In some office in Moscow lies a secret map of Arlington. It highlights not our famous cemetery or the Rosslyn-Ballston corridor but some sites of Cold War spy drama. Last Friday at the Arlington Historical Society’s banquet, David Robarge, chief historian at the CIA, delivered a rich talk titled “Spies [...]

Each year there is an election in Virginia. June 11 is primary day in the Commonwealth. The polls are open from 6 a.m. – 7 p.m. This year we will be voting for all members of the House of Delegates as well as for the Governor, Lieutenant Governor and the [...]

The leadership of Falls Church City Public Schools wants to hear from you! This summer we are launching a Community Visioning Program, and everyone in the community is invited and encouraged to get involved. We plan to design a shared vision for our schools that meets the needs of all [...]

The City will soon lose treasured neighbors – our friends at Anthony’s Restaurant. After 41 years of serving our community, Anthony’s will close its doors and along with it will go many wonderful memories.

The Lords and Ladies of Fairfax County have been selected, and the 20 outstanding recipients will be honored by the Board of Supervisors at its meeting on Tuesday, in advance of the Celebrate Fairfax! Festival, to be held on June 7, 8 and 9 at the Fairfax County Government Center. [...]

It could not have been more apropos, to the degree any such announcement ever can be, that word of the passing of Falls Church icon Walter Mess was conveyed to the public during the Memorial Day commemorative service at the Veterans Memorial in front of the Community Center Monday morning, [...]

Washington-Lee High School is rightfully proud of the actors it has sent to the national spotlight—1950s graduates Shirley MacLaine, her brother Warren Beatty, and the 1980s generation’s Sandra Bullock. But there are other accomplished thespians, from W-L and greater Arlington, whose work you’ve seen on screen or stage or heard [...]

 Dogwood Tavern Not at Fault in Towing Incident Editor, Other than their excellent burgers, I have no connection to the Dogwood Tavern. However, I did want to come to its defense in the matter of Mr. Scardino’s unpleasant and expensive experience in predatory towing. Mr. Scardino wrote in a Letter [...]

When I was a little girl, I remember going with my mother and grandmother to decorate graves on what was then called Decoration Day. It was more a respectful, than a solemn, occasion. Using roses and lilacs clipped from bushes in our front yard, we would join other families in [...]

The great neighborhood sign caper came into my view by happenstance. As I drove by the entrance to my boyhood Arlington neighborhood last month, I was stunned to behold a key ingredient gone missing: the white three-dimensional letters spelling “Rivercrest” had been removed from the two curved brick walls at [...]