Clik here to view.
Planning Commission approves Home Depot expansion
Building supplies piled up in the Home Depot parking lot.The Fairfax County Planning Commission on Nov. 13 endorsed a proposal to allow the Home Depot in Seven Corners to expand into vacant retail...
View ArticleClik here to view.
New research wing opens at Thomas Jefferson High School
The oceanography and geosystems lab.Fairfax County government leaders, school board members, state legislators, donors, and parents gathered at Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology...
View ArticleClik here to view.
The Sound of Music at Stuart HS
If you missed the J.E.B. Stuart High School Choral Department’s presentation of the all-time classic, “The Sound of Music,” last weekend, you’ve got another chance. Performances are scheduled for...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Neighborhood Spotlight: The Pinecrest
The Pinecrest, with the golf course in the foreground.The Pinecrest community features a mix of housing types in a bucolic setting adjacent to the nine-hole Pinecrest Golf Course in the Alexandria...
View ArticleShots fired at party in Lincolnia
Fairfax County Police are seeking information about an incident in which several shots were fired at a home in the 6400 Fairland Street, Lincolnia, during a party at about 11 p.m. on Sunday, Nov. 16....
View ArticlePedestrian struck and killed crossing Columbia Pike
A 62-year-old Annandale man was struck while crossing Columbia Pike between Evergreen Lane and John Marr Drive in Annandale at around 8 p.m. on Monday, Nov. 17, the Fairfax County Police Department...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Hostage barricade incident in Annandale
HelmandA hostage barricade incident on Columbia Pike in Annandale last night led to a huge traffic jam in the area for several hours. According to a Fairfax County Police Department notice, police...
View ArticleArlington puts the brakes on Columbia Pike Streetcar project
Fairfax County officials expressed disappointment at the Nov. 18 decision by the Arlington County Board to cancel the Columbia Pike Streetcar project.“Although we believe the decision to end the...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Bailey's Crossroads/Seven Corners group urges crackdown on illegal signs
Signs in the right of way, like this one in Wilson Boulevard, are prohibited.The Board of Directors of the Bailey’s Crossroads/Seven Corners Revitalization Corporation (BC7RC), increasingly frustrated...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Bank customer robbed
The suspect. A customer at a bank at 7800 Heritage Drive, Annandale, was robbed at about 10:37 a.m. on Nov. 14, the Fairfax County Police Department reports. The police blotter doesn’t identify the...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Police target pedestrian safety
Police officers were out on Little River Turnpike in Annandale Wednesday evening distributing fliers to residents and motorists in an effort to increase pedestrian safety. Another team of officers will...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Working groups on Sears site develops basic design concepts
Members of the Seven Corners Working Group on Opportunity Area C spent most of the afternoon and evening Nov. 19 in a Design Workshop figuring out a vision for redeveloping the property along Route 7...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Happy birthday, Lt. Luta "Cornie" McGrath!
Luta "Cornie" McGrath enjoys her birthday cards.Retired Army Lt. Luta “Cornie” McGrath spent her birthday Nov. 21 chatting with visitors, reading some of the dozens of birthday cards she received, and...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Good Fortune supermarket brings Chinese specialties to Eden Center
Good Fortune specializes in live seafood.You can find things at Good Fortune, the supermarket that opened in the Eden Center Nov. 22, that you’ll never see in a Giant or Safeway, like whole ducks, live...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Community pool reps joining forces
The Edsall Park Pool.We might be having wintry November weather, but leaders of local community swimming pools are already thinking about next summer. The newly formed Mason District Pool Management...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Mason land use committee rejects Route 7 shopping center
An illustration of the shopping center proposed for Bailey's Crossroads.The Mason District Land Use Committee Nov. 25 decided not to endorse a shopping center proposed for Route 7 in Bailey’s...
View ArticleIs Annandale really that bad?
Thanks to an alert reader for pointing out this You Tube video about Annandale, titled, “Welcome Home to the Shithole of Annandale, VA,” posted by FlyingOverTr0ut a couple of months ago. The video is...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Julie Strandlie to succeed Janet Hall on Planning Commission
StrandlieMason Supervisor Penny Gross is expected to announce the appointment of attorney Julie Strandlie as the Mason representative on the Fairfax County Planning Commission today.Strandlie would...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Board of Supervisors approve Markham Place project
An illustration of Markham place from the county staff report.The Markham Place apartment project is going forward. The Fairfax County Board of Supervisors on Dec. 2 approved a rezoning application for...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Seven Corners group to host open house on design concepts for Sears site
Three teams developed concepts for redeveloping the Sears site during a design workshop last month.The public will have a chance to examine three preliminary designs for redevelopment of the Sears site...
View Article