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Supervisors adopt new rules on blight
A blighted house in Fairfax County [Department of Code Compliance photo.]The Fairfax County Board of Supervisors approved new rules that allow the county to repair blighted homes at the owner’s...
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Fire guts vacant house in Seven Corners
This house was unoccupied when it burned down. [Photo by Lisa Kirk]A house on the Route 50 service road near Olin Drive in Seven Corners was totally gutted by fire last week. The house had been vacant...
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Gross reports on the state of Mason District in 2014
The Main Street Clarinet Quartet brings holiday cheer to the Mason District Government Center. “Overall, 2014 was a pretty good year in Mason District,” said Supervisor Penny Gross at her annual...
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FCPS asks Fairfax County for Willston Center site for new school
The Willston Center.Fairfax County Public Schools has formally asked the Fairfax County leadership to turn over the Willston Center in Seven Corners to FCPS for use as a school to help relieve...
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Eden Center celebrates 30th anniversary
In the foreground at the ribbon-cutting for Good Fortune are, from the left, Quan Guo Yang, general manager of Good Fortune, Falls Church Mayor David Tarter, Eden Center Vice President Alan Frank, and...
View ArticleAssault and robbery in Parklawn
Three men assaulted a man walking by Arcadia and Bryce Road in the Parklawn neighborhood in Mason District at about 9 p.m. on Dec. 9, the Fairfax County Police Department reports. The suspects took...
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VDOT destroys native species recently planted along beltway
Native plants mowed down along the beltway in Annandale..[FACC photo]Much of the native species planted along the beltway over the past few years were destroyed recently by a VDOT contractor apparently...
View ArticleAnnandale home prices rising
The median sales price of a home sold in Annandale (zip code 22003) in November was $542,000. That’s a 9 percent increase from November 2013, according to data provided by realtor Vivianne Couts of...
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Improvements planned for Eakin Park
The proposed design for a pavilion at Eakin Community Park.Improvements are planned for Eakin Community Park, but the work would be funded mostly by private sources rather than Fairfax County.At a...
View ArticlePolice seek info on homicide at Safari Lounge in Bailey's Crossroads
A 20-year-old man from Capital Heights, Md., Darnell Rashard Ford, was shot and killed outside the Safari Lounge, at 5831 Columbia Pike, in Bailey’s Crossroads, shortly after 2 a.m. on Dec. 13. The...
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Library advocates accuse county of waging war on libraries
At one of several meetings with legislators held by Fairfax Library Advocates, Sen. Dave Marsden (left) speaks with John Ball, president of the Friends of the Tysons-Pimmit Regional Library, at the...
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Assault arrest in Annandale
AhnA 22-year-old Annandale man, Bruce Ahn, was arrested by Fairfax County Police Dec. 12 for aggravated assault and brandishing, according to a posting in the daily police blotter.The incident occurred...
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Local restaurants take part in annual Taste of Braddock reception
Students in the culinary program at Annandale High School.Local residents got a chance to try samples from 22 restaurants at the annual Taste of Braddock holiday celebration Dec. 10 hosted by Braddock...
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Health programs moving to new Merrifield Center next month
Merrifield CenterFairfax-Falls Church Community Services Board (CSB) programs that are currently based in offices on Woodburn Road, Annandale, and other locations in Fairfax County and Falls Church...
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More details emerge on Bailey's Gateway multifamily project
An illustration of the site, with Columbia Pike on the left.The Bailey’s Crossroads/Seven Corners Revitalization Corporation on Dec. 16 endorsed the “Bailey’s Gateway” project, a proposed multifamily...
View ArticleTwo attempted robberies in Mason District
There were two unrelated attempted robberies in Mason District on Dec. 16, according to the Fairfax County Police Department.At 10:20 p.m., two victims walking on the 3300 block of Glen Carlyn Drive...
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Falls Church HS community honors memory of 'Coach CJ'
Swim team captains unveil the records board at Falls Church High School.More than 150 Falls Church High School students, staff, and community members gathered at the school Dec. 17 for the unveiling of...
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New park planned for Mason District off Edsall Road
Monch Farm Park is the triangular shaped plot along Canard Street. [Image from Google Maps]Fairfax County has acquired a vacant 10-acre piece of land at 6570 Edsall Road in the Alexandria area of Mason...
View ArticleBulova defends decision calling for audit of library friends
Following complaints by various library supporters about the Board of Supervisors’ Dec. 2 decision to impose an audit on friends of the library groups, Chair Sharon Bulova issued a lengthy statement...
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Not ready for Christmas? Don't panic
By Annandale humorist Robert SchwaningerLike many things around the holidays, this column is woefully late. It is, therefore, the very symbol of Christmas. Unless you are one of those people who starts...
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