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Hi Annandale! We have the latest buzz right here. Let's keep you in the loop and get this morning started right! ☀️

In today's newsletter:

  • How a near-empty Annandale office building will become new apartments
  • What new details emerged in Annandale's recent homicide indictment?
  • How much have Annandale rents actually fallen this year?

Also on today's calendar: 82nd Waterford Fair and 11 more events.

Today's riddle: Why did the girl pig break up with the boy pig? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Friday: Very warm with periods of sun, with a high of 89 and low of 59 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
  • Saturday: Cooler, temps: high: 64, low: 58.
  • Sunday: Mostly cloudy, rain possible, with a high of 64 and low of 57 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Supervisors approve office-to-residential conversion in Annandale (annandaletoday.com) — Fairfax County supervisors have approved converting a mostly vacant office building at 7620 Little River Turnpike in Annandale into 39 apartments above the existing Wells Fargo branch, adding new housing and park space right in the community's core. The project will upgrade streetscapes, create an urban park with a plaza and café-style space, and may represent the first phase of a broader mixed-use redevelopment on the site.
   

• Public Safety - Week of October 2, 2026 (fairfaxtimes.com) — A Fairfax County grand jury has indicted a Maryland man in the November 2025 killing of a woman outside her workplace in Annandale, with trial set for January 2027. The same public safety roundup details several other recent county cases, including a fatal e-bike crash in Fairfax, a Springfield jewelry store robbery, a deadly I-395 pursuit crash, and major sentencings in Herndon and Bailey's Crossroads.
   

• Tysons apartment costs rise, other areas of county see drop in new data (ffxnow.com) — Annandale renters are seeing some relief, with median apartment prices around $2,184 overall and down about 5% from last year, according to new September data. The report compares Annandale's drop with trends in Tysons, Reston, and neighboring jurisdictions, and explains how the broader D.C. and national rental markets are cooling after post-pandemic peaks.
   

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🗞 Nearby News

Springfield

  • Windscreen designs for Route 1 bus rapid transit stations approved (ffxnow.com)
  • New Jersey Partners With BoatUS Foundation to Track Abandoned Boats (thefishingwire.com)
  • 4 wanted in Springfield jewelry store robbery (wtop.com)

Falls Church

  • Best Buns Bakery & Burgers Opens New Falls Church Location (patch.com)

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Ok Annandale! So now you're in the loop about what's happening today. Thanks for reading, and see you in your inbox next time! Oh -- and if you like what you're reading, invite a friend to Patch AM!

-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: "Why did the girl pig break up with the boy pig?" — Because he was such a boar! (Thank you Theresa H. for sending it in!)
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