The Block almost ready to open
Snowcream Company is already open. The eateries in The Block are getting to ready to open, although one of them, the Snowcream Company, has had a “soft opening.” The Block, the new food court-like establishment next to Kmart on John Marr Drive in Annandale, features six food vendors, including a few that originated as food … Continued
Troop 150 shines in Scouting for Food campaign
Thanks to the generous donations by Annandale residents and hard work by scouts and parent volunteers, Boy Scout Troop 150 and Cub Scout Pack 105 collected the most food during the Scouting for Food campaign in November among troops in the Old Dominion District The scouts in Troop/Pack 150, based at Annandale United Methodist Church, collected … Continued
Lions Club selling citrus fruit on Saturday
The Falls Church – Annandale Lions Club will be selling fresh navel oranges, grapefruits, juice oranges, mandarin oranges, and other items Saturday, Dec. 17, in the parking lot at the Annandale Swim and Tennis Club, 7530 Little River Turnpike, Annandale. The Lions will be there at 8:15 a.m. and will stay until everything is sold. … Continued
New uses could revive old office buildings
The Silverline Center in Tysons [Hickok Cole Architects] Fairfax County needs to make it easier for developers to convert aging, underutilized office buildings to new, more profitable uses, states a report released this month by the Fairfax County Building Repositioning Workgroup. The workgroup was established by the Board of Supervisors in fall 2015 to examine the … Continued
Gross outlines highlights of 2016 for Mason District
Supervisor Penny Gross (left) hands out door prizes with chief aide Fran Tunick. “Overall, 2016 was great year in Mason District,” said Supervisor Penny Gross at the annual Mason District Holiday Gathering Dec. 12. Gross presented a review of the past year and a look ahead, while Christmas music by the Bonnie Piano Quartet, door … Continued
Police chief struck by drunk driver
The police cruiser driven by Roessler. [FCPD] Fairfax County Police Chief Edwin C. Roessler Jr. suffered minor injuries in a crash Dec. 12 after the unmarked police cruiser he was driving was struck by another vehicle. The other driver, Christie Edgar, 40, of Centreville, was arrested for driving while intoxicated. Roessler had been driving a … Continued
New restaurants open at Eden Center
Little Viet Garden. If you haven’t been to Eden Center, the Vietnamese shopping center, on Wilson Boulevard in Seven Corners, recently, you might be surprised to find several new restaurants. Little Sheep Mongolian Hot Pot offers the perfect antidote to cold winter weather: a hot aromatic soup base – spicy or not – that the … Continued
Norma Lopez honored for work on the Taste of Annandale
Left to right: Fairfax County Executive Edward Long Jr., Norma Lopez, and Board of Supervisors Chair Sharon Bulova. Norma Lopez, a community developer with the Fairfax County Office of Neighborhood and Community Services, was honored with an Outstanding Performance Award for her work on the Taste of Annandale. Individual and team awards were presented to more … Continued
Skyline Center for sale
The Skyline Center The Skyline business campus in Bailey’s Crossroads will be sold at auction to the highest bidder on Dec. 21, the Washington Business Journal (WBJ) reports. The property is being sold – in a substitute trustee’s sale – from the steps of the county courthouse after the owner, Vornado Realty Trust, defaulted on … Continued
Long-time patrons mourn the closing of Grevey’s
The bar is having a farewell party with live bands Dec. 9. Like that bar on “Cheers,” Grevey’s is the kind of neighborhood watering hole where everyone knows your name, said one long-time patron Dec. 8, two days before the place is set to close for good. Grevey’s, in the Yorktown Shopping Center on Gallows … Continued
Supervisors approve e-Loft project in Bailey’s Crossroads
The office building in the center would see new life as flexible e-Loft project. The Fairfax County Board of Supervisors unanimously approved a rezoning application allowing the conversion of a vacant, 10-story office building at 5600 Columbia Pike into an innovative, “e-Loft” concept with flexible units. Tenants could use their units as a residence, work … Continued
Supervisors approve townhouses at Heritage Mall
Townhouses approved for this parking lot. A new 67-unit townhouse development behind Heritage Mall in Annandale moved a step closer to reality, as the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors approved a rezoning application for the project Dec. 6. No one from the community testified at the public hearing before the vote. The applicants, MHI-Heritage LLC … Continued
Board of Supervisors establishes Police Civilian Review Panel
The Fairfax County Board of Supervisors approved the establishment of a Police Civilian Review Panel Dec. 6 with the goal of improving public trust. The panel will act as another avenue or “portal” for residents to submit complaints concerning allegations of abuse of authority or misconduct by a Fairfax County police officer. BoS Chair Sharon … Continued
Supervisors approve redevelopment of Graham Park Plaza
Graham Park Plaza The Fairfax County Board of Supervisors approved a Comprehensive Plan amendment Dec. 6 for the redevelopment of Graham Park Plaza on Arlington Boulevard in Falls Church. The owner, Federal Realty Investment Trust, is proposing a mixed-use development with 248 multifamily housing units and community-serving retail on part of the property of the … Continued
Two women shot during fight in Annandale
Two women, ages 19 and 20, were shot outside 7555 Davian Drive shortly after 5 p.m., Dec. 6. They were transported to the hospital says Fairfax County Police spokesperson Megan Hawkins, and are in stable condition with non-life threatening injuries. The incident occurred less than a block from Annandale High School. According to the FCPD, … Continued