Help us celebrate five years of local news coverage

All Annandale Blog readers and friends are invited to the
Broyhill Crest Recreation Club tonight for Blogapalooza, a celebration of the
blog’s fifth anniversary.

We’ll have live music, food from local restaurants, a Zumba
dance-off, and the presentation of the first-ever Annie Awards to the top
local spots selected by readers. Bands include Space Junk Jammers, Swell,
the RootzBoyz, and Big Hot
Mess.

The Broyhill Crest pool is at 7212 Early St., Annandale. Enter
at the gate by the pavilion. Blogapalooza starts at 7 p.m. Admission is $15. The rain
date is Sunday, June 29, 4 p.m. Visit the Blogapalooza page for more
information.

During the past five years the Annandale Blog has covered
businesses opening and closing; redevelopment plans; crimes; property
maintenance complaints; and controversial issues, such as the school boundary
change, residential studio units, and a proposed cell tower. We’ve also done lots of good-news stories about community volunteers and the like.

These are the top five most-read stories of all time:

Woodson community mourns two students, March 2014

Stuart High School community unhappy with school’s leadership, June 2014

New stores coming to Mosaic District in Merrifield, January
2012

Poe Middle School principal charged with embezzlement,
November 2013

Cost-cutting measures mean reduced services at libraries,
July 2013