Yummy Yummy Beep Beep offers Filipino food on weekends
Thanks to the Yummy Yummy Beep Beep mobile eatery, you can now get Filipino food in Annandale. The truck parks by the newsstand on Columbia Pike, across from the Annandale Shopping Center, on Saturday and Sundays, 9 a.m.-9 p.m. There are a couple of shaded tables behind the truck. Among the menu items are tapsilog … Continued
Volunteers sought for committees on Annandale school boundary issues
Concerned about overcrowding in Annandale schools? There are new opportunities to get involved and have some input in the decision-making process. The Fairfax County School Board is seeking volunteers to serve on two new ad hoc committees. One committee will examine overcrowding at the middle and high school levels. The other one will review attendance … Continued
Annandale Plan Amendment proposing widening Little River Turnpike
The Fairfax County Planning Commission will consider an amendment to the Annandale Plan next week that includes a proposal to widen Little River Turnpike through the commercial center of the community. The Annandale Plan Amendment will be discussed at a public hearing, which also covers plan amendments allowing for a new medical facility adjacent to Inova … Continued
Hidden Oaks Nature Center offers summer camp programs for kids
Still looking for a summer program for your kids? The Hidden Oaks Nature Center (7701 Royce St., in Annandale) still has a few spots left in its nature camps. Earthkeepers Camp, July 7-9, is all about exploring woods and watersheds, learning about the environment, restoring habitats, and making crafts from recyclables. It’s for children ages … Continued
House fire on Columbia Pike
There was a major house fire on Columbia Pike near Lincolnia Road this afternoon, an alert reader reported: “There was lots of smoke coming from a yard with trees. I counted about five or six fire trucks rushing in that direction before and after I encountered the scene. I had to turn around and take Lincolnia to … Continued
Women’s soccer league concerned about losing Saturday access to Pine Ridge Park
Women who’ve enjoyed playing soccer at Pine Ridge Park for 20 years are worried they might not be able to play there on Saturdays any more. That’s because the soccer fields are scheduled to be refurbished with synthetic turf this summer, and Fairfax County’s Department of Community and Recreation Services, which allocates athletic fields, has … Continued
Three women assaulted in Annandale area
Fairfax County Police Sex Crimes detectives are investigating three cases in which women were assaulted at the Avant Apartment Complex in Annandale. The first incident took place on Sunday, May 9. A 25-year-old woman was walking through a common area of an apartment building in the 4500 block of John Tyler Court around 9:50 p.m … Continued
Realtor reports on May home sales
Fifty-nine homes were sold in Annandale during the month of May, including 18 condominiums or co-ops, reports Vivianne Couts of Coldwell Banker. That compares to just 47 homes sold in March 2010. But May real estate sales are about 30 percent below 2009 levels; 89 homes were sold in Annandale in May 2009. Average sales prices are up … Continued
Explore nature at Hidden Oaks
In the midst of the busy highways, shopping centers, and human activity that surround Annandale, the Hidden Oaks Nature Center offers a peaceful refuge for wildlife and a fun place for children to encounter and learn about nature. You might call Hidden Oaks one of Annandale’s hidden gems. Fairfax County has five nature centers, but Hidden … Continued
Bo White was a tireless advocate for our parks
Annandale has lost a tireless community and parks advocate, with the recent death of Bo White. As a long-time representative of Mason District on the Fairfax County Park Authority Board, White played a lead role in establishing the garden plot program and the farmers’ market at Mason District Park, saving and renovating the historic Clark … Continued
Music in the Park: A major event to support Glasgow Park
Next Saturday’s Music in the Park benefit keeps getting bigger. Several new vendors have been added, including Moe’s Southwest Grill, Flippin’ Pizza, an ice cream truck, and smoothies, with more restaurants expected to participate. The free, family celebration was organized by the Parklawn Community Association to raise money for new playground equipment in Glasgow Park. It will be held in the park, … Continued
Map identifies Annandale property owners in 1860
Do you want to know who owned your land in 1860? Check out this cool interactive map on the Fairfax County History Commission’s website. You might have to play around a bit to find where your home is. The square labled 71-1 (pictured below) shows the Little River Turnpike/Columbia Pike intersection in the center of … Continued
Ossian Park will have artifical turf field
The new field at the renovated Ossian Park will have artificial turf instead of natural turf as originally planned, says Rosemary Ryan, senior legislative aide to Braddock District Supervisor John C. Cooke. The renovation project is expected to cost less than expected, allowing for the turf upgrade and additional landscape plantings. [Click on the map … Continued
Foster Bank opens in Safeway shopping center
Annandale came a bit closer to being a financial center for the region with the opening of a Foster Bank branch June 1. Foster Bank was established in Chicago in 1989 by a group of Korean-Americans. It has seven branches in Chicago and a loan production office in Atlanta. The Annandale bank, between the Miso … Continued
Historic marker near library commemorates Civil War skirmish in Annandale
A new historic marker, titled “Action at Annandale,” commemorates a Civil War skirmish that took place on the spot now occupied by the George Mason Regional Library and Poe Terrace Park at the intersection of Little River Turnpike and Hillbrook Drive. Annandale resident Helen Winter, who spearheaded the project on behalf of the Annandale Revitalization Committee, … Continued