By a unanimous vote, the F.C. Council Monday OK’d an amendment to the FY 2022 budget allocating $1,935,000 in capital reserve funds to the Economic Development Authority (EDA) for the purchase and preservation of two market-rate affordable apartment buildings with a total of eight units.

New laws affecting everything from the intentional release of balloons to legalizing simple possession of marijuana to riding bicycles two abreast on public streets to abolishing the death penalty officially become the law of the Commonwealth on July 1, 2021.

Demolition of the Route 50 West bridge over I-66 will carry on the overnight period of July 1, with ramp and lane closures at the I-66/Route 50 Interchange.

Due to a Flash Flood Emergency Warning Issued by the National Weather Service just now and extending to 6:15 p.m., the LGBT Falls Church event at 5:30 p.m. today has been CANCELLED.

Your patriotic fervor won’t have to go home by nighttime in the City of Falls Church, but there won’t be much of a reason to stay here.

Opening just in time for the holiday weekend is the expanded portion of Rare Bird Coffee Roasters, with new hours and lunch menu items becoming part of the popular coffee shop along West Broad Street.