6128 Columbia...
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TeenServ helps homeowners find teens for yard work
The teens who founded TeenServe (from the left): Quin Frew, Jack Lannin, and Ben Jeannot.Homeowners who need someone to mow lawns, rake leaves, shovel snow, or carry out other outdoor or indoor jobs...
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The JCC has a new cultural arts center and a big new fitness facility
The Smith-Kogod Cultural Arts Center.Big changes are happening at the JCC, or as it’s officially known, the Pozez Jewish Community Center of Northern Virginia.The newly opened Smith-Kogod Cultural Arts...
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Mixed-use development proposed for underutilized office buildings in Annandale
These are the office buildings on Little River Turnpike that could be redeveloped, although the addresses on maps don't match the addresses in the plan amendment nomination. [File photo]One of several...
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Development proposals submitted to county
First Christian Church wants to make better use of its underutilized property.Six development proposals were submitted to the Fairfax County Planning and Development Department for projects in Mason...
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Nonprofits receive meaningful donations, thanks to 100 Women Who Care
Members of 100 Women Who Care present a $3,600 donation to Friends of Guest House, a nonprofit based in Alexandria that helps formerly incarcerated women adjust to life in the community. A group of...
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