Tag: Bailey’s Crossroads
Citizen activists frustrated by lack of action to clean up Seven Corners
Piles of trash in a parking lot behind the Willston Center on Route 50. Kay Cooper and Nancy Vorona, residents of Lake Barcroft, would like to see the Seven Corners area cleaned up. They’ve been urging Fairfax County leaders, VDOT, and law enforcement officials to take some action to get rid of the litter and … Continued
Parents urge school board to build new school at Willston, not Glasgow
Parents at school board hearing oppose building a new elementary school on the Glasgow Middle School athletic fields. There seems to be widespread agreement that a new elementary school is needed in the Bailey’s Crossroads area to relieve severe overcrowding at Bailey’s Elementary School. The problem is there isn’t any available land. At a school … Continued
New elementary school proposed for Glasgow Middle School site
Glasgow Middle School The Fairfax County Public Schools’ Capital Improvement Program (CIP) for 2013-17 suggests the possibility of building a new elementary school on the Glasgow Middle School campus. A new school is needed to relieve overcrowding in the Bailey’s Crossroads area. Bailey’s Elementary School is at 130 percent of capacity this year and is … Continued
Marie Lemmon named principal of Bailey’s Elementary School
Lemmon Bailey’s Elementary School has a new principal: Marie Lemmon, the former principal of Mount Vernon Woods Elementary School since 2006. Her first day at Bailey’s was Monday, Nov. 26. Keith Hall, a retired FCPS assistant principal, had been serving as interim principal at Bailey’s since July when Shane Wolfe resigned after been on medical … Continued
Renovation of Woodrow Wilson Library to start in September 2013
A rendering of a renovated Woodrow Wilson Library. The Fairfax County Department of Public Works (DPW) is proceeding with plans to expand the Woodrow Wilson Library in Bailey’s Crossroads after discussions about creating a combined school/library facility to resolve overcrowding at Bailey’s Elementary School failed to get anywhere. Joan Beacham of the Fairfax County Department … Continued
Bailey’s Rotary Club raises over $100,000 with car raffle
Susan Lydick (right), president of the Bailey’s Crossroads Rotary Club, presents the Mustang keys to raffle winner John Veldhuis. John Veldhuis has won the 1966 Mustang convertible raffled off by the Bailey’s Crossroads Rotary Club Oct. 13 at the Mason District Open House. The club has been conducting the “Classic Mustang Raffle” for 27 years, … Continued
Rotary Club honors Bailey Elementary Club parent liaison Maria Demarest
Max Gross, the past President of Bailey ‘s Rotary, presents the Citizen of the Year Award to Maria Demarest. By Bob Polson The Rotary Club of Bailey’s Crossroads has honored Maria Demarest with the Citizen of the Year Award for 2011-12. The award honors Demarest for exemplifying the Rotary ideals of “putting service above self,” … Continued
Bailey’s Rotary Club makes sure students are equipped for school
From the left: Heather Boyd, Rachel Charlton, Karey Starnes, Ben Hester, Elias Markez, Bill Bailey, Tricia Brown, Mary Ann Buckley, Christy Speicher, Nicole Yacubovich, Max Gross, Dave Borowski, Jennifer Rose, and Bob Polson. By Bob Polson The Rotary Club of Bailey’s Crossroads, in partnership with Fairfax-based Our Daily Bread, provided more than 500 backpacks stuffed … Continued
Bailey’s Crossroads Auto Show features new and classic cars
Cars on display at the Jukebox Diner parking lot in Annandale. The J.E.B. Stuart High School parking lot will be turned into a showcase for new and classic cars Sept. 15 for the second annual Bailey’s Crossroads Auto Show. The inaugural event last year featured new cars from Koons Ford available for test drives. This … Continued
BalletNova: Mason’s mecca for dance
BalletNova teacher Irina Wunder. BalletNova, the dance studio in Bailey’s Crossroads, is not just about little girls in tutus and buns dreaming about Swan Lake and sugar plum fairies. The school (3443 Carlin Springs Road) also offers classes for classes for kids and adults in modern dance, jazz, hip hop, tap, pilates, and yoga-based stretching. … Continued
Columbia Pike streetcar line: key to revitalization of Bailey’s Crossroads
The Columbia Pike streetcar line edged a little closer to reality following the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors’ (BOS) endorsement of the project. The BOS voted 6 to 2 July 31 to approve a streetcar line as the locally preferred option for transit along the Columbia Pike corridor. The “no” votes were cast by supervisors … Continued
Bailey’s Elementary seeks new principal
Wolfe Shane Wolfe is leaving his position as principal of Bailey’s Elementary School for the Arts and Sciences in Bailey’s Crossroads, Fairfax County Public Schools Assistant Superintendent Dan Parris (Cluster 3) announced July 27. Wolfe has accepted a new job as principal of Aldrin Elementary School in Reston. In an email to Bailey’s families, Wolfe … Continued
Decision on Columbia Pike streetcars expected by the end of July
Streetcars scheduled to start running in DC next summer The fate of the proposed Columbia Pike Transit Initiative could be decided within the next couple of weeks. The Arlington County Board will vote on Monday, July 23, whether to adopt the streetcar as “the locally preferred alternative” and authorize the county manager to file a … Continued
Woman sexually assaulted in Target at Skyline Center
The suspect Fairfax County Police are investigating an alleged sex offense that occurred on July 19, shortly before 8 p.m., inside the Target store at 5115 Leesburg Pike in the Skyline Center in Bailey’s Crossroads. The victim, a 38-year old Arlington woman was shopping when she felt someone or something touch underneath her skirt, near … Continued
Car wash proposed for Columbia Pike in Bailey’s Crossroads
A car wash is planned for the vacant lot on the right Plans for a “high-end” car wash on a vacant lot on Columbia Pike at Cortland Drive fell through four years ago but are now back on track due to a novel arrangement worked out between the developer, Guy Paolozzi, and the owner of … Continued