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Bailey's Crossroads shopping center is getting a makeover
Crossroads Center, the shopping center on Leesburg Pike and Columbia Pike in Bailey’s Crossroads, is getting a makeover. The façade refresh will be in place before the new Amazon Fresh grocery store...
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Crime report: Shooting, robbery
The Fairfax County Police Department reports the following crimes in the Annandale and Bailey’s Crossroads area in the past week:A man was shot in the lower body while walking on a sidewalk on Lake...
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Fairfax County superintendent floats a revised schedule for in-person learning
The Mason Crest Tiger and school staff hand out school supplies at the Annandale elementary school. Fairfax County Public Schools Superintendent Scott Brabrand presented a draft revised timeline for...
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More details emerge on affordable senior housing project on church property...
The possible future home of the Culmore Clinic.The Fairfax County Board of Supervisors will hold a public hearing Tuesday, Jan. 26 on a major redevelopment proposal in western Annandale with 575...
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Health officials urge patience in waiting for COVID vaccinations
First responders get COVID vaccines. [Fairfax County Health Department]Health officials urged the public to be patient, as they wait for a chance to get a COVID-19 vaccine. Demand far outstrips the...
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Jollibee, a Filipino fast-food restaurant, to open in Lincolnia
A typical Jollibee restaurant. [Washington Business Journal]The vacant building on N. Beauregard Street in Lincolnia that formerly housed Boston Market will be taken over by the Jollibee Filipino...
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Explore a Park: Roundtree Park has been recently upgraded
The newly remodeled picnic shelter at Roundtree Park. [Keith Pham]This article is part of the Annandale Blog’s Explore a Park series. Previous parks in the series include Manassas Gap Park, Luria Park,...
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Rare bird spotted at Green Spring Gardens
The Rufous hummingbird at Green Spring Gardens. [Darren Hutchinson]Birdwatchers have been flocking to Green Spring Gardens in recent weeks to catch a glimpse of a Rufous hummingbird, which is rarely...
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Lake Barcroft, Malbrook residents oppose access plan for new houses on Sleepy...
The future site of a new housing development on Sleepy Hollow Road. [Photos by Larry Golfer]Residents of Lake Barcroft and the Malbrook community are concerned that a new housing development under...
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First case of highly contagious COVID variant documented in Northern Virginia...
The Virginia Department of Health (VDH) and the Department of General Services Division of Consolidated Laboratory Services (DCLS) announced Jan. 25 that the first case of the SARS-CoV-2 variant...
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Inova cancels COVID vaccination appointments
Many people lucky enough to get an appointment for a COVID-19 vaccination in Fairfax County –including teachers who registered with Inova – are disappointed to find their appointments have been...
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Planning Commission to take up accessory living units
The building to the left of this house in Mason District appears to be an ALU.After years of work and nearly 100 community meetings, the Fairfax County Planning Commission is holding a public hearing...
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Stuff the Bus seeks food donations this weekend in Annandale
Stuff the Bus, the Fairfax County program that organizes food drives to help the needy, will be back Jan. 30 and Feb. 6 at three locations in the Annandale/Mason District area. Residents are encouraged...
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Creative Cauldron brings concerts to your home
Project LocreaFor many of us, live music is one of the things we miss most during the pandemic. Creative Cauldron, the performance venue in the City of Falls Church, is stepping up with an alternative...
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Board of Supervisors rejects huge mixed-use proposal for western Annandale
The Board of Supervisors meets virtually on Jan. 26.The Fairfax County Board of Supervisors agreed Jan. 26 to eliminate from the Comprehensive Plan work program for 2021 a huge 575-unit mixed-use...
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Wolfpack Theatre at Justice High School presents a virtual play this weekend
The Wolfpack Theatre Boosters at Justice High Schools invites the community to tune in to the virtual performance of “The WP Radio Hour: The Secret Adversary.”The play, written by Agatha Christie, is a...
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Police seek man wanted for sexual assault
Serrano Chicas [FCPD]Detectives from the Fairfax County Police Department’s Major Crimes Bureau are asking the public to help locate a man involved in two sexual assaults in the Seven Corners area of...
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Fairfax County seeks feedback on transportation improvements for Seven...
The Seven Corners interchange is confusing and congested.The Fairfax County Department of Transportation (FCDOT) invites the community to a virtual meeting on transportation improvements planned for...
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Driver rescued from trapped car after crash in Annandale
Car flipped after accident in Annandale. [FCFRD]Fairfax County Fire and Rescue personnel extricated a driver trapped in a car after it flipped over following a two-vehicle crash at Braddock Road and...
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Bailey’s Crossroads house fire caused by improperly disposed ashes
Lt. Javier Santa Gadea of the Dunn Loring Volunteer Fire Station demonstrates how to properly dispose of fireplace ashes in a video. [FCFRD]A house fire in the 5900 block of Colfax Avenue in Bailey’s...
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