Annandale farmers markets open in May
Flowers on sale at the Wakefield market last summer Fairfax County farmers markets, offering fresh fruits and vegetables and other items from local producers, will open in early May. There are two farmers markets in the Annandale area: The Annandale Farmers Market, in Mason District Park, 6623 Columbia Pike, is open Thursdays, 8 a.m.-noon, from … Continued
Lost dog needs its owner
Is this your dog? A teacup-size black poodle was found near 3239 Juniper Lane. It doesn’t have a collar. Please call Kristina Crane, 703/531-1452.
Discussion series will explore ‘the evolution of Fairfax County’
What’s the future going to look like for Fairfax County? Board of Supervisors Chair Sharon Bulova invites county residents to a three-part free series of discussions in June on “the Evolution of Fairfax” to explore “where we are, where we are going, and where we want to be.” The series, sponsored in partnership with the … Continued
Fund set up in honor of Alexis Jackson
The family of Alexis Jackson, the Glasgow Middle School student killed in a tragic murder-suicide in March, have set up a fund for people to honor her memory. Donations will be used for a scholarship in her name for a senior in the SOAR Project at Yorktown High School and will be sent to Los … Continued
FXCO to study Seven Corners
The pedestrian bridge over Arlington Boulevard The Fairfax County Office of Community Revitalization (OCR) is launching a major study of the future of the Seven Corners area in May, Matt Flis, a planner with that office, announced at a meeting of the Bailey’s Crossroads Revitalization Corporation (BCRC) earlier this week. The study will start with … Continued
Let’s hear it for the Mason Crest Tigers!
The votes are in, and the mascot for the new Mason Crest Elementary School is the tiger, and the colors are red and black. Students at four nearby elementary schools—Beech Tree, Belvedere, Woodburn, and Annandale Terrace—who will be attending the brand-new school this fall, had a chance to vote on the mascot and colors. … Continued
Spring cleaning: a community affair
Residents of the Sleepy Hollow community (pictured here) joined more than 5,000 volunteers throughout the region for the 24th Annual Potomac Watershed Cleanup last Saturday. The Sleepy Hollow volunteers spent the morning picking up trash along Tripps Run, while other groups in the Annandale area concentrated on portions of Holmes Run and Accotink Creek. The … Continued
FXCO Planning Commission again delays action on Peace Valley Lane
The Fairfax County Planning Commission deferred a decision on the plan amendment to facilitate a housing development on Peace Valley Lane after Janet Hall, the commissioner representing Mason District, changed the proposal three hours before the meeting. She asked the commission to move the issue to the April 26 meeting, after residents of the Ravenwood … Continued
Cop school: Robberies take a huge toll on victims
The BB&T Bank on Backlick Road in Annandale was robbed twice in 2011 A chilling video from a check cashing store in Annandale a few months ago shows a man walking in on a Saturday morning and pulling out a handgun. He takes a customer and her child into the manager’s office. Two women clerks, … Continued
Sandra Day O’Connor reads to students at Columbia Elementary School
Students at Columbia Elementary School in Annandale had a special visitor April 16: Former Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor read a book she authored, titled Chico, to first and second-graders. The book is about the pony she grew up with while living on a ranch in Arizona. O’Connor, the first woman on the Supreme … Continued
FXCO Planning Commission to vote on Peace Valley Lane development
After the Ravenwood Park Citizens Association (RPCA) has spent many, many months fighting plans for an overly dense development at Peace Valley Lane, the issue is coming before the Fairfax County Planning Commission tonight as a “decision item.” At issue is an amendment to the Fairfax County Comprehensive Plan as the first step in rezoning … Continued
County takes action against ‘extreme yard sales’ on Braddock Road
Appliances for sale at 4508 Braddock Road Recent media attention on the “extreme yard sales” on Braddock Road may be having an impact. The Fairfax County Office of Code Compliance has issued a citation for 3908 Braddock Road, and is expected to cite 4508 Braddock this week. Neither house had the usual array of refrigerators, … Continued
We remember Virginia Tech
Today marks the fifth anniversary of the tragedy at Virginia Tech. On April 16, 2007, a student at the university in Blacksburg went on a shooting rampage, killing 32 people and wounding 25 others. Among the victims was Mary Read of Annandale, a 19-year-old freshman who graduated from Annandale High School in 2006. Friends and … Continued
White Horticultural Park was saved from development
There’s a “secret garden” in the Mason District, a 13.5-acre parcel of woods and meadow that will never be developed. For that, we can thank Margaret White for her generosity in selling her homestead to the Fairfax County Park Authority (FCPA) in 1999 for much less than she could have gotten from a developer … Continued
Democrats open campaign office
With the opening of an Organizing for America office at Loehmann’s Plaza in Falls Church April 14, the campaign to re-elect President Obama is officially up and running in Fairfax County. The office will serve as a hub for volunteers engaged in phone banking, door-to-door canvassing, and other campaign activities on behalf of Obama and … Continued