Mason District forum addresses hoarding
All the photos posted with this article are from Fairfax County If you know someone whose house looks like the ones posted here, Fairfax County’s Hoarding Interoperability Committee can help. The committee investigates complaints, determines whether there are safety or housing code violations, and refers the hoarder for counseling services or other assistance. Susan Epstein of … Continued
Apparent murder suicide under investigation
3800 Forest Grove Drive UPDATED March 28: Mason District police are investigating an apparent homicide/suicide that occurred in the early morning hours of Tuesday, March 27. The victims were identified as John Jackson, age 40, a former sergeant in the Fairfax County police force and, his 13-year-old daughter, Alexis Jackson, a student at Glasgow Middle … Continued
Cop school: The jail tour
The Adult Detention Center in Fairfax [No photos allowed inside.] The young women were sitting on the floor playing cards and laughing. They looked like they didn’t have a care in the world. But they weren’t at a slumber party—they were doing time at the Fairfax County Adult Detention Center (ADC). The field trip to … Continued
Golf tournament benefits Falls Church High School athletics
Attention golfers: You can enjoy a great game while supporting Fair Church High School athletics. The FCHS Booster Club’s 2012 Golf Tournament is April 29 at Penderbrook Golf Club in Fairfax. Check-in is 10:30 a.m., and “shotgun” starts at noon. Registration, $90 per golfer, includes 18 holes of golf, a buffet lunch, a free future … Continued
County offices moving to Annandale
The interior of the Heritage office complex at 7611 Little River Turnpike (above) is being renovated to accommodate about 400 Fairfax County Family Services employees who are moving from Falls Church to Annandale. The move-in date is tentatively scheduled for June, says Janice Hubbell, division director for Regions 2 and 3 in the Department … Continued
New HQ for Annandale sports club
ABCG’s new headquarters The Annandale Boys and Girls Club plans to move into new larger quarters April 1. ABGC bought the former house at 4216 Annandale Road, formerly occupied by a plumbing company, because “we needed more space and more parking,” says the club’s president, Kip Germain. The club had been renting a smaller house … Continued
Study of Seven Corners redevelopment options planned
The Seven Corners Shopping Center The Urban Land Institute (ULI), a Washington, D.C.-based nonprofit that focuses on urban planning, will conduct a study of Seven Corners, a traffic-clogged area of strip malls centered around the intersection of Route 50 and Route 7. The ULI study, to be started in April and completed by the end … Continued
Mason community associations oppose PDH zoning
The Mason District Council of Community Associations last night unanimously approved a resolution that had been passed by the Fairfax County Federation of Citizens Associations in December urging the Board of Supervisors to deny requests for re-zoning from residential to P-type zoning for infill developments. P-type zoning includes the PDH (planned development housing) category, which … Continued
Diversity in Annandale: The dialogue continues
Rev. Brown About 50 people—community leaders, police officers, school and county officials, and local residents—spent Wednesday evening at Annandale High School exploring ways to improve civic engagement and develop leadership among Annandale’s diverse population. The event, coordinated by the Fairfax County Department of Neighborhood and Community Services, builds on the “dialogue on diversity” sessions held … Continued
Accident at Blockbuster
Someone drove a truck into the pillar in front of Blockbuster Video at the Little River Shopping Center in Annandale Wednesday afternoon, knocking it down. There were no injuries, the Fairfax County Fire Department reported.
Suldoga: a pleasant dining option amid a sea of asphalt
By Liz Kirchner “Sul” means “wine” in Korean. “Ga” means “house.” Together, in Korean, they mean “picturesque inn beneath the trees,” which conjures images of lounging under summer moons and quiet laughter on fragrant breezes. From its dingy façade, the name of Annadnale’s newish restaurant, “SULDOGA,” blares these pretty ideas in an enormous, caution tape-yellow … Continued
Cop school: Life on patrol
Kottemann Greg Kottemann wanted to be police officer since he was a child, and his enthusiasm for the job was clear, as he offered a close-up look at the life of a patrol officer during last week’s session of the Citizens Police Academy at the Mount Vernon District Police Station. Kottemann, a master police officer … Continued
Girl assaulted on the way home from Woodson High School
Police are investigating a report of a 16-year-old girl who was reportedly grabbed in the woods around 4 p.m., Monday, March 19, while walking home from Woodson High School. The girl had just entered a path at the end of Pickett Road when “a man approached her from behind, grabbed her neck, and assaulted her,” … Continued
Cemetery for indigents planned for Lincolnia Road
St. Paul’s Episcopal Cemetery The Fairfax County Board of Supervisors will consider a proposal this evening to develop a cemetery for indigents in Lincolnia. The Planning Commission on March 8 unanimously approved an application for the cemetery project from the Fairfax County Department of Public Works and Environmental Services (DPWES). At this point, however, a … Continued
Cop school: Domestic violence
Week 3 of the Fairfax County Citizens Police Academy included several presentations at the Mount Vernon Police Station. Heath and Wallace “My dad is drunk. He’s kicking my mom in the head,” said the 14-year-old girl on the 911 call, as her younger sister was screaming in the background. The police dispatcher helped the girl remain … Continued