Stephanie Gardner of Falls Church has received the Survivor Award in the 2013 Hot Mommas Global Case Study Competition. The project is a women’s leadership program at the George Washington University School of Business whose mission is to motivate women and girls around the world though exposure to case studies [...]

Autism Society of Northern Virginia board member Don Shipley (left) accepts a check for $25,000 from Don Bavely, president of the Rosenthal Automotive Group, as a donation resulting from its Autism Acceptance Month sales promotion last month. This is the second year in a row that Rosenthal has donated that amount [...]

Mary Bikowski of Falls Church won a $2,500 scholarship as part of the Together We Care Nurse Practitioner Scholarship Program. Bikowski is studying to be a nurse practitioner at George Mason University. The scholarship is sponsored by MinuteClinic, the walk-in medical clinics inside select CVS pharmacies, and the Johnson and [...]

BalletNova Center for Dance will host a free open house this Saturday, June 1, from 2 – 5 p.m. at the BNCD studios, 3443 Carlin Springs Road, Falls Church. Free 30-minute mini-classes for children and adults will be offered in a variety of dance genres. Ballet, tap, and hip hop [...]

Peace Corps volunteer Thomas Barnes of Falls Church is working with his community in Panama to renovate a school garden to teach students about organic agriculture. A portion of the funds for the project were raised through the Peace Corps Partnership Program, a program that helps support Peace Corps volunteer [...]

Several students from Falls Church received degrees this month from colleges and universities across the nation. Christian B. Gore received a Bachelor of Arts degree in English with a writing concentration and philosophy minor from the Virginia Military Institute. Graduating honors include Army Commission. Madeline Nooter graduated with honors from [...]

The Wes Spraul Memorial 5K charity fundraiser fun run, walk, and ride will be held next Sunday morning, June 9, at 9 a.m. Spraul, who died this winter and was interred in Arlington National Cemetery, was an FMF Navy Corpsman. All proceeds of the event will go to support his family [...]

The City of Falls Church will hold a community meeting about the City Center Small Area Plan this Saturday, June 1, from 9 – 11 a.m. in the Fellowship Hall of Columbia Baptist Church, 103 W. Columbia St., Falls Church. This meeting will start the planning process. City staff will [...]

Mild Weather in Store, Food Drive Launched Again A 12-page special insert in this week’s edition of the News-Press, functioning as an official guide to Monday’s 38th Annual Falls Church Memorial Day Parade and Festival, spells out the full range of activities that are expected to draw over 10,000 non-residents to the [...]

Dr. Gordon Theisz of Family Medicine in Falls Church, is again coordinating the free Concerts in the Park sponsored by the Village Preservation & Improvement Society and the City of Falls Church Recreation and Parks Department. The concerts take place in Cherry Hill Park at 7 p.m. on Thursdays from [...]