April 20, 2025
Covering Annandale, Bailey's Crossroads, Lincolnia, and Seven Corners in Fairfax County, Virginia
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Tag: Annandale

Supportive housing project to replace emergency family shelter in Seven Corners

#Annandale, #Board of Supervisors, #families, #homeless, #housing, #land use, #Seven Corners

The Patrick Henry Family Shelter Fairfax County plans to demolish the Patrick Henry Family Shelter in Seven Corners and replace it with a new shelter, called Patrick Henry Place, with 16 permanent supportive housing units. On June 23, the Board of Supervisors approved a motion to advertise a public hearing on eminent domain proceedings for … Continued

Holmes Run watershed in Falls Church is the site of a colonial plantation and military base

#Annandale, #environment, #Fairview Park, #Falls Church High School, #history, #Holmes Run, #military, #nature, #streams
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This was the site of the Dulin farmhouse in the 1700s. The wooded area along the upper section of Holmes Run near Providence RECenter in Falls Church was once a part of a slave-holding plantation in the 1700s. The Camp Alger military base was there in 1898. And in the 1920s, it was the site … Continued

Fairfax County supervisors approve bonds for libraries, parks, and Metro

#Annandale, #Board of Supervisors, #libraries, #Metro, #parks

George Mason Regional Library The Fairfax County Board of Supervisors on June 23 authorized four bond referenda totaling $441 million for this fall’s general election. A $90 million library bond includes $15 million for improvements at George Mason Regional Library in Annandale and upgrades at three other libraries.  A $112 million park bond includes $100 … Continued

Gerry Strider, of the Bailey’s Crossroads fire department, honored with Lifetime Achievement Award

#Annandale, #Bailey's Crossroads, #fire department, #volunteers
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Gerry Strider Gerry Strider, president of the Bailey’s Crossroads Volunteer Fire Department since 1977, has been awarded a Lifetime Achievement Award by Volunteer Fairfax.  Strider has donated more than 37,000 hours to the fire station over the past 48 years, while ensuring the station is well equipped.  The Bailey’s Crossroads Volunteer Fire Department, located on … Continued

Virginia nursing home with the biggest COVID outbreak is in Annandale

#Annandale, #coronavirus, #health, #seniors
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The Annandale Healthcare Center was formerly known as Sleepy Hollow Health Care Center. The Annandale Healthcare Center, a nursing home on Columbia Pike, had 156 COVID-19 cases and 51 deaths, the Virginia Department of Health (VDH) reports.   That’s the biggest COVID outbreak in any nursing home or assisted living facility in Virginia.  The VDH, which … Continued

Annandale church celebrates Juneteenth with rally in support of Black Lives Matter

#Annandale, #churches, #diversity, #holidays
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  By Roberta Croll   Despite the rain, over 25 people demonstrated in front of Little River United Church of Christ in Annandale on Friday, Juneteenth, in support of Black Lives Matter and against violence and brutality.   Since its founding in 1955, Little River United Church of Christ has been celebrating diversity, independent thought, and … Continued