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

Crab feast supports volunteer fire departments

The social hall at the Annandale Fire Station. Nearly 200 people enjoyed an all-you-can-eat crab leg and spiced shrimp feast at the Annandale Fire Station Saturday afternoon – while helping the Annandale and Bailey’s Crossroads volunteer fire departments raise some badly needed funds. Fire station volunteers serve hundreds of pounds of seafood.  “We want to … Continued

Rain or not, volunteers clean up the community

Dar Al-Hijrah members take part in the Culmore Cleanup. Despite rainy, unseasonably cold weather, hundreds of local residents spent Saturday morning picking up litter in an effort to make the community a better place. About 40 people collected trash along Little River Turnpike and surrounding streets, reports Helen Winter of the Annandale Women’s Club, which … Continued

Strong security measures proposed for homeless shelter

A temporarily homeless shelter would be installed on this field at the rear of the Lincolnia Senior Center. A consultant hired by Fairfax County to assess the security needs of the Lincolnia Senior Center and the relocated Bailey’s homeless shelter calls for surveillance cameras, armed security guards, and metal detectors. The county is proposing to … Continued

Park Authority finds money to replace pedestrian bridge

The trail between Murray Lane and Lockwood Lane where a new pedestrian bridge will be installed. Fairfax County has found the money to replace the old, unsafe pedestrian bridge it removed in the Broyhill Crest neighborhood after all, Mason District Supervisor Penny Gross informed residents. On March 23, the county removed the bridge, which crosses … Continued

Man dies after struggle with police at Roundtree Park

Updated April 20, 11:50 p.m.: The Fairfax County Police are investigating a death at Roundtree Park on Annandale Road. According to an FCPD bulletin, patrol officers from the Mason District Station were dispatched to the park just before 1 p.m. on Wednesday, April 20, to search for “a critical missing man who had wandered from … Continued

County officials defend plans for homeless shelter, county office building

Lincolnia residents put up this sign on Little River Turnpike in Lincolnia. Deputy County Executive Robert Stalzer defended Fairfax County’s plans to relocate a homeless shelter and construct a county office building as part of the proposed Southeast Quadrant redevelopment in Bailey’s Crossroads. Several dozen Lincolnia residents brought their concerns about the shelter relocation to … Continued

Hoop it Up! Night brings Glasgow community together

The 18th annual Hoop it Up! Night at Glasgow Middle School April 15 was a big success, reports PTA President Tara Rethore. More than 100 students, faculty, staff members, and parent volunteers participated, while nearly 400 spectators filled the bleachers. The Panther Groove livens things up. Student teams at each grade level competed against the … Continued