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Annandale community comes together for Holiday Tree Lighting Ceremony
The Poe Carolers include teachers, food service staff, and student John Lopez (fourth from right).Last night’s rain forced the Annandale Holiday Tree Lighting Ceremony indoors, but didn’t dampen...
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Annandale ranked fourth best city in Virginia by real estate co.
An elevated view of John Marr Drive and Columbia Pike taken from the ferris wheel in the Kmart parking lot at the Annandale Carnival last June.Annandale is listed as the fourth best city in Virginia by...
View ArticleSchool board member Evans addresses concerns on office building school
Mason School Board member Sandy Evans released the following Q & A about the use of an office building on Leesburg Pike in Seven Corners to relieve severe overcrowding at Bailey’s Elementary...
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Volunteers decorate veterans' homes
Jessica Sutherland got a nice surprise Saturday morning. A team of over 50 volunteers showed up at her house on Dodson Drive in Annandale to do yard work, including mulching and bulb planting, and put...
View ArticleWinter grips Annandale in icy fingers
Winter weather has finally arrived in Annandale, with sleet, freezing rain, and snow, making for some headaches on Monday, Dec. 9, including traffic tie-ups, downed trees, a power outage in the...
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New Anthony's Restaurant expected to open in April
The new Anthony’s Restaurant on Annandale Road in Falls Church is expected to open in April 2014, said General Manager Pete Zoutis. Work on the interior should start by the end of December. The...
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Renovation, expansion under way at Monticello apartments in Falls Church
Big changes are under way at the Monticello apartment complex in Falls Church. A hundred new units are being added, a new club house is under construction, and existing units are being renovated. The...
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Neighbors oppose use of office building as Bailey's Elementary School annex
The office building at 6245 Leesburg Pike as seen from Hazelton Street.The Bailey’s Elementary School community—parents and school employees—generally support Fairfax County Public Schools’ plan to...
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FCPS officials share plans for office building school design
A rear view of the office building to be transformed into a school.Fairfax County Public Schools officials shared some of their thinking about how the annex to Bailey’s Elementary School, in an office...
View ArticleSecurity breach affects drug data for Bailey's Health Center patients
A security breach as led to the unauthorized disclosure of confidential personal information for 1,499 clients at the Bailey’s Health Center, the Fairfax County Health Department reported, Dec. 13.The...
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Make an ornament with Annandale craft artisans
Help artists make ornaments for the holiday tree at the Fairfax County Animal Shelter. The public invited to an ornament party Sunday, Dec. 15, 12:30-3:30 p.m., at the Artisans United Craft Gallery in...
View ArticleWater main break in Columbia Pines
There was a water main break Sunday, Dec. 15, at about 9 p.m., on Murray Lane near the intersection with Bruce Lane in the Columbia Pines neighborhood in Annandale. It was captured it on video by Bob...
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Winter warblers: One of the more annoying aspects of the holiday season
We hope the owners of this home on Murray Lane, Annandale, like carolers.By Robert SchwaningerThere is something you should consider each year before you put up your Christmas lights. A holiday-lit...
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Seven Corners transportation alternatives proposed for further study
Route 7 in Seven Corners on a weekday afternoon.The consultant working with the Seven Corners Land Use and Transportation Task Force has developed six alternatives for rerouting traffic through the...
View ArticleArmed robbery in Seven Corners
The Fairfax County Police Department reports an armed robbery occurred on the 6100 block of Greenwood Drive in Seven Corners at 9:25 p.m. on Dec. 15. A man and woman were walking when two suspects...
View ArticleCar fire in Columbia Pines
First a water main break Dec. 15, then a car fire the next day—it’s been an eventful week in the Columbia Pines neighborhood in Annandale. The car fire, on Bruce Lane, was captured on video by Mary...
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Local robotics teams heading to state tournament
Two Coyote Robotics teams from GW Community School in Springfield won competitions in the Northern Virginia FIRST Tech Challenge (FTC) Qualifying Tournament at Battlefield High School in Haymarket Dec....
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Immigrant students sue for right to pay in-state college tuition
NOVA student Giancarla Rojas Mendoza and Tim Freilich of the Legal Aid Justice Center.Giancarla Rojas Mendoza, 18, worked really hard as a student at Falls Church High School and planned to attend...
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Volunteers donate, wrap gifts for seniors
The gift-wrapping party at the Annandale Fire Station.Hundreds of volunteers took part in the seventh annual Be a Santa to a Senior program, sponsored by the Annandale office of Home Instead Senior...
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Extreme holiday decorations light up Annandale skies
3912 Lincolnshire Street. This picture doesn't do the display justice, as not everything is lit up at once.Holiday lights go a long way toward brightening up the cold, dark December evenings. Then...
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