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Week in Review: Annandale Resident Charged with Murder in Belle Haven Shooting, Supervisors Approve County Budget, ACCA Wins Volunteer Service Award and More

A look back at some of our bigger stories of the week of Apr. 10 to Apr. 17

Happy Sunday, Annandale. We hope you've spent the day enjoying some of this great weather compared to yesterday's rain and wind. Here's the week in review.

Annandale resident Hung T. Nguyen after allegedly shooting two people (and killing one) on Tuesday at the Belle View Barber Shop in Belle Haven where he used to work. Nguyen has been charged with murder. It's also been revealed that an Alexandria teacher accused of receiving child pornography used to work at Annandale High School, teaching lacrosse.

The Fairfax County Board of Supervisors and Volunteer Fairfax held their Fairfax County Volunteer Services Awards ceremony on Thursday morning and several Annandale residents were honored, as well as the Annandale Community Christian for Action. You can and .

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Also on Thursday, we brought you some and how by it. However, .

In the aftermath of the earthquake and tsunami in Japan, the Annandale-based organization Japanese Americans’ Care Fund . Tonight, they'll have a benefit concert where they hope to raise more funds.

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of Korean restaurants went up on Friday morning. Instead of Korean barbecue restaurants, we've amended the battle to be one instead between Korean restaurants. Don't forget to place your vote before Wednesday, Apr. 20. Round three reviews will post on Friday, Apr. 22.

Lastly, we launched our latest column this week on Wednesday where we plan to bring you short profiles on people who spend their time giving back to our community through volunteer work. .


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