Tag: Bailey’s Crossroads
Landscaping planned for Bailey’s Xroads and Annandale
Landscaping improvements are set to start this spring, in the Commercial Revitalization Districts in Bailey’s Crossroads and Annandale. The landscaping contractor hired by the county will replace dead and diseased plants and fill in bare spots along the brick sidewalk on Columbia Pike between Lacy Boulevard and Carlin Springs Road in Bailey’s Crossroads. Some of … Continued
Recent crimes: shooting, burglary
The Fairfax County Police Department reports a shooting in the 6000 block of Bellview Drive in Bailey’s Crossroads at 3:30 p.m. on Feb. 22. Two people were walking into an apartment building when they were approached by two men. One of the men shot four rounds through the door striking one of the victims in … Continued
Fire Department seeks arson suspect
Investigators from the Fairfax County Fire Department are seeking the public’s help in identifying a person of interest related to a fire at the Oozie Café & Restaurant (Oozie Chicken Plus) at 5624 Columbia Pike in Bailey’s Crossroads. A man set fire to the restaurant at approximately 6:30 a.m. on Feb. 22. The restaurant was … Continued
Groups launch Safe Streets campaign
The Coalition for Smarter Growth and the immigrant advocacy group CASA are launching the Safe Streets for Bailey’s Crossroads campaign. The goal is to engage and organize the local community in pushing for improved access for walking, biking, and transit. The Mobility Fund awarded the groups a $50,000 grant to implement the Safe Streets campaign. … Continued
Volunteers assemble 25,000 meals
Volunteers with the Bailey’s Crossroads Rotary Club and Bailey’s Crossroads Host Lions Club are donating 25,000 meals to local students and food pantries., reports Rotary spokesperson Polly Rosenstein. In the past, the two organizations assembled meals in person at the Moose Lodge in Bailey’s Crossroads. This year, club members are packaging the meals at home. … Continued
Leesburg Pike unsafe for pedestrians
The recent death of another pedestrian – Nguyet Ly was struck and killed Dec. 13 on Leesburg Pike in Bailey’s Crossroads – has prompted safe street advocates to urge state transportation officials to make improvements to that corridor. Ly, 68, was walking along a section of Leesburg by Magnolia Avenue at about 11 a.m. when … Continued
Construction of Skyline live/work project well underway
These office buildings are being turned into live/work units. Renovation is moving along quickly on the three vacant office buildings at the Skyline Center that are being converted to residential units tenants can use for living, working, or both. The first group of about 60 to 70 units will be ready for leasing in July … Continued
Pedestrian dies after being struck on Leesburg Pike
The general area on Leesburg Pike where the crash occurred. [Google Maps] The pedestrian struck by a car on Leesburg Pike in Bailey’s Crossroads at 11 a.m. on Dec. 13 has died, the Fairfax County Police Department reports. Nguyet Ly, 68, of Falls Church, was walking east in the westbound travel lane of Leesburg Pike … Continued
Pedestrian hospitalized after crash on Leesburg Pike
A woman is in the hospital with life-threatening injuries after being struck by a car in the 5900 block of Leesburg Pike in Bailey’s Crossroads at about 11 a.m. on Dec. 13, the Fairfax County Police Department reports. The driver remained on the scene.
Fire at Bailey’s Crossroads house started in the chimney
Damages caused by a fire on Lacy Boulevard. [FCFRD] A fire at a house in the 3700 block of Lacy Boulevard in Bailey’s Crossroads on Dec. 8 started in the chimney, the Fairfax County Fire and Rescue Department reports. When fire units arrived at the two-story, single-family home at 10:45 p.m., they found a fire … Continued
Police make an arrest in Food Star shooting
Fairfax County police arrested a man for a shooting inside the Food Star grocery store on Route 7 in Bailey’s Crossroads. Harvey Coleman, 33, of Arlington was charged with two felonies.
Man shot at Bailey’s Crossroads grocery store
Food Star [File photo] There was a shooting inside the Food Star at 5521 Leesburg Pike in Bailey’s Crossroads, the Fairfax County Police Department tweeted at 7:30 p.m. on Saturday. A man told police he shot someone in self-defense. The victim was taken to the hospital with injuries considered life threatening.
Bailey’s Crossroads Rotary Club raffles off a classic Mustang
A man from Texas won this 1966 convertible Mustang. [Photos: BXRC] For the past 35 years, the Rotary Club of Bailey’s Crossroads has raffled off a classic Mustang to raise money for its charitable projects. Jesus Tarango from El Paso, Texas, won a white 1966 Mustang convertible with a red interior during the most recent … Continued
Terry Lavoie honored for volunteer work
SOAR! President Sister Kathleen Lunsmann (left) presents an award to Terry O’Hara Lavoie. Terry O’Hara Lavoie, co-founder of the Culmore Clinic, received an award from SOAR! (Support Our Aging Religious) at the group’s annual awards gala Nov. 5. The nonprofit Culmore Clinic provides healthcare to uninsured adults in the Bailey’s Crossroads area.
Woman sexually assaulted in Bailey’s Crossroads
The 6000 block of Knollwood Drive. A woman was sexually assaulted during an early-morning burglary Oct. 14 in the 6000 block of Knollwood Drive in Bailey’s Crossroads. According to the Fairfax County Police Department, officers responded at 5:10 a.m. for a report of a man inside an apartment.