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Police executing search warrant off Ravensworth Road
UPDATED July 13, 11 p.m. A couple of blocks in a townhouse community on Ravensworth Road, Annandale, have been blocked off with police tape since the early hours of July 13 as Fairfax County Police...
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Middle Eastern restaurant planned for central Annandale
After a long break, the construction project under way at 7250 Columbia Pike in Annandale is back on track with a new contractor. The building, across from Walgreens, is house a Middle Eastern...
View ArticleAll types of music featured at free concerts in local parks
Looking for some free entertainment nearby on a summer evening? The Spotlight by Starlight series at Mason District Park and Ossian Hall Park are the places to go.Here’s a video by Bob Kovacs of Jeff...
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Annandale Blog readers pick Cue Club as best local bar
This is the third in a series of profiles of the winners of 2014 Annie Awards, presented to local businesses at Blogapaloozaon June 28. The winners were selected by Annandale Blog readers in an...
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Courtland Park residents raise concerns on proposed retail center
The site of a proposed shopping center on Leesburg Pike as seen from Charles Street.With a public hearing scheduled before the Fairfax County Planning Commission July 17 on a proposal for a shopping...
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Diamond ring donated to Annandale Goodwill store sells for $11,600
The Annandale GoodwillSomeone donated a 3-carat diamond ring to the Goodwill store in Annandale. The store had been prepared to sell it for $200, but it was put on the Goodwill online auction site...
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The ABCs of Annandale
How many of these letters can you identify? They are all from signs on businesses in Annandale.
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Armed robbery at Route 50 jewelry store
The Route 50 Gold & Jewelry ExchangeWhen armed robbers hit the Route 50 Gold & Jewelry Exchange July 14, they not only made off with cash and jewelry worth hundreds of thousands of dollars,...
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Tenant sought for former bookstore building
This building is available for lease.Bandi Books, the Korean bookstore at 4305 Markham Street, Annandale, closed a couple of weeks ago for the same reason that bookstores everywhere are shutting down....
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Annandale real estate market in the doldrums
This house in the Brook Hill Estates community is on the market for $1.475 million.The housing market in Annandale was pretty flat in June, reports real estate contributor Vivianne Couts of Coldwell...
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Planning Commission defers vote on Bailey's Crossroads shopping center
Washington Drive, looking toward Leesburg Pike. The shopping center would be at the left. [Google Maps]The Fairfax County Planning Commission deferred a decision on a shopping center proposal for...
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Blog readers select Collector's World as one of area's best gift shops
The Annandale Blog presented 2014 Annie Awards to six local business during our fifth-year anniversary party, Blogapalooza, on June 28. The winners were chosen by Annandale Blog readers in an...
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School board split on accelerlating Falls Church HS renovations
A sink in a FCHS science lab.The Fairfax County School Board spent an hour at a work session last week talking about the possibility of renovating Falls Church High School sooner than scheduled. But...
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After 66 years, JVs is expanding
Sign over JV's bar.JV Restaurant, the small bar and live music venue that’s been at 6666 Arlington Blvd., in Falls Church for the past 66 years, is going to double in size. The small pharmacy that’s...
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Annandale Blog readers select Silverado as best local restaurant
This is the fifth piece in a series of profiles of the winners of the Annandale Blog’s 2014 Annie Awards, presented to local businesses at Blogapalooza on June 28. The winners were selected by...
View ArticleSeven Corners bank robbed
The Capital One Bank in the Seven Corners Shopping Center was robbed on July 21, Fairfax County Police reports. A man entered the bank at 5:20 p.m., handed a teller a note announcing a robbery, and...
View ArticleConcerts in the park: comedy to country
The Capitol Steps drew a large crowd to a free Spotlight by Starlight show at Mason District Park July 20. The video above, shot by Bob Kovacs and posted on AnnandaleArts, is “I Don’t Know How to Log...
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Land use committee calls for changes in Bailey's Crossroads retail center plan
The site of a proposed shopping center on Route 7. The Mason District Land Use Committee (MDLUC) July 22 called for Fairfax County planning staff to revise the proposal for a shopping center on...
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Mason land use committee endorses Markham Street apartments
An illustration showing the new site design for the Markham project.The Mason District Land Use Committee unanimously endorsed a rezoning application July 22 for a 12-story, 308 unit apartment building...
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Flying Muskrat Theatre Company run by former Falls Church HS students
Ben Peter and Caity Brown in "Gruesome Playground Injuries." [Photo by Rich Stanage and Meg Christensen]When drama students at Falls Church High School hit a snag with school authorities three years...
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