June 26, 2026
Covering Annandale, Bailey's Crossroads, Lincolnia, and Seven Corners in Fairfax County, Virginia

Fire at Skyline Plaza displaces 1,000 residents

#fires, #Skyline Center

Updated: A thousand people have been displaced by a fire at a high-rise condo at Skyline Plaza in Bailey’s Crossroads A transformer outside the building caught fire this morning, sending a significant amount of smoke into the lower floors, the Fairfax County Fire and Rescue Department reports. Fire trucks arrived on the scene at 10 … Continued

A new use for old shopping carts

#businesses, #shopping
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All those abandoned shopping carts lying around Annandale will soon be put to good use. A new company, called Cartz, has developed an app that lets pedestrians rent a shopping cart for their short-term needs, like walking home with their groceries or giving a break to a tired child or dog. The program works the … Continued

Roads in Bailey’s Crossroads scheduled for repaving

#Bailey's Crossroads, #biking, #infrastructure, #transportation, #VDOT
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The roads in red in this area of Bailey’s Crossroads are on VDOT’s road paving schedule.  The Virginia Department of Transportation’s 2019 road paving and restriping program in Mason District will focus mostly on the Falls Church, Bailey’s Crossroads, and Bren Mar Park areas. See the VDOT map for specific roads. VDOT staff will explain … Continued

Creative Cauldron’s Alice in Wonderland will delight children – and their parents

#arts, #children, #entertainment

Izzy Smelkinson as the White Rabbit and Madeline Aldana as Alice. [Keith Waters, Kx Photography] By David Siegel Full of high-spirited playfulness, flights of adorable fancy, and some verbal gymnastics that children and adults can savor, Creative Cauldron’s Alice in Wonderland is family entertainment that will sweep one’s cares away into the joys of “curiouser … Continued

Man assaults 7-Eleven clerk

#assault, #crime, #police

Assault suspect [FCPD] A clerk at the 7-Eleven at 3337 Glen Carlyn Drive, Bailey’s Crossroads, was assaulted by a man who tried to rob the store.  The suspect entered the store at around 3:30 p.m. on March 27 and asked customers for money and cigarettes. He tried to steal merchandise, and when a clerk tried … Continued

A sense of place promotes community pride, as well as redevelopment

#redevelopment, #revitalization

The street address of Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology is 6560 Braddock Road, Alexandria, but, geographically, it can be considered to be in Annandale.  By Dan McKinnon There it was again. Another example in the press of how the strange historical, geographical, postal, and the other types of district constructs in place throughout Fairfax County … Continued

Providence Players present ‘August: Osage County’

#arts, #entertainment
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Providence Players in rehearsal for “August: Osage County”: Beth Gilles Whitehead as Barbara Fordham and Clint Bagwell as Bill Fordham. [Chip Gertzog/Providence Players] By David Siegel “August: Osage County,” a play with plenty of wit and toughness and winner of the Pulitzer Prize and multiple Tony Awards, opens tomorrow at the James Lee Community Center … Continued