Contacts for weather-related problems
Columbia Pike in Bailey’s Crossroads Friday afternoon. Hurricane Joaquin appears to be heading out to sea, but the National Weather Service is still predicting heavy rains tonight and tomorrow. Flood watches are in effect. If you experience weather-related problems, here are some useful phone numbers: Fairfax County emergency information: 703-817-7771. Police non-emergency: 703-691-2131. Dominion Virginia … Continued
Inova has big plans for Mobil Exxon site
Inova Health System is planning to develop health-focused restaurants and retailers and technology-centered businesses as part of its Center for Personalized Health on the former Exxon Mobil campus, the Washington Business Journal reported Sept. 30. Inova is set to take possession of the 117-acre property on Gallows Road in Merrifield this week. The new health … Continued
Annandale real estate stats
This house, on Linda Lane in Annandale, is on the market for $1.3 million. [Zillow] By Vivianne Couts Thinking of buy or selling a house in Annandale? Here are 10 things you should know: 1. 464 homes have sold in Annandale (zip code 22003) so far this year. 2. 54 homes were sold in August. … Continued
Learn about career training at Computer CORE open house
The Lee Building [Google Maps] The public is invited to Computer CORE’s open house Oct. 3, 10 a.m.-1:30 p.m., in the organization’s new headquarters at the Lee Building, 5881 Leesburg Pike, Room 204, in Bailey’s Crossroads. Computer CORE provides computer and job skills training to lower-income adults in Northern Virginia, many of them immigrants, dislocated … Continued
Public input sought on Fairfax County schools budget
A community meeting on the FCPS budget. Well over a 100 people showed up at a meeting hosted by school board member Sandy Evans Sept. 28 on the dire state of the Fairfax County Public Schools budget. Evans had organized the meeting to explain why the school system is facing a huge deficit – potentially … Continued
DAR presents historic plaque to Oak Hill
The dedication ceremony of a historic plaque at Oak Hill featured, from the left: Sharon Bulova, chair of the Fairfax County Board of Supervisor; Lise Harvey, regent of the Anna Maria Fitzhugh Chapter of the DAR; Braddock Supervisor John Cook; and the chapter’s chaplain, Jeannie Leson. A plaque recognizing the history of Oak Hill, the … Continued
Used book sale at George Mason Library starts this week
Here’s your chance to browse among thousands of used books – including some rare and unusual books, children’s stories, popular fiction, graphic novels, and books in other languages, along with CDs, DVDs, sheet music, and audio books. All are on sale at the George Mason Regional Library, 7001 Little River Turnpike, Annandale, beginning this Thursday … Continued
Reward offered for kitten lost in Annandale
Help find Teeger, a small, female, shorthair domestic kitten. She’s been missing since Aug. 15 and was last seen Sept. 3 near 4600 John Hancock Court, near Americana Drive in Annandale. Teeger is mostly white with brown and black tabby markings and spots on her back, left side, and tail and is white on the … Continued
Trail in Wakefield Park will be paved
The Cross County Trail near Americana Park. The Fairfax County Park Authority is planning to pave a 7,800-foot stretch of the Cross County Trail in Wakefield Park between Braddock Road and Americana Park in Annandale. The public is invited to a meeting on the project Oct. 15, 7 p.m., at Kings Glen Elementary School, 5401 … Continued
Police searching for missing adult in Bailey’s Crossroads
Fairfax County Police put out an alert on a “critical missing adult” in Bailey’s Crossroads. Fawzi Jariri, a 65-year-old with limited physical and mental capabilities, went missing from the area around Columbia Pike, Tyler Street, and Washington Drive at about 3 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 24. He is 5 feet, 5 inches tall and approximately … Continued
Unsafe bus shelter on Columbia Pike will be removed
The 16L pulls up to the bus stop at Columbia Pike and Braddock Road. The bus shelter on Columbia Pike near Braddock Road is expected to be taken down soon by the Washington Metropolitan Transportation Authority because WMATA determined it’s structurally unsound and unsafe. The bus shelter is considered structurally unsound. If it is removed, … Continued
County staff urges BoS to reject shopping center in Bailey’s Crossroads
A section of the revised plan showing the pharmacy drive-through in the middle of the retail center. More than six months after the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors voted to “defer indefinitely” a rezoning proposal from Spectrum Development for a shopping center on Leesburg Pike in Bailey’s Crossroads, the BoS will hold a public hearing … Continued
Woman groped in Bailey’s Crossroads
The Fairfax County Police Department reports a sex offense occurred in Bailey’s Crossroads Sept. 23. A woman was getting off a Metrobus at about 6:55 p.m. at the Leesburg Pike/Glen Carlyn Drive intersection when a man grabbed her buttocks. The suspect was described as Hispanic, 25-30 years old, approximately 5 feet 3 inches tall, weighing … Continued
Bring your dog to Dog Walk Fest Sunday
The first Dog Walk Fest in 2013. Everyone’s invited to the Ravenwood Park neighborhood’s third annual Dog Walk Fest Sunday, Sept. 27, 2-3 p.m. The starting point is the north end of Peace Valley Lane near 6203 Colmac Drive in the Seven Corners area. Dog Walk Fest is a family-friendly, dog-friendly community event giving neighbors … Continued
Absentee voting under way: Here’s what you need to know
Election Day, Nov. 3, is six weeks away, but absentee voting is already under way. Since this is an “off-year,” without presidential candidates on the ballot, voter turnout will likely be low – so those who do vote can make a big difference. The main event for Mason District residents is the race for supervisor, … Continued