Don’t be fooled by phone scammers
If you’ve gotten a phone call from someone who says they’re from the Fairfax County Sheriff’s Office saying that you have missed jury duty and must pay court costs, it’s a scam. The Fairfax County Police Department has seen an increase in these kinds of calls. The callers, claiming to be deputies, use unregistered phone … Continued
Play at 1st Stage explores the world of the incarcerated
Teresa Castracane and Louis Alberto Gonzalez. [Teresa Wood/1st Stage] By David Siegel With pounding performances from fiercely committed actors, audiences at 1st Stage witness the nightmare world of the incarcerated. It is a transfixing and unapologetic tale. The searing production is “Jesus Hopped the ‘A’ Train” by Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Stephen Adly Guirgis, appearing through … Continued
School news: Snowplows and robots
Sleepy Hollow Elementary School Principal Eric Johnson performs with students at the back-to-school assembly. An occasional series highlighting programs and activities at schools in the Annandale/Mason District area. The information and photos here are from Fairfax County Public Schools and individual schools. Voting at Stuart – People who live within the JEB Stuart High School … Continued
Stuart Tag Day is Sept. 16
The Stuart marching band. If you live in the JEB Stuart High School attendance area, members of the school’s music programs hope you will be generous when they knock on your door on Saturday asking for a donation. Your tax-deductible donation on Tag Day enables the Music Department to pay for uniforms, instruments, equipment, special … Continued
Fairfax County team in the Virgin Islands helping victims of Hurricane Irma
VA-TF1 team members rescue a hurricane Irma rescue a Hurricane Irma victim. The Fairfax County Fire and Rescue Department’s Urban Search and Rescue Team (VA-TF1) rescued an elderly woman who was critically ill and trapped in her home, which had been damaged by Hurricane Irma, on St. Thomas in the U.S. Virgin Islands, The team … Continued
Art by Poe Middle School students featured at Bradlick Shopping Center
Art by Poe students Gabriela Fernandez and Danae Booker. Artworks by six Poe Middle School students were unveiled at Bradlick Shopping Center in Annandale Sept. 9 and will remain on display in the breezeway next to Gold’s Gym for two years. Poe student Elisha Han, Del. Kaye Kory, and Del. Vivian Watts at the unveiling at … Continued
Help find Missy, a lost dog
Missy, a black medium-sized dog with no collar, has been missing from Magnolia Lane and Dannys Lane in Bailey’s Crossroads since Aug. 20. If you see her, contact Debbie, at 703-967-7463. Missy was spotted at various locations since then around the Dowden Terrace and Parklawn neighborhoods, including Glasgow Park, Teton Place, Summit Place, Fairfax Parkway, … Continued
Three Halloween stores pop up in Mason District
The huge Spirit store in Pinecrest Plaza. Temporary Halloween stores are popping up all over the area. Spirit shops – selling a large selection of costumes for all ages and Halloween decorations – have opened in the former Staples store in Pinecrest Plaza, the former HH Gregg store on Columbia Pike in Bailey’s Crossroads, and … Continued
Triple-A store open for business
The new AAA store in Seven Corners, which opened for business Sept. 9, offers a variety of automobile-related services under one roof, including car repairs; a travel agency; home, auto, and life insurance; and maps, travel guides, and travel accessories. The store, at 6290 Arlington Blvd., is operated by the Mid-Atlantic American Automobile Association. A … Continued
Couple arrested on weapons, drug charges
Morgan and Holloway [FCPD] Fairfax County police arrested two people Sept. 9, around 1:15 a.m. in the 6200 block of Little River Turnpike, near Landmark Plaza, for weapon violations and drug possession. When police officers stopped a white Ford Focus for not having a license plate, the driver provided a fake driver’s license. A search … Continued
2017 KORUS Festival no longer allowed at Kmart
The KORUS organizers were looking forward to bringing the event back to Kmart. [UPDATED, Sept. 12: Negotiations are underway to move the KORUS festival to the Sully Historic Site in Chantilly, but nothing has been finalized.] Organizers of the annual KORUS festival, a huge three-day celebration of Korean culture that had been planned for the Kmart parking … Continued
Community considers new names for JEB Stuart High School
The main entrance at Stuart. Most of the new names for JEB Stuart High School proposed at a public meeting at the school Sept. 9 fell into these categories: Honoring a civil rights advocate, particularly Barbara Rose Johns or Justice Thurgood Marshal Selecting a name based on geographic location Honoring another historical figure. The Fairfax … Continued
Ex-skinhead helps others break away from white supremacist groups
Christian Picciolini signs his book. Christian Picciolini spent years as a white supremacist and neo-Nazi, beating up minorities, performing in a skinhead rock band, and spreading a message of hate. Eventually, he started to disengage from his violent past and formed an organization to help other hateful extremists break away from “alt-right” and jihadist movements. … Continued
Annandale Wendy’s closed for good
The Wendy’s restaurant at 4042 Little River Turnpike, in the Kmart parking lot, is permanently closed. The owner of the Wendy’s franchise, NPC International, based in Overland Park, Kan., recently acquired 140 Wendy’s, primarily located in the Baltimore, Virginia, and Washington, D.C., markets, says Jerrod Mitchell, marketing director for Wendy’s at NPC. “As part of … Continued
Deer hunting program in parks starts Sept. 9
Signs like this one are posted in parks where deer hunting is allowed. The Fairfax County deer management program begins Saturday, Sept. 9, and runs through Feb. 24, 2018. During that period, teams of bowhunters that have been approved by Fairfax County will be allowed to shoot deer in designated parks. In the Annandale/Mason District … Continued