102-unit townhouse project proposed for Edsall Road
The entrance to Monticello Mews on Edsall Road, with the Isabella on the right. A 102-unit townhouse project is proposed for Edsall Road in Mason District next to the Isabella condominium and Jefferson Green townhouses. The landowner, DRW Inc., has submitted a rezoning application to revise the proffers approved in 1981. The 10.7-acre property is … Continued
Girl Scouts offer Black Friday babysitting
If you’re planning a serious Black Friday marathon Nov. 27, don’t let your kids slow you down. Girl Scout Troop 675 has organized a Black Friday Babysitting and Gift-Wrapping service to raise funds for troop activities. Drop off your children, up to age 10, at Peace Lutheran Church, 6362 Lincolnia Road, 1-5 p.m. They will … Continued
Barcroft Plaza Starbucks to serve beer and wine
The Starbucks coffee shop at Barcroft Plaza will be selling beer and wine – although don’t expect this to be happening right away. It’s set to become one of a growing number of “Starbucks Evenings” locations that will offer wine and craft beer along with savory small plates, like flatbreads, bacon-wrapped dates, and truffle macaroni … Continued
Help a needy family enjoy the holidays
Boy Scouts collect food for the ACCA food pantry during the Scouting for Food event earlier this month. How about embracing the true meaning of Christmas this year by “adopting” a needy family for the holidays? The Annandale Christian Community for Action (ACCA), a coalition of local churches, is coordinating a program matching donors with … Continued
Attempted robbery at Exxon station in Annandale
The suspect [FCPD] Revised 2 p.m., Nov. 23: The Exxon station at 3403 Holly Road in Annandale was the site of an attempted robbery on Nov. 22 shortly after 5 p.m., the Fairfax County Police Department reports. An employee had been standing outside the gas station when he re-entered the business, a man followed him, … Continued
Rotarians, students provide Thanksgiving meals to the needy
More than 100 needy families will be able to enjoy Thanksgiving, thanks to the generosity of the Bailey’s Crossroads Rotary Club and the JEB Stuart High School Interact Club. Club members distributed 111 boxes of food to lower-income residents in the Culmore area Nov. 21. This was the program’s 37th year. Volunteers gathered at the … Continued
March to White House focuses on immigration relief
Local immigrant rights groups led a march from Arlington Courthouse Plaza to the White House Nov. 20 to urge the federal government to support policies to allow eligible immigrants to stay and work in the United States without fear of deportation. The march commemorated the one-year anniversary of President Obama’s announcement to expand Deferred Action … Continued
Basketball registration under way at Annandale Boys and Girls Club
ABGC headquarters in Annandale Registration is under way through Nov. 30 for recreational basketball with the Annandale Boys and Girls Club. The house league covers players in fourth grade through high school. Practice begins in December, with games in January through March. Teams will be formed in December with the goal of keeping players together … Continued
Attempted abduction, bias crime, ped accident in Annandale/Mason area
Several crime and safety incidents happened in the past few days, which we’re lumping together in one post. Mason Crest Elementary School sent an email warning the community about an attempted abduction of a student on Nov. 20. The student, who had just left the school, reported that a man in a gray car approached … Continued
Public invited to community meeting on new DMV in Barcroft Plaza
Renovations under way at new DMV on Columbia Pike. Anyone concerned about the plans for a new Department of Motor Vehicles center in Barcroft Plaza is encouraged to come to a community meeting hosted by the Mason District Council Dec. 3, 7:30 p.m., at the cafeteria in Belvedere Elementary School. Del. Kaye Kory and representatives … Continued
Children’s Science Center brings hands-on fun to Columbia Elementary School
An experiment with paper airplanes at the science fair at Columbia Elementary School in Annandale. Science can be lots of fun – at least that’s how it looked at Columbia Elementary School’s science fair Nov. 17 as kids enthusiastically clustered around a dozen tables with hands-on activities like aviation with paper airplanes, 3D math with … Continued
Annandale will get another phone store
Central Annandale has at least a dozen cell phone stores, but it doesn’t have a T-Mobile dealer. That will change soon. A T-Mobile store is expected to open, in mid-January at the earliest, at 7262 Columbia Pike in a building that used to house the U.S. Tae Kwon Do College. The owner of the new … Continued
Man charged with molesting child in daycare
Gomez [FCPD] Fairfax County Police have charged a 35-year-old man with having inappropriate contact with an 8-year-old child in the Bailey’s Crossroads area. Police had been called to an apartment in the 3400 block of Glen Carlyn Drive at about 7:30 a.m. on Nov. 17 for a reported sex offense, the FCPD Police Blotter reports. … Continued
Title and payday lenders banned in revitalization areas
TitleMax recently moved into the building on Little River Turnpike formerly occupied by Jerry’s Subs. The Fairfax County Board of Supervisors on Nov. 17 approved a Zoning Ordinance amendment to restrict title and payday lenders. These businesses, referred to as “alternative lending institutions,” prey on the poor, charging interest rates as high as 300 percent. … Continued
Supervisors approve restrictions on donation drop boxes
Donation boxes on John Marr Drive in Annandale. The Fairfax County Board of Supervisors unanimously approved new zoning rules Nov. 17 to regulate donation drop boxes. The new rules, which take effect immediately, are needed because the boxes – which are supposed to be for old clothes and shoes – often attract litter and have … Continued