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Off the beaten path
Here’s what can happen when a huge amount of rain causes flash flooding. A reader sent this photo of a car in the Upper Long Branch Stream between the cul-de-sacs at 6th Street and Glen Forest Drive in Bailey’s Crossroads.
Weekly crime report: shootings, sexual assault
The Fairfax County Police Department reports the following recent crimes in the Annandale/Mason District: On Aug. 25, at about 9:40 p.m., police responded to a report of a man screaming for help in a parking lot in the 4900 block of Lincoln Ave. in Lincolnia.
Bloomie’s, now open in Mosaic, offers a curated version of Bloomingdale’s
Bloomie’s, the boutique version of Bloomingdale’s, opened in Mosaic with a block party featuring a DJ, street games, gift-with-purchase deals, fashion sketches, free customization, and happy hour specials at Colada Shop, the Cuban café in the store. Those specials are available until 6 p.m. today.
School board approves employee bonuses
The Fairfax County School Board on Aug. 26 approved one-time $1,000 bonuses to all full-time and hourly contracted employees, including bus drivers and food service workers. Temporary hourly employees will get $500 bonuses.
School news roundup: A COVID update and a different kind of board meeting
FCPS Superintendent Scott Brabrand and school members visit Columbia Elementary School in Annandale on the first of school on Aug. 23. From the left: school board member Rachna Sizemore Heizer (at large), school board member Ricardy Anderson (Mason), Brabrand, and Columbia Principal Michael Astudillo. The following news items are from Fairfax County Public Schools and … Continued
The plantation and the Pizza Hut: A suburban county reconsiders its history
The Oak Hill plantation in Annandale. This article is an excerpt from a longer piece in Route Fifty that also discusses the history of the Ilda community in Fairfax. By Tom Shoop On Nov. 5, 1861, Pvt. Edward S.E. Newbury and Cpl. Thomas Edwards of the Third Infantry Regiment of the New Jersey Volunteers went … Continued
Candidates for governor – McAuliffe and Youngkin – in a dead heat, according to latest poll
McAuliffe speaks to voters. The two candidates in the race to become the next government of Virginia – Terry McAuliffe and Glenn Youngkin – is a virtual dead heat. Forty percent of likely voters plan to vote for McAuliffe, the Democratic candidate, on Nov. 2, and 37 percent favor Youngkin, the Republican candidate, according to … Continued
FCPS warns of school bus delays due to driver shortage
A school bus in front of Braddock Elementary School in Annandale. As schools open today for in-person learning five days a week, FCPS expects some bumps in the road due to a severe crisis of school bus drivers. Fairfax County Public Schools warns parents to expect some bus delays and longer bus rides.
Community members donate supplies for Afghan refugees
Local residents bring donations for Afghan refugees at NOVA. Community members came out in force Aug. 21 to help Afghan refugees sheltered at Northern Virginia Community College in Annandale. The refugees were among the few able to catch a flight out of Kabul as the Taliban took over the country.
Weekly crime report: attempt to disarm an officer, auto theft
The Fairfax County Police Department reports the following crimes in Mason District. Police were called to the 3500 block of S. Jefferson St. in Bailey’s Crossroads shortly after 9:30 p.m. on Aug. 19 when a man refused to leave a property at the request of a security guard.
COVID vaccine mandate set for county employees
The Fairfax County Health Department hosted a mobile COVID vaccine clinic at Ossian Hall Park in Annandale earlier this month. Beginning this fall, all Fairfax County employees will be required to be fully vaccinated for COVID-19 or submit to weekly COVID testing as a condition of employment, the Fairfax County government announced Aug. 20. Employees … Continued
School employees must be vaccinated against COVID
All Fairfax County Public Schools employees must be vaccinated against COVID-19 or submit to routine negative COVID tests by late October, FCPS announced Aug. 20. “Vaccination is the most effective way to reduce the spread of COVID-19 and prevent severe illness, FCPS state. “We must take every measure possible to keep our schools safe.”
Summer concerts end this weekend
The LUA Project performed Mexilachian music, combining Mexican and Appalachian elementary, at Ossian Hall Park earlier this month. If you haven’t taken full advantage of the free summer Spotlight by Startlight concerns in Annandale yet, you’ve only got two more chances. The last show at the Mason District Park Amphitheater is tonight, Aug. 20. The U.S. Navy … Continued
Metro to expand service, cut prices
A Metrobus in Seven Corners. When workplaces and entertainment venues ramp up this fall, transit riders might find it easier to take Metro. Metro is adding more trains and buses, reducing prices, and extending operating hours, beginning Sept. 5. The changes will bring overall bus and rail service to near pre-pandemic levels.
FCPS: Students will be safe in school despite Delta COVID variant
Masks will be required in schools, except when students are eating lunch and playing outdoors. [FCPS] Fairfax County Schools Superintendent Scott Brabrand is confident schools will be safe for in-person learning, despite the surge of the Delta COVID variant. The 2021-22 school year starts Monday, Aug. 23.