Officials announced tonight that Falls Church’s Mary Ellen Henderson Middle School will remain closed for a second straight day tomorrow, Thursday, Dec. 6.

Mary Ellen Henderson Middle School will be closed to students Wednesday due to an outside sewage leak and sink hole, school officials reported tonight. The leak and sink hole were detected this afternoon and after working through the evening, the school says the problem was unable to be fixed. An [...]

Meteorological winter begins in Virginia on Saturday. With the upcoming winter season in mind, Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell has proclaimed Dec. 2-8 as Winter Preparedness Week, and is encouraging all Virginians to take time to prepare to protect themselves and their families in the event of any major winter storms [...]

Quinn’s Auction Galleries in Falls Church will auction the renowned estate collection of antique netsukes (carved Japanese artworks) from the late diplomat Jack A. Mang and his wife, the late Helen Randall Mang on Dec. 7. According to Quinn’s, the Mangs bought their first netsuke in 1950, after spotting it [...]

Virginia Lieutenant Gov. Bill Bolling announced yesterday that he will not bid for the Republican nomination to run for Governor of Virginia in 2013, leaving only Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli among major candidates to be considered. Gov. Bob McDonnell, who by Virginia law is not able to seek re-election, issued [...]

The City of Falls Church Planning Commission announced this week that it is eager to hear comments from the public on substandard lot development in the City. The public is invited to a Planning Commission listening session on December 3 at 8 p.m. in Council Chambers at City Hall, 300 [...]

Major work on the Metro rail system will cause delays this weekend, beginning Friday night, Nov. 30, through Sunday closing. On the Orange Line, there will be a single track between the West and East Falls Church stations, resulting in delays of at least 15 minutes, according to Metro.  

On “Small Business Saturday” last weekend, President Barack Obama and his daughters Sasha and Malia stopped in at the independent “One More Page Books” on N. Westmoreland St. adjacent the Chasin’ Tails restaurant within a few yards of N. Arlington’s boundary with the City of Falls Church. They browsed for [...]

Yeah, yeah, people have been doing the Christmas thing for a while now –some even before Thanksgiving– but this Saturday marks the beginning of December and that, my friends, is when you should officially start decking the halls and getting down with the jolliness. And you’ll be hard-pressed to find [...]

A groundbreaking ceremony to launch construction of a new Hilton Garden Inn on W. Broad St. in the City of Falls Church was announced today to be held Thursday, Nov. 29 by Sally Cole, executive director of the Falls Church Chamber of Commerce. The event, open to the public and [...]