St. Barnabas bazaar features Christmas items, raffle, and food
The Women of St. Barnabas invite the public to a Christmas Bazaar Saturday, Nov. 14, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. It’s at St. Barnabas Episcopal Church, 4801 Ravensworth Road, Annandale. If you’re looking for a unique gift, you’ll find handmade Christmas crafts, angels, wreaths, trees, ornaments, knitted items, dolls, gently used costume and estate jewelry, baked goods, … Continued
Man arrested for indecent exposure in Bren Mar Park area
Detectives from the Fairfax County Police Department have arrested a 53-year-old man Nov. 9 in connection with a series of indecent exposures in the Alexandria area of Fairfax County. Sergio Ferrufino of the 6300 block of Beryl Road reportedly exposed himself to women and children from his apartment window as children were walking to and … Continued
FCPS Budget Task Force proposes deep funding cuts, student fees
Budget cuts could have a huge impact on Braddock Elementary School and other schools in the Annandale/Mason area. The Fairfax County Public Schools’ FY 2017 Budget Task Force is recommending increased student fees, larger class sizes, and a series of other cost cutting-measures to close a projected budget deficit that could be as high as … Continued
Library advocates disappointed in county’s failure to hire new library director
The Woodrow Wilson Library in Bailey’s Crossroads has been beautifully renovated this year, but according to Fairfax Library Advocates, has 40,000 fewer books than it had in 2004. The Fairfax County Library Board of Trustees was supposed to have found a successor to outgoing Library Director Sam Clay by now but has so far failed … Continued
St. Alban’s Christmas Bazaar this Saturday
There will be a Christmas bazaar this Saturday, Nov. 14, 9 a.m.-2:30 p.m., at St. Alban’s Episcopal Church, 6800 Columbia Pike, Annandale. Enjoy Christmas caroling while shopping for baked goods, books, toys, jewelry, homemade crafts, tools, pressed flowers, art, decorations, white elephant items, and new this year, refurbished computers. For children, there will be face … Continued
RadioShack sharing its space with Sprint
Sprint is a store-within-a-store at RadioShack. When RadioShack Corp. filed for bankruptcy last winter and announced plans to close at least 1,784 of its 4,000 stores, the one at 7408 Little River Turnpike, Annandale, wasn’t one of them. But it is one of the 1,435 RadioShack stores combining operations with Sprint as part of the … Continued
Youth sports league reaches out to immigrants
The ABGC’s main office in Annandale. In recognition of the challenges faced by immigrants in the Annandale community, the Annandale Boys and Girls Club is offering discounts to immigrants when they register a child for any of ABGC’s sports programs. They will receive a 50 percent discount for any first-time player. If a parent, guardian, … Continued
‘Neighborhood Knock’ encourages residents to meet their neighbors
This weekend is a great time to get outside and meet those neighbors you might have waved to on the street but never actually talked to. That’s the concept of Neighbor 2 Neighbor Knock (N2N), sponsored by the Fairfax County 50+ Neighbor to Neighbor Committee. The committee is suggesting people knock on their neighbors’ doors … Continued
Advocacy groups push for immigration reform
Left to right: Dong Yoon Kim, Emily Kessel, and Edgar Aranda-Yanoc at NAKASEC offices in Annandale. Despite disappointing election results – with the Republicans retaining control of both the Virginia Senate and House of Delegates – advocates for the local immigrant community are stepping up their efforts to fight for immigrants’ access to health care … Continued
Bank robbery suspect identified
Detectives have identified a suspect in the M&T Bank robbery in Annandale Oct. 31 as Randy Thompson, 29, of York, Pa., the Fairfax County Police Department reports. Family members reported Thompson as missing to the Baltimore City Police Department on Nov. 2. He was last seen in the 2100 block of N. Charles Street on … Continued
County considering new uses for former site of Annandale Adult Day Center
Fairfax County hasn’t yet determined what to do about the space at 7200 Columbia Pike in Annandale that will become vacant after the county shuts down the Annandale Adult Day Center in early January. The center serves mostly elderly people who need supervision during the day. Most of the clients have already transferred or will … Continued
Congressional School gets an upgrade
Left to right: Jim Frye, president of Congressional’s Board of Trustees; Sally Cole, executive director of the Falls Church Chamber of Commerce; Marybeth Connelly, Falls Church City Council; Janet Marsh, Congressional Head of School; Tavis Laws, director of athletics; and Chris Pryor, director of advancement. The Congressional Schools of Virginia, the private school on Sleepy … Continued
Help local Boy Scouts collect food for those in need
Cub Scouts collect food at a Safeway. You might want to do a little extra grocery shopping to help the needy during the Scouting for Food campaign sponsored by the National Capital Area Council of Boy Scouts of America. Boy Scouts and Cub Scouts will be going door-to-door Nov. 7 dropping off plastic bags and … Continued
Mason voters re-elect Penny Gross to Board of Supervisors
Mollie Loeffler addresses supporters. Mason District voters elected Penny Gross to a sixth term on the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors Nov. 3 with 57.2 percent of the vote. Mollie Loeffler, a community activist running as an independent, got 42.2 percent of the vote. Loeffler won in four precincts: Barcroft (60.9 percent), Ravenwood (57.5 percent), … Continued
Craft bazaar, historic church tour this Saturday
Come to Annandale United Methodist Church Saturday, Nov. 7, to get some holiday shopping done and learn about local history. The annual craft bazaar, 10 a.m.-3 p.m., will have more than 35 vendors in the main church building, at 6935 Columbia Pike, Annandale. There will be a variety of crafters and artisans, baked goods, and … Continued