Judy Lubnow passed away at her home in Falls Church on Sunday, May 5, 2013. She was 50 years old. She is survived by her husband of 24 years, Tom Lubnow; her children, Brian, Stephen, Emily, and Sarah; her father, Edward Sedlar; her brothers, Jim (Christine) Sedlar and Eddie (Crissy) [...]

Among traditional public schools in Virginia and the greater Washington, D.C. area, Falls Church’s George Mason High School is ranked No. 1, according to a Newsweek Magazine-The Daily Beast study out this week. Only “magnet schools” Thomas Jefferson High of Alexandria and Maggie Walker Governor’s School for Government and International [...]

The Falls Church City Council, in a marathon work session tonight, agreed to bring the S. Washington St. “Reserve at Tinner Hill” project of Lincoln Properties to a final approval vote next Monday night, while the Rushmark Project to bring a Harris-Teeter to W. Broad St. ran into more complications, [...]

Two people were assaulted on Wilson Boulevard in the Eden Center on Sunday, police reported today. The City of Falls Church Police Department say the two victims were a business in the 6700 block of Wilson Blvd. at 10:30 p.m. Sunday, May 5, when they were assaulted by two a [...]

On Friday, May 3, City of Falls Church Police arrested 46-year-old Carlos Guillermo Suarez Diaz, of Falls Church (Fairfax County), in connection with a sexual assault that occurred in March of this year. The original incident occurred on the evening of March 13, when police say Diaz approached a 17-year-old [...]

THE LONG AWAITED unveiling of the new Beyer Motors statue on W. Broad St this afternoon, attended by scores of locals, revealed a comical man with a coyote tail eating a can of dog food. The artist Richard Beyer also crafted the famous statue of pigs across the street.

The on-going discourse over the last year about the “small area plan” for the South Washington Street Corridor, the City of Falls Church’s core commercial area, was given another public meeting treatment last Saturday in advance of a hoped-for final adoption by sometime this summer.

The monthly survey of the City of Falls Church’s Economic Development Office released Tuesday confirms that there is a flurry of new and impending openings of small retailers in the Little City this spring. Other big news contained in the report is that the Spectrum condominiums project at 444 W. [...]

As an April 26 Crime Prevention Week event in Loudoun County, City of Falls Church Police Lt. Sonya Richardson was given an award for her her work in gathering evidence in the case against City resident Michael Gardner that resulted in his conviction and 22-year prison sentence for molesting two [...]

In recognition of their continued partnership with Falls Church City Public Schools, a number of local businesses and organizations will be included in the 2013 Virginia School Boards Association Business Honor Roll, along with many others from across the state, it was announced this week. This is a new recognition [...]