Residents urge new approach to Seven Corners redevelopment
Del. Kaye Kory and several local residents plan to ask Mason Supervisor Penny Gross to revisit the redevelopment plan for Seven Corners recommended by the Seven Corners Land Use and Transportation Task Force. The Mason District Land Use Committee is scheduled to review the Seven Corners Task Force proposal March 24. The residents plan to … Continued
Fairfax County officials educate neighborhood leaders
Jeff Blackford, director of the Department of Code Compliance, and Rachel Perrott of the DCC. About 300 or so local residents – including many civic association and homeowner association board members – attended Fairfax County’s first-ever Neighborhood and Community Leaders Conference March 22 at Luther Jackson Middle School. At a session on code compliance, staff … Continued
Woodrow Wilson Library reopens
The renovated Woodrow Wilson Library reopened March 21. Opening day festivities for the library, on 6101 Knollwood Drive in the Culmore area, included a ribbon-cutting ceremony with Mason Supervisor Penny Gross, Rep. Gerry Connolly, and other county officials and children’s entertainment. The new14,420-square foot building has eight more computer stations than the old … Continued
Annandale Terrace planning 50th anniversary celebration
Annandale Terrace in the 1960s. Do you recognize anyone? Annandale Terrace Elementary School is celebrating its 50th anniversary this year. A community celebration at the school will take place June 5, 6-8 p.m. “The plans are evolving as we hear from more and more people,” says Principal Andrea Garris. Former students and staff members will … Continued
Dominion plans to bury some power lines in Columbia Pines
Sue Hollcroft of Dominion explains the process for burying power lines. [Photo by Mary Ellen Dawley] By Bob Kovacs About 10 residents of the Columbia Pines neighborhood in Annandale attended a presentation by Dominion Virginia Power March 18 on the company’s plans to replace overhead power lines with underground lines on Brenda Lane, Bruce Lane, … Continued
Glory Days Grill won’t be coming to Barcroft Plaza
Fairfax County shut down Han-Sung Oak in 2013 for failure to comply with building codes. Plans for a Glory Days Grill at Barcroft Plaza on Columbia Pike have fallen through. A couple of other non-restaurant tenants are being considered for the site, which has been vacant since the Han-Sung Oak Restaurant closed in August 2013. … Continued
Painful funding cuts outlined at Mason Budget Town Hall
From the left: Mason Supervisor Penny Gross, school board member Sandy Evans, and County Executive Ed Long. Of all the funding cuts in the Fairfax County advertised budget for 2016, one will hit some Annandale families especially hard: The budget would terminate the Annandale Adult Day Care Center located in the former Annandale Elementary School … Continued
Fairfax County Public Schools announces new bell schedules for 2015-16
High school students might get to sleep a little longer next year. New bell schedules announced by Fairfax County Public Schools March 10 reflect later school start times agreed to for the 2015-16 school by the school board last October. The policy approved by the school board calls for high schools to start at 8:10 … Continued
Annandale real estate market gaining strength
This 5,188-square foot house on Vellex Lane in the Wilburdale neighborhood is on the market for $1,169,888. It has five bedrooms, five bathrooms, a sun room, and much more. [Zillow] The average price of a home sold in Annandale (zip code 22003) in February was $447,450, a 3.47 percent increase over the average home sold … Continued
Campaign season in full swing at Rep. Connolly’s St. Patrick’s Day Fete
Rep. Connolly The Kena Shriners Temple in Fairfax was a sea of green March 17 as hundreds of local Democrats turned out for Rep. Gerry Connolly’s annual St. Patrick’s Day Fete. Just about every elected Democratic leader from Northern Virginia was there, including U.S. Rep. Don Beyer; Virginia Lt. Gov. Ralph Northam; Virginia Attorney General … Continued
Annandale Kicks for Cans soccer fest raises funds to fight hunger
The public is invited to come watch some youth soccer at the second Annandale United FC Pride Kicks for Cans Scrimmage Festival to Fight Hunger Sunday, March 22, 8 a.m.-2 p.m., at Pine Ridge Park in Annandale. The AUFC Pride team will play soccer teams from St. Mary’s, Md., and Fredericksburg, Va. The Annandale United … Continued
Police investigating homicide in Annandale
Ivymount Condominium. Fairfax County Police are investigating a homicide in the Annandale area. An adult male body, with trauma to the upper body, was found in a creek in a wooded area behind condos in the 4300 block of Ivymount Court at about 4:40 p.m. on Monday, March 16. The victim has been identified Milton … Continued
House on Evergreen Lane expected to be redeveloped
There are plans to replace the small brick house at 4217 Evergreen Lane, Annandale, with a larger, two-story building. Dr. Quan Nguyen, a physician, has been seeing patients in the building since he purchased it in 1984. The house was built in 1941. It’s early in the process; no plans have been filed with Fairfax … Continued
Join a community supported agriculture group for fresh organic produce
Some of the produce from the Lancaster Farm Fresh Cooperative. Who wants to receive a package of fresh, organic vegetables and fruits every week directly from a farm at a reasonable cost? That’s the idea behind Community Supported Agriculture (CSA). Jennifer Auble of the Ravensworth Farm neighborhood in North Springfield has agreed to host a … Continued
Tickets on sale for Annandale High School’s Broadway Desserts
Enjoy an evening of show tunes and delicious treats at the Annandale High School Chorus Department’s Broadway Desserts. The shows are April 9, 10, and 11 in the school’s Watson Auditorium. This production showcases talented teens in a cabaret-style setting, featuring favorite songs from old and new Broadway shows. It’s the choral program’s biggest fundraiser … Continued