May 14, 2026
Covering Annandale, Bailey's Crossroads, Lincolnia, and Seven Corners in Fairfax County, Virginia
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Tag: community events

Help us celebrate five years of local news coverage

#community events
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All Annandale Blog readers and friends are invited to the Broyhill Crest Recreation Club tonight for Blogapalooza, a celebration of the blog’s fifth anniversary. We’ll have live music, food from local restaurants, a Zumba dance-off, and the presentation of the first-ever  Annie Awards to the top local spots selected by readers. Bands include Space Junk … Continued

Celebrate with us at Blogapalooza!

#community events, #entertainment
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Blogapalooza!, the Annandale Blog’s five-year anniversary party and community-building event, is less than two weeks away. We’ve got four local bands lined up—Space Junk Jammers, Swell, RootzBoyz, and Big Hot Mess—plus a Zumba dance-off hosted by Pro Maxx Fitness.  Blogapalooza is happening June 28, 7 p.m., at the pavilion at the Broyhill Crest Recreation Club, … Continued

Forum educates community on zoning and building rules

#code compliance, #community events, #property maintenance, #zoning
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One of the first things people saw after leaving a forum on code compliance were cars illegally parked on the grass on Columbia Pike. A Community Forum on Code Compliance, hosted by the Annandale Roundtable May 22, was aimed at educating residents, including immigrants, about community norms on property maintenance rules they might not be familiar … Continued

May 22 forum on code compliance focuses on community norms

#code compliance, #community events, #government services, #property maintenance
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Neighbors have complained numerous times about this house on Arcadia Road in Parklawn, to no avail. The gutter is falling off, and an addition in the back has been under construction for seven years. Have you filed complaints with the Fairfax County Department of Code Compliance about a neighbor’s poorly maintained home, unkempt yard, or … Continued

Rep. Connolly and Beanetics win Annandale Bed Race

#businesses, #community events, #Connolly, #sports, #volunteers

The Connolly-Beanetics team in action. [Photos by George Burke] It took six years of trying and training, but the team sponsored by Congressman Gerry Connolly (11th District) and powered by Beanetics Coffee Roasters finally won the Annandale Bed Race, reports Connolly’s spokesperson George Burke. The bed race teams. The annual event, sponsored by the Annandale … Continued

Hit-a-Thon to raise funds for Mason District Little League

#children, #community events, #community organizations, #sports, #volunteers, #youths

Help the Mason District Little League reach its fundraising goal by contributing to the league’s first annual Hit-a-Thon May 9 and 10. The MDLL is hoping to raise $16,000 so it can upgrade its aging equipment, get new uniforms, make improvements to the field and cage, pay for umpires, and provide scholarships to needy families. … Continued

Annandale Fire Department hosts big community yard sale May 10

#community events, #fire department, #shopping, #volunteers
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The Annandale Firehouse. Last year’s Annandale Community Yard Sale was a big success, so it’s happening again—Saturday, May 10, at the Annandale Volunteer Fire Department parking lot, 7128 Columbia Pike, 8 a.m.-2 p.m. Food will be available on-site from the Annandale VFD Canteen service. If it rains, the event will be moved under covered areas … Continued

Jewish Community Center hosts Holocaust Remembrance Day ceremony

#community events, #history, #religion

The banner at the JCCNV Holocaust Observance. The Jewish Community Center of Northern Virginia in Annandale observed Yom Ha’Shohoah, Holocaust Remembrance Day, with a solemn candle-lighting ceremony, educational programs, music, and prayer.   In the JCCNV library, volunteers read aloud hundreds of names of those who perished at the hands of the Nazis during World … Continued

Volunteers clean up Willston Center, Culmore areas

#community events, #Culmore, #litter, #neighborhood groups, #Seven Corners, #volunteers
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Volunteers plant flowers at the Willston Center. About 55 volunteers of all ages spent Saturday morning spiffing up the area around the Willston Multicultural Center as part of Seven Corners Beautification Day, while about 300 or so picked up litter around Bailey’s Crossroads during the 12th annual Culmore Cleanup. The Seven Corners volunteers planted flowers—Shasta … Continued