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Edsall Park Swim Club totally revitalized
When the Edsall Park Swim Club opens on Memorial Day weekend, members will find the recreation facility looking better than ever, thanks to a Fairfax County Neighborhood Enhancement Partnership Program...
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Dominion brings energy to Wakefield Run cleanup in Annandale
By Elizabeth KirchnerIn a mid-April downpour, members of Friends of Accotink Creek and 30 Dominion Power employees filled the parking lot of the Audrey Moore RECenterwith trucks, rubber boots, and...
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Expanded Party Co. and AnnSandra will offer more options for entertaining
There will be lots more options for party planners in Annandale once the expansion of the Party Co. and AnnSandra shops is completed in the next few months. The Party Co., at 4421 John Marr Drive,...
View ArticleSuspects sought for robberies in Annandale area
A man was robbed last night at the McDonald’s at 6302 Little River Turnpike, in Lincolnia, a news release from the Mason Police District reports. When police arrived at around 7:40 p.m., the victim, a...
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McAuliffe's priorities include transportation, education, equality
Terry McAuliffe, the Democratic candidate for governor of Virginia, told a roomful of supporters May 9 that his priorities include ending discrimination based on sexual orientation, reproductive rights...
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In Annandale, hospital beds are for racing
The 2012 Annandale Bed Race Annandale’s wackiest event, the annual Bed Race, will take place tomorrow, 10 a.m.-noon, rain or shine (that is unless there is torrential rain and lightening). About a...
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Mason police cracking down on speeders
A speed monitor on Wayne Drive, Annandale.Watch out, speeders. For the first time, the Mason Police District has a full-time traffic enforcement officer assigned to focus on speeding, pedestrian...
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Annandale teams take part in 9th annual Bed Race
When it was their heat’s turn, the guys from the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority (above) pulled out some folding chairs, sat down, and popped open their cooler. After all, their bed was...
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Boy Scouts clean up Annandale cemetery
More than 20 members of Boy Scout Troop 150, along with siblings and parents, helped Michael Paladino with his Eagle Scout project to clean up the graves and fence at the cemetery at the Annandale...
View ArticleInformation sought in hit and run accident involving police cruiser
The Mason Police District is seeking information from the public on a vehicle that was involved in a hit and run accident on Gallows Road in Annandale May 12.The police cruiser was traveling southbound...
View ArticleAnnandale Bed Race captured on video
What’s it like to ride in a hospital bed as it races down John Marr Drive? Watch Bob Kovacs’video of highlights from the Annandale Bed Race on Saturday, May 11, and find out: There are 80 videos on...
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Sports/comics shop has new owners
Vintage baseball cardsAfter 21 years in Annandale, Ron Savino has sold Ron’s Collector World, the comic book/sports memorabilia store in the Annandale Shopping Center on Columbia Pike. But don’t worry;...
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Prescription drug abuse among youths usually starts at home
AcostaCaitlin Acosta of Falls Church started abusing prescription medications at age 12 and spent the next several years getting deeper into the local drug culture. Now 24, Acosta volunteers with...
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Friday night sights: Classic cars at the Juke Box in Annandale
1953 Chevy.Every Friday evening during the warm months, the Juke Box Diner parking lot (at the John Marr Drive and Columbia Pike intersection in Annandale) turns into a showcase for classic cars—many...
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Tenants sought for new building on Columbia Pike in central Annandale
The design for the facade of the new building at 7250 Columbia Pike.The owners of the property on Columbia Pike, Annandale, across from the Walgreens construction site are seeking two retail tenants...
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Donation boxes increasingly under fire
Someone left a couple of sofas next to a Planet Aid donation box by the Annandale Kmart parking lot.As communities like Annandale are increasingly becoming inundated with donation boxes, efforts are...
View ArticlePolice investigating solicitors in Annandale
As a result of several complaints from residents of the Ravensworth-Bristow community in Annandale about door-to-door solicitors, officers from the West Springfield Police District have issued warnings...
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Virginia Republicans select candidates for November ballot
JacksonThe Republican Party of Virginia selected an extremist, Tea Party slate of candidates for statewide offices May 18. In a surprising move, delegates to the GOP Convention in Richmond chose Bishop...
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More public involvement urged for Fairfax Forward
The shopping center on Annandale Road being developed by Bill Page Honda.Fairfax County Planning and Zoning Department (DPZ) staff have agreed to strengthen provisions on community involvement and...
View ArticleArmed robbery in Annandale
A man was robbed at gunpoint as he took his toddler out of his vehicle at around 11:30 p.m. on Friday, May 17, in a parking lot in the 4500 block of Commons Drive in Annandale, according to a news...
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