Yummy Kabob opens in Annandale
Manager Eyad Issa takes an order. There’s a new place for Middle Eastern cuisine in Annandale: Yummy Kabob opened last week at 3340 Gallows Road, just outside the beltway. It’s open for lunch and dinner, 11 a.m.-9 p.m. Yummy Kabob is next to the Gallows Road beltway exit. Menu highlights include beef or chicken shawarma … Continued
Scene around A-Town: A dragon lurks in Luria Park
You never know what strange creatures you might find in an Annandale park.
Deer sharpshooting approved for Annandale Community Park
Deer at Annandale Community Park. The Fairfax County deer hunting program is expanding again this year. Two new parks have been added in Mason District for bow hunting – Bren Mar Park and Turkey Cock Run, both in the Alexandra area – and for the first time sharpshooting will take place in Annandale Community Park. … Continued
Goodwill offers free workshops for older job seekers
The Goodwill Career Center is at the rear of the retail store. Job seekers age 50 or older can find assistance at the Annandale Goodwill Career Center. Two free workshops are scheduled this month, one on resume writing and cover letter preparation on Aug. 17 and another on effective interviewing and presentation skills on Aug. … Continued
Litter and human waste mar Route 50 pedestrian bridge
A stairwell corner on the pedestrian bridge. A week after a July 31 news report about the filthy condition of the pedestrian bridge over Route 50 in Seven Corners, the bridge stairwells were still littered with trash and smelled like urine – and yes, there were still “piles of human feces,” as the piece by … Continued
Tibetan monks perform healing ceremony in Annandale park
The monks in Luria Park. Tibetan Buddhist monks chanted, blew extremely long horns, and poured sand from a mandala sand painting into Holmes Run in Annandale Sunday afternoon. The ceremony at Luria Park was the culmination of a mandala project, which had the theme of healing. After spending a week creating a mandala painting from … Continued
Free concerts in Annandale continue through the end of August
Polka time with the Continentals at Ossian Hall Park. Polka and waltz music was on tap at Ossian Hall Park in Annandale Saturday evening as the Continentals played old-world favorites on accordion, sax, and drums, including songs in German and Polish. The Continentals was founded in 1972 as a German oom-pah band by Mike Surratt, … Continued
Ethiopian restaurant coming to Annandale
The standalone building at 6669 Little River Turnpike that had housed a succession of Korean/Japanese restaurants over the years will be reincarnated as Dama Ethiopian Restaurant & Pastry. Thanks to a reader comment (below), we learned the new restaurant is an offshoot of the popular Dama Diner at 1503 Columbia Pike, Arlington. The new restaurant … Continued
FXCO economy still sluggish
The state of the Fairfax County economy remains mixed, according to a set of indicators by the county’s Department of Management and Budget. Here are some highlights: The unemployment rate in Fairfax County rose from 3.6 percent in April to 4 percent in May. That translates to an increase in the number of unemployed residents … Continued
No Fall Festival this year
The 2014 Annandale Fall Festival The annual Annandale Fall Festival won’t be held this year, although the Annandale Parade is still on. According to the Annandale Chamber of Commerce, which sponsors both events, the Fall Festival has been canceled because its location, in the parking of the Little River Shopping Center, will be affected by … Continued
Annandale/Mason neighborhoods celebrate National Night Out
Officers from the Mason Police Station meet residents of Camelot at a NNO potluck. Neighbors all over the Annandale/Mason area celebrated National Night Out Aug. 4 with cookouts and block parties. Police officers and firefighters showed up at many of the gatherings, showing off their vehicles and offering safety tips. A young resident of the … Continued
Public input sought on human service priorities
Denise Willard of Leapfrog Solutions facilitates a discussion of human service needs in Annandale. A group of local residents gathered at a local church in Annandale Aug. 3 to describe what they think should be Fairfax County’s top priorities in providing human services. The outcome of that meeting, as well as three other public forums, … Continued
Local business robbed at gunpoint
The Fairfax County Police Department lists several crimes that occurred in Mason District during the past few days. A commercial robbery occurred at a 7-11 on the 3300 block of Gallows Road in Annandale at about 12:34 p.m. on July 31 The suspect displayed a handgun, demanded money, and ran off in an unknown direction. … Continued
Everyone in Stuart pyramid invited to Back-to-School Resource Fair
Stuart High School All students attending Stuart High School and all the elementary and middle schools feeding into Stuart – and their parents – are invited to the first-ever Stuart Pyramid Back-to-School Resource Fair, Aug. 19, 207 p.m. at Stuart. The Resource Fair will help families in need by providing backpacks full of school supplies, … Continued
Registration under way for Northern Virginia Senior Olympics
Senior Olympians demonstrate the value of staying fit. [NVSO] If you’ve ever dreamed about competing in the Olympics, it’s not too late, even if you’re well past the age of peak ability. Anyone 50 and older can compete in the Northern Virginia Senior Olympics. The even features traditional sports, like track and field, swimming, and … Continued