January 30, 2025
Covering Annandale, Bailey's Crossroads, Lincolnia, and Seven Corners in Fairfax County, Virginia
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Tag: health

Revised school budget reflects impact of COVID-19

#Annandale, #Brabrand, #budget, #coronavirus, #health, #school board, #schools

A screen shot from a virtual school board work session April 9. From the left: school board chair Karen Corbett Sanders (Mount Vernon), Tamara Derenak Kaufax (Lee), Megan McLaughlin (Braddock), and Superintendent Scott Brabrand. Fairfax County Public Schools will have far less revenue and more expenses than previously anticipated, due to the coronavirus pandemic. As … Continued

Southern Towers tenants call for rent strike

#Alexandria, #Annandale, #coronavirus, #health, #housing, #safety
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Southern Towers Residents of the Southern Towers apartment complex in Alexandria’s West End are organizing a rent strike. According to a story published by WAMU, many tenants have lost their jobs due to the coronavirus pandemic and can’t afford rent and are also concerned about unsanitary conditions in the building’s common areas. A petition circulated … Continued

Virginia repeals overly restrictive abortion rules

#Annandale, #General Assembly, #health, #Northam, #state government
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Tarina Keane, executive director of NARAL Pro-Choice VA, speaks in January in support of legislation to overturn restrictive anti-abortion laws.  Legislation enacted in Virginia, signed by Gov. Ralph Northam April 9, repeal medically unnecessary restrictions on women’s reproductive health. Senate Bill 733 and House Bill 980 eliminate the requirement of an ultrasound and a mandatory … Continued

Real Food for Kids provides free pizzas in Annandale

#Annandale, #charity, #community organizations, #coronavirus, #food, #health

Pizzas from Pizza Paradaiso. Real Food for Kids, an organization that promotes healthy food for schoolchildren, launched the Chefs Feeding Families initiative last month to provide free meals to children in need and families affected by job losses while schools are closed during the coronavirus pandemic. This weekend, the program expands to the Annandale area, … Continued

New app spotlights restaurants offering takeout

#Annandale, #Bailey's Crossroads, #coronavirus, #health, #restaurants
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Takeout Ethiopian cuisine is available at Meaza Restaurant in Bailey’s Crossroads.  Visit Fairfax has launched a mobile app listing restaurants, coffee shops, breweries, and wineries offering takeout during the coronavirus pandemic. The free Take Out Trail mobile passport program, accessible via computer and smartphone, is aimed at boosting business at restaurants, wineries, and breweries forced to … Continued

Annandale routes spared from Connector cutbacks

#Annandale, #bus, #coronavirus, #health, #transit, #transportation

The 401 Connector bus on John Marr Drive in Annandale.  Fairfax County Connector service will be cut back, beginning April 11, due to reduced ridership resulting from the coronavirus pandemic. Thirty-eight bus routes will continue to operate on their regular schedules, including the 401, 402, and 306 routes, which serve the Annandale area. Thirty-nine routes … Continued

Dulles Expo Center to be transformed to a medical facility to handle COVID-19 patients

#Annandale, #coronavirus, #health, #Northam, #state government

Gov. Ralph Northam tries on a face mask made by a Department of Corrections inmate.  Construction will begin this week on three temporary alternative medical sites to handle the overflow of COVID-19 cases in Virginia, Gov. Ralph Northam announced April 6. One of those sites, at the Dulles Expo Center can accommodate 315 acute or … Continued

Man buys $2,500 worth of groceries for shoppers at Culmore Supermarket

#Annandale, #businesses, #charity, #coronavirus, #Culmore, #food, #health, #volunteers
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Michael Megonigal and his daughter, Marley, at Culmore Supermarket. [Photos: Alex Lee] A crisis like the coronavirus pandemic, with so many people facing financial hardships, can sometimes bring out the best in people. That was the case at the Culmore Supermarket in Bailey’s Crossroads on Saturday, when Michael Megonigal decided to help the community by paying … Continued

Childcare center focuses on families on the front line of the coronavirus pandemic

#Annandale, #children, #coronavirus, #health

Best Buy and Dyson provided the Child Development Center with 24 Dyson Pure Hot+Cold air purifiers for classrooms and common areas. [CDC] The ACCA Child Development Center in Annandale is still open, but is operating under extremely different and difficult conditions and now focuses on the children of healthcare workers, emergency personnel, essential employees, and … Continued