July 11, 2026
Covering Annandale, Bailey's Crossroads, Lincolnia, and Seven Corners in Fairfax County, Virginia

Inova’s Center for Personalized Health will spur investment in community

#health, #Inova, #land use, #redevelopment, #technology
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These buildings, once the domain of oil company employees, will house physicians and medical researchers. Inova’s Center for Personalized Health under development at the former Exxon Mobil campus on Gallows Road could eventually transform the entire area, bringing in thousands of jobs and attracting new investments by private health and technology companies. Inova is renovating … Continued

Steakhouse to open this spring in Bailey’s Crossroads

#Bailey's Crossroads, #businesses, #restaurants
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Construction is underway on a LongHorn Steakhouse on Leesburg Pike in Bailey’s Crossroads across from the Skyline Center. The free-standing restaurant, next to the Olive Garden, is scheduled to open in May, said company spokesperson Heidi Schauer. The menu includes burgers, sandwiches, salads, and cocktails, as well as steaks. The restaurant will be 6,275 square … Continued

DMV will not move to Barcroft Plaza

#DMV, #Kory, #shopping, #traffic
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Barcroft Plaza on a recent Friday afternoon. The Virginia Department. of Motor Vehicles will not relocate its customer service center from Four Mile Run in Arlington to the Barcroft Plaza shopping center after all. The planned move had generated an enormous amount of opposition from Mason District residents who were concerned that a DMV in … Continued

Body found in Annandale park

#parks, #police
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Tollhouse Park [FCPD] The body of man was discovered in Annandale’s Tollhouse Park at the intersection of Little River Turnpike and Annandale Road Jan. 13, the Fairfax County Police Department states in the daily police blotter. A citizen had called the police shortly before 1 p.m. to report “a suspicious man, possibly sleeping.” Responding officers … Continued

Board of Supervisors defers decision on Bailey’s Crossroads land swap

#Bailey's Crossroads, #homeless, #housing, #land use, #redevelopment, #Southeast Quadrant
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The Southeast Quadrant on Columbia Pike. The Fairfax County Board of Supervisors deferred a decision on the Southeast Quadrant land swap in Bailey’s Crossroads until Feb. 2.The delay will provide time for the board to review last-minute information on some “contractual tweaks,” said Mason Supervisor Penny Gross at the Jan. 12 BoS session. The real … Continued

Fire damages three condos in Annandale

#fire department, #fires
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Smoke pours out of a condo in Annandale. [Photos by a witness] Four people were injured in a two-alarm fire in the Tall Trees Garden Condominium in Annandale Jan. 11. More people could have been hurt, however, if not for the efforts of Jeremy Shoemaker who was working nearby and rushed inside the building to … Continued

An upsurge in coyote sightings

#animals, #nature, #police, #wildlife
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A coyote pup seen last summer in Falls Church. [FCPD] There’s been an increase in coyote sightings in Fairfax County in recent months. The animals are now considered “established and widespread” in the county, states a post in the Fairfax County Police Department blog. Coyotes could prey on free-range cats and small dogs, so residents … Continued