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Housing development proposed for Sears site in Seven Corners
There’s a plan in the works to build a large housing development in Seven Corners along Leesburg Pike between Juniper Lane and the office building being converted to Bailey’s Upper Elementary School....
View ArticleBarricade situation disrupts neighborhood around Falls Church High School
Several streets were blocked off near Falls Church High School May 14 while police negotiated with a man holed up inside a house in the 3200 block of Kenney Drive. Students reported hearing what...
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Rep. Connolly and Beanetics win Annandale Bed Race
The Connolly-Beanetics team in action. [Photos by George Burke]It took six years of trying and training, but the team sponsored by Congressman Gerry Connolly (11th District) and powered by Beanetics...
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Annandale Boys & Girls Club donates $70,000 for turf field at Annandale HS
Photos from ABGCThe Annandale Boys & Girls Club has donated $70,000 to Annandale High School’s campaign to bring a synthetic turf field to the school’s Bolding Stadium. The gift was presented...
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Effective, safe mosquito control requires more brains than brawn
Yard signs from mosquito control companies. [photo by Friends of Accotink Creek]By Elizabeth KirchnerA yard sign advertisement shows a muscular cartoon warrior wielding a backpack sprayer blasting a...
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FCPS Superintendent Garza reorganizes administrative structure
Fairfax County high school pyramids would be divided among five regions.Fairfax County Public Schools Superintendent Karen Garza announced plans May 16 to reorganize the system’s administrative...
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May 22 forum on code compliance focuses on community norms
Neighbors have complained numerous times about this house on Arcadia Road in Parklawn, to no avail. The gutter is falling off, and an addition in the back has been under construction for seven...
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Scene around A-Town: Spring means azaleas at their best
These photos of azaleas in bloom in the Columbia Pines neighborhood in Annandale were taken by Mary Ellen Dawley.
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Concerns about empty library shelves
George Mason Library in Annandale has lots of empty shelf space.Library advocates are concerned about the increasingly empty shelves at Fairfax County libraries—and what an aggressive discard policy...
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Fundraising campaign aimed at protecting the Kingstowne turtles
Turtles “playing Frogger” on Kingstown Village Parkway are in danger of getting hit by cars. The situation is also dangerous for drivers who risk causing an accident as they try to avoid hitting the...
View ArticleBailey's Crossroads KFC robbed
The KFC at 5711 Columbia Pike in Bailey’s Crossroads was robbed Tuesday night, the Fairfax County Police Department reports. A man entered the restaurant at about 8:43 p.m. and handed a note to an...
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Accident highlights safety concerns on Little River Turnpike
An accident on Little River Turnpike May 22. [Photo by Rob Snowhite]People who live on both sides of Little River Turnpike (Route 236) just east of central Annandale are concerned about safety as too...
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Shepherd's Center celebrates 10th anniversary
Supervisor Cook presents a certificate of appreciation for the Shepherd's Center of Annandale-Springfield to the center's board chair, Dick Stewart. [Photos by Mary Ellen Dawley]The Shepherd’s Center...
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Cell phone sellers beaten and robbed in Annandale parks
A screen grab from NBC News shows reporter David Culver describing the Craig's List/iPhone attacks.Fairfax County Police are investigating several incidents of people trying to purchase iPhone 5s cell...
View ArticleAccident on Columbia Pike, Annandale
Bob Kovacs of Annandale Arts captured this video of an accident on Columbia Pike by the Rose Lane intersection in Annandale at about 2:45 p.m. on Friday, May 22.
View ArticleSchool board adopts budget for FY 2015
The Fairfax County School Board adopted a $2.5 billion budget for FY 2015 May 23 that delays a salary step increase for employees until November. The 2015 budget year starts July 1.The budget reduces...
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Forum educates community on zoning and building rules
One of the first things people saw after leaving a forum on code compliance were cars illegally parked on the grass on Columbia Pike.A Community Forum on Code Compliance, hosted by the Annandale...
View ArticleHomicide in Springfield
Fairfax County Police are investigating a homicide in the Springfield area. Officers were called about 10 p.m., Saturday, May 24, to the area of Backlick Road and Highland Street (just outside the...
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Jump in: the pools are open!
Kids in the water at the Annandale Swim & Tennis Club. The opening of community pools on the Saturday before Memorial Day means it’s officially summer in the Annandale/Mason area. An invigorating...
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Reitman and Lavoie are Mason District's Lord and Lady Fairfax
Gross, Lavoie, and ReitmanMason Supervisor Penny Gross has appointed Jan Reitman as 2014 “Lord Fairfax” and Terry O’Hara Lavoie as “Lady Fairfax.” They will represent Mason District at a June 3...
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