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Grocery donations collected for needy next Saturday at area stores
ACCA volunteers at the 2014 Day of Service food drive at Shoppers.When you do your grocery shopping next Saturday, buy a little extra for those in need. Sept. 26 is the “Day to Serve” food drive to...
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Absentee voting under way: Here's what you need to know
Election Day, Nov. 3, is six weeks away, but absentee voting is already under way. Since this is an “off-year,” without presidential candidates on the ballot, voter turnout will likely be low – so...
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Bring your dog to Dog Walk Fest Sunday
The first Dog Walk Fest in 2013.Everyone’s invited to the Ravenwood Park neighborhood’s third annual Dog Walk Fest Sunday, Sept. 27, 2-3 p.m. The starting point is the north end of Peace Valley Lane...
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The Fairfax County Police Department reports a sex offense occurred in Bailey’s Crossroads Sept. 23. A woman was getting off a Metrobus at about 6:55 p.m. at the Leesburg Pike/Glen Carlyn Drive...
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County staff urges BoS to reject shopping center in Bailey's Crossroads
A section of the revised plan showing the pharmacy drive-through in the middle of the retail center.More than six months after the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors voted to “defer indefinitely” a...
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Unsafe bus shelter on Columbia Pike will be removed
The 16L pulls up to the bus stop at Columbia Pike and Braddock Road.The bus shelter on Columbia Pike near Braddock Road is expected to be taken down soon by the Washington Metropolitan Transportation...
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Police searching for missing adult in Bailey's Crossroads
Fairfax County Police put out an alert on a “critical missing adult” in Bailey’s Crossroads. Fawzi Jariri, a 65-year-old with limited physical and mental capabilities, went missing from the area around...
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Trail in Wakefield Park will be paved
The Cross County Trail near Americana Park.The Fairfax County Park Authority is planning to pave a 7,800-foot stretch of the Cross County Trail in Wakefield Park between Braddock Road and Americana...
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Reward offered for lost kitten in Annandale
Help find Teeger, a small, female, shorthair domestic kitten. She’s been missing since Aug. 15 and was last seen Sept. 3 near 4600 John Hancock Court, near Americana Drive in Annandale. Teeger is...
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Used book sale at George Mason Library starts this week
Here’s your chance to browse among thousands of used books – including some rare and unusual books, children’s stories, popular fiction, graphic novels, and books in other languages, along with CDs,...
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DAR presents historic plaque to Oak Hill
The dedication ceremony of a historic plaque at Oak Hill featured, from the left: Sharon Bulova, chair of the Fairfax County Board of Supervisor; Lise Harvey, regent of the Anna Maria Fitzhugh Chapter...
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Public input sought on Fairfax County schools budget
A community meeting on the FCPS budget.Well over a 100 people showed up at a meeting hosted by school board member Sandy Evans Sept. 28 on the dire state of the Fairfax County Public Schools budget....
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Learn about career training at Computer CORE open house
The Lee Building [Google Maps]The public is invited to Computer CORE’s open house Oct. 3, 10 a.m.-1:30 p.m., in the organization’s new headquarters at the Lee Building, 5881 Leesburg Pike, Room 204, in...
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Annandale real estate stats
This house, on Linda Lane in Annandale, is on the market for $1.3 million. [Zillow]By Vivianne CoutsThinking of buy or selling a house in Annandale? Here are 10 things you should know:1. 464 homes...
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Inova has big plans for Mobil Exxon site
Inova Health System is planning to develop health-focused restaurants and retailers and technology-centered businesses as part of its Center for Personalized Health on the former Exxon Mobil campus,...
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Contacts weather-related problems
Columbia Pike in Bailey's Crossroads Friday afternoon. Hurricane Joaquin appears to be heading out to sea, but the National Weather Service is still predicting heavy rains tonight and tomorrow. Flood...
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Planning Commission approves medical building on Evergreen Lane
The Fairfax County Planning Commission on Sept. 24 recommended that the Board of Supervisors approve the development of a two story medical building on Evergreen Lane in Annandale proposed by Quan Q....
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Moon Festival at Eden Center features lion dance, eating contest
A cold, rainy day didn’t stop the Vietnamese community from celebrating the annual Moon Festival at Eden Center in Seven Corners Saturday afternoon. Five women and one man compete to see who can eat...
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General Assembly candidates speak at minority chambers' forum
Candidates running for office in Northern Virginia.There were more candidates than spectators at the Third Annual Multicultural Chambers Candidate Forum Oct. 4 at Northern Virginia Community College in...
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ABGC cheerleaders host bake sale Oct. 10 at Ossian Hall Park
The Annandale Boys and Girls Club’s (ABGC) cheerleading team is having a bake sale and raffle with multiple prizes Saturday, Oct. 10, 9:30 a.m.-1 p.m., at Ossian Hall Park. The grand prize will be a...
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