Police investigating homicide/suicide at Skyline Towers
Crime scene technicians and homicide detectives from the Fairfax County Police Department are investigating an apparent murder/suicide at the Skyline Towers apartment complex in Bailey’s Crossroads,...
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Landmark redevelopment project to begin in spring 2014
Landmark redevelopment design by Howard Hughes Corp.The City of Alexandria has approved a rezoning plan for total redo of Landmark Mall. The Howard Hughes Corp. plans to tear down the 11-acre middle...
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Mosquito traps are part of county's West Nile Virus surveillance program
If you see a device like the one pictured above in the woods, don’t disturb it. It’s a mosquito trap used by the Fairfax County Health Department to collect samples as part of its surveillance of West...
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Native plants to be rescued before Wakefield Run restoration project starts
Mayapple, one of the native plants to be saved.Friends of Accotink Creek (FAC) is seeking volunteers to help rescue native plants along Wakefield Run before a major restoration project starts on July...
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New Dominion Power program encourages use of solar energy
Solar panels on the roof of Annandale resident Bob Kovacs' second home in the Blue Ridge mountains.If you’ve got solar panels on your property or plan to install them within the next six months, you...
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Annandale High School reunion planned for classes of 1970-77
The Annandale High School Class of 1973 is hosting a multi-class reunion for people who graduated in 1970-77 July 26 and 27 at the Doubletree hotel at Dulles Airport (21611 Atlantic Blvd.,...
View ArticleYouths involved in robbery and shooting incident in Mantua
A report from the Mason Police District describes a robbery and shooting that took place in the Mantua community (between Annandale and Fairfax) on Wednesday, June 19: At approximately 9 p.m., officers...
View ArticleBoy Scouts are having a car wash and bake sale on Saturday
Support local Boy Scouts and get a clean car this weekend. Troop 875 is holding a car wash and bake sale Saturday, June 22, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. at Sleepy Hollow United Methodist Church, 3425 Sleepy Hollow...
View ArticleTaxi driver robbed on Cherokee Avenue
A 49-year-old taxi driver was reportedly robbed by two men, who may have been in another taxi, in a parking lot in the 5500 block of Cherokee Avenue at about 2 a.m., June 21, the Franconia Police...
View ArticleLifetime Leadership Program helps retirees give back to community
Retirees finally have time to pursue hobbies and relax, but for those who’ve accumulated a lifetime of skills and knowledge, the Lifetime Leadership Program (LLP) offers a way to use their expertise in...
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Anthony's Restaurant relocating to new Bill Page shopping center
The sign at the Falls Church restaurant.The much beloved Anthony’s Restaurant, a long-time institution in Falls Church that closed June 2, is moving to the shopping center being developed by Bill Page...
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Beech Tree teachers bring books to kids this summer
Children select books from the Beech Tree Community Summer Library.Once a week during the summer, teachers from Beech Tree Elementary School will bring a “traveling library” to children at the Willston...
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NOVA offers new Fridays-only classes
NOVA's Annandale campus.The Annandale campus of Northern Virginia Community College (NOVA) will offer a new Fridays-only degree program “for students who are seeking a flexible and convenient option...
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Natural, outdoor Discovery Area takes shape at Westlawn Elementary School
Chldren help with the digging and planting.Parents, kids, and school staff have been making lots of progress on a new Discovery Area, a natural, outdoor play area on the grounds of Westlawn Elementary...
View ArticleTaxi driver robbed in Lincolnia
A taxi driver was robbed in the early hours of Monday, June 24, in the 6300 block of Wingate Street in Lincolnia, the Mason Police District reports. The victim parked his vehicle, and was opening the...
View ArticleFree meals offered to eligible children at local schools, community centers
Free meals are being provided to children this summer at several area schools and community centers through the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) summer food service program for children. The...
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Annandale house transformed into Buddhist temple
A small house on a hill overlooking Columbia Pike in Annandale has been transformed into a serene sanctuary where two Buddhist monks live and tend their garden and members of the local Vietnamese...
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Mason land use committee endorses adult daycare center on Lincolnia Road
The proposed facade of the Agape Center, facing Lincolnia Road.The Mason District Land Use Committee voted June 25 to recommend the Fairfax County Planning Commission approve a proposal by Agape Health...
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Man arrested for impersonating FBI agent, assaulting massage parlor worker
EvansFairfax County Police arrested a man for impersonating an FBI agent, a news bulletin from the Mason Police District reports. In May, police began receiving reports from employees of local massage...
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Lots of options for fireworks and fun on the Fourth of July
The Black Cat fireworks stand in the Kmart parking lot on Little River Turnpike.There aren’t any major public Fourth of July fireworks celebrations scheduled in Annandale or the Mason District but...
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