The Washington Post is recognizing George Mason High School mathematics and finance teacher Joel Block as this year’s Agnes Meyer Outstanding Teacher Award recipient from Falls Church City Public Schools. A 19-year veteran teacher, Block is known for his dedication to helping students master challenging mathematical concepts. The annual award [...]

Taxpayers Will Pay More, But Millions Languish in Bank It wasn’t that hard to obtain the information, but the News-Press did it, and what is revealed is a shocking discrepancy between the fund balance, also known as “rainy day reserves,” between the City of Falls Church and its immediate Arlington and Fairfax [...]

With three weeks to go before the Falls Church City Council is slated to vote on its Fiscal Year 2014 budget, no one on the Council has yet tipped their hand on how they intend to handle the record increase in the School Board’s budget request. Monday’s joint City Council-School [...]

A new poll conducted by the University of Mary Washington’s Center for Leadership and Media Studies reveals that Virginians are now evenly divided on the issue of same-sex marriage, with 45 for and 46 against it. This is a dramatic departure from 2006, when it was 43 for and 57 [...]

Virginia Attorney General and Republican gubernatorial candidate Ken Cuccinelli has filed a petition with the Fourth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals in Richmond last week asking the full 15-judge Virginia Supreme Court to reconsider a decision by a three-judge panel last month that overturned the state’s sodomy law, according to [...]

Virginia gubernatorial candidate Terry McAuliffe was certified this week by the Democratic Party of Virginia as the official Democratic nominee for Governor. He issued the following statement in response: “I am grateful for the support of Virginians from all parties and from every corner of Virginia. This is thanks to [...]

The City of Falls Church issued the following clarification of the story published in last week’s edition about a relocation of Little League games: “This season, the Falls Church Kiwanis Little League will continue to play at the Westgate Elementary School fields in McLean. They will also play some games [...]

The Arlington County Police Department’s Homicide/Robbery Unit is investigating an armed robbery that occurred on the Custis Bike Trail Tuesday night. At 10:20 p.m., two unknown subjects attempted to block the Nelly Custis bike trail when the first victim was riding by on his bicycle. The victim was able to [...]

Cary Frostick, Youth Services Supervisor at the Mary Riley Styles Library, has been named the 2012 City of Falls Church Employee of the Year, according to a release from the City this afternoon. The Employee Review Board selected Frostick for her supervision of the Youth Services Department, which manages the [...]

With three weeks to go before the Falls Church City Council is slated to vote on its Fiscal Year 2014 budget, no one on the Council has yet tipped their hand on how they intend to handle the record increase in the School Board’s budget request. Tonight’s joint City Council-School [...]