Friday, May 18, 2012
Bikers say event energizes them about commute.
While the Washington metropolitan area is famous for its car-choked commutes, some people gathered in the Kingstowne area on Friday morning to prove that it's possible to bike to work. The riders were participating in Bike-to-Work Day, an event organized locally by the Washington Area Bicyclist Association and Commuter Connections. The event promotes using bikes to commute to work. On Friday, 12,700 people were expected to participate in Bike-to-Work Day in the Washington metro area, the Washington Business Journal reports. At a Kingstowne area rest stop on Walker Lane, near the Inova Healthplex, bikers stopped to enjoy refreshments and share stories. "It's better than a cup of coffee," said Mike Salmon, a Virginia Department of …
New restaurant offers sandwiches, salads and soups
If you're looking to eat a sandwich or salad in Springfield, you may want to apply for citizenship in the Sandwich Republic. The new restaurant just opened last week in Springfield Plaza. Sandwich Republic, located at 7020-C Old Keene Mill Road, shares the same building with the Springfield Noodles & Company and Waba Grill, a teriyaki restaurant that hasn't opened yet. In addition to sandwiches and salads, Sandwich Republic also sells soups and pizza-like foccacia. So far, the restaurant has garnered mostly positive reviews on review site Yelp!.
Thursday, May 17, 2012
Hotel is expected to be finished in late 2013.
Visitors to Kingstowne and Springfield will have another hotel option by the end of 2013, according to a spokesperson for Embassy Suites. The chain is building a new hotel in Newington. Located on Loisdale Road near the road's intersection with the Fairfax County Parkway by I-95 the area was the site of another hotel. The hotel will likely be finished by November 2013, according to Embassy Suites spokesperson Maggie Giddens. Construction began earlier this year. Embassy Suites is owned by Hilton International. The Newington hotel will join other Embassy Suites in Washington and Northern Virginia, including one in Old Town Alexandria.
Pool + Trampoline + Tire Swing + Hot Tub = The Perfect Family Home just west of Kingstowne.
Jesse and Jill Vaugh may have been destined to make 6136 Burnett St. their family home. Jesse first spied the large house in 2006, while driving through the Rose Hill neighborhood with Jill’s brother. Jesse had been transferred from northern New York to the Washington area for his job with a resort company, and was staying with Jill’s brother while looking for a rental home so Jill and their four children could join him. “When Jesse saw the [Burnett Street] house, he turned to my brother and said, ‘Look at that house. Wouldn’t that be a great house to live in some day?’” said Jill, recounting the tale her husband later told her. A few months later, after joining Jesse in Washington, Jill saw the same house, unaware that Jesse had also …
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Wednesday, May 16, 2012
Thefts span multiple months
Detectives in the Fairfax County Police Department are looking into a series of thefts from construction sites around the area. According to FCPD Officer Brooke Wright, thefts have occurred at several construction sites, including ones on Fleet Drive, King Centre Drive, Loisdale Road and Newington Road. Tools were stolen in several of the incidents over the course of the past several months. In the incidents, thieves enter the sites at night when work has stopped for the day. On May 3, tools were stolen from a construction site on the 7000 block of Old Keene Mill Road. In Kingstowne, power tools were stolen from a site on the 5600 block of King Centre Drive in April. Burglars stole tools from a construction trailer on Franconia's Lakota …
Friday, May 11, 2012
Looking for a new home? See these open houses this weekend.
The following homes will be open for viewing on Sunday afternoon. Check out some of the real estate options in the Kingstowne, Franconia and Rose Hill areas. Homes are open from 1 to 4 p.m. this Sunday, May 13, except where otherwise noted. If you have an open house in the area and would like it featured on Patch, you can easily add your own photo and information to this gallery or add information to the comments section below. 6036 Buttercup Ct. - $375,000. 6114 Redwood Ln. - $549,945. 5620 Glenwood Dr. - $999,000. 5901 Benfield Dr. - $615,000. 6258 William Edgar Dr. - $350,000. 6001 Chicory Pl. - $349,999. 5921 Founders Crossing Ct. - $329,000. 6033 Woodlake Ln. - $729,900. 5317 Waldo Dr. - $539,950. 6484 Sutcliffe Dr. - $529,990. 6304 …
Monday, May 7, 2012
Monthly electric charges could drop to an average of $105 per household by September.
Gas prices may be going up and up, but cost of electricity, at least for Dominion customers, is dropping. The average household electricity bill is expected to drop to $105.90 in September, the company says, a 5.7 percent decrease from January 2012. The calculation is based on the an average use of 1,000 kilowatt-hours. The drop is owed largely to a decrease in Dominion's fuel rate. The proposed fuel rate is 2.706 cents per kilowatt-hour – a decrease of approximately 18 percent from the current fuel rate of 3.289 cents per kilowatt-hour, said Dominion spokeswoman Le-Ha Anderson. The adjustment is the lowest the company has proposed since 2007, Anderson said. It will result in an annual fuel revenue reduction of $388 million. In a company …
Sunday, May 6, 2012
Homes that have gone up for sale in the past week.
Looking for something fresh on the Kingstowne and Rose Hill real estate market? If you are a Realtor or homeowner and have a home just listed or an open house this weekend, feel free to add a photo to this gallery by clicking the "upload" button or by adding information below. Here are some homes that have gone up for sale in the past week: 3300 Gentle Ct - $665,000 6263 Gentle Lane - $609,900 6204 Gum Street North - $519,900 5921 Founders Crossing Ct. - $329,900 6215 Cool Valley Ct. - $299,950 6070 Essex House Square - $265,000 7509 Berwick Court - $500,000 5708 Helmsdale Ln. - $469,900 7044 Darby Towne Ct. - $438,900 5520 Jowett Ct. - $435,000 6007 Kestner Cir. - $379,900 6514 Brookleigh Way - $340,000 6507 Coachleigh Way - $340,000 6428…
Friday, May 4, 2012
Plan changes add a mezzanine to a building at the shopping center, change site's permitted uses.
The Fairfax County Board of Supervisors Tuesday took action to speed up the approval of proposed changes to the Hilltop Village Center, the future site of Kingstowne's Wegmans. Developers proposed changes that would add a mezzanine to one of the buildings at the shopping center and changing the landscape buffer behind Wegmans to accomodate additional utilities and the widening of Telegraph Road. The changes would also add some new, permitted secondary uses to the site that could allow different businesses to open there than were originally permitted. The amended secondary uses would allow health clubs, child care centers, fast food restaurants, colleges or universities, special education schools, convenience stores and/or veterinary …
Expect new options from Fresh Crunch and Colonial Kettle Corn.
They’re ba-aack! Instead of poltergeists – please tell me you’ve at least heard of the movie – “they” are many of the vendors who inspired long lines of regular customers at last year’s Kingstowne Farmers Market. The market opens Friday, May 4th at 4:00 p.m. Wear comfortable shoes as you head out to mark to return of vendors such as Cenan’s Bakery, Chesley Vegetable Farms & Allenberg Orchards, and Colonial Kettle Corn. “We’re happy to be coming back to Kingstowne for another year,” said Judy Payne of Colonial Kettle Corn. “We’re accepting credit cards this year … that could get some people in trouble,” she laughed. Matt Bressan’s trying to help his Fresh Crunch pickle customers steer clear of some dietary trouble. “I’ve changed a lot of …
Susan Smith
9:30 am on Friday, May 18, 2012
Okay, the family might be "lovely" and the home "stunning" but bottom line and all that aside, this is still a real estate ad. more ›