January 12, 2025
Covering Annandale, Bailey's Crossroads, Lincolnia, and Seven Corners in Fairfax County, Virginia
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Tag: parks

Park Authority finds money to replace pedestrian bridge

#Gross, #infrastructure, #neighborhood groups, #parks, #streams, #trails
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The trail between Murray Lane and Lockwood Lane where a new pedestrian bridge will be installed. Fairfax County has found the money to replace the old, unsafe pedestrian bridge it removed in the Broyhill Crest neighborhood after all, Mason District Supervisor Penny Gross informed residents. On March 23, the county removed the bridge, which crosses … Continued

Man dies after struggle with police at Roundtree Park

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Updated April 20, 11:50 p.m.: The Fairfax County Police are investigating a death at Roundtree Park on Annandale Road. According to an FCPD bulletin, patrol officers from the Mason District Station were dispatched to the park just before 1 p.m. on Wednesday, April 20, to search for “a critical missing man who had wandered from … Continued

Volunteers clean up Oak Hill Park

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Volunteers cleared a trail that had been overgrown. Oak Hill Park in Annandale is looking a lot nicer, thanks to the efforts of a group of neighbors who formed the Friends of Oak Hill Park. The group organized volunteers to clean up trash and remove invasive plants and established a working relationship with Fairfax County … Continued

Volunteers clean up Lake Accotink Park

#environment, #Lake Accotink, #litter, #parks, #stormwater, #streams, #volunteers
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Mountains of trash collected by volunteers at Lake Accotink. [Michael A. Richards] The Spring Cleanup at Lake Accotink Park on April 2 netted an estimated 975 pounds of trash, reports park supervisor Julie Tahan. The cleanup was one of many scheduled for Saturday at parks and streams throughout Fairfax County, including Annandale Community Park, Long … Continued

Neighborhood Spotlight: Parklawn

#community organizations, #housing, #neighborhood groups, #parks, #real estate
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Original Parklawn houses along Yellowstone Drive. Like so many other subdivisions in the Annandale/Mason area, Parklawn was built on farmland to meet the needs of population growth following World War II. The neighborhood, generally between Columbia Pike, Holmes Run Stream Valley, and Lincolnia Road, was built in 1955 on what had been the Clark family’s … Continued

Fairfax County to revise master plan for Lake Accotink

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The Fairfax County Park Authority is beginning the process of revising the master plan for Lake Accotink Park. A public meeting on the plan revision will be held March 14, 7 p.m., at Cardinal Forest Elementary School. Fairfax Board Chair Sharon Bulova; supervisors John Cook (Braddock), Jeff McKay (Lee), and Pat Herrity (Springfield); and members … Continued

Stream restoration project in Pinecrest Golf Course to start this month

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Pinecrest Golf Course. The Fairfax County Park Authority expects to begin work in mid-February on renovating a portion of Turkeycock Run within the Pinecrest Golf Course, at 6600 Little River Turnpike in the Alexandria portion of Mason District. The project is being done to stabilize Turkeycock Run to reduce erosion and sedimentation within the watershed.  … Continued

Friends group forming for Oak Hill Park

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An overgrown trail in Oak Hill Park. [Glen Erickson Bell] Oak Hill Park in Annandale has long been neglected by the Fairfax County Park Authority. Nearby residents have done some maintenance on their own over the years, but now Glen Erickson Bell is mobilizing his neighbors to become more active advocates by creating a friends … Continued

Body found in Annandale park

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Tollhouse Park [FCPD] The body of man was discovered in Annandale’s Tollhouse Park at the intersection of Little River Turnpike and Annandale Road Jan. 13, the Fairfax County Police Department states in the daily police blotter. A citizen had called the police shortly before 1 p.m. to report “a suspicious man, possibly sleeping.” Responding officers … Continued