On May 8, the Stuart Tech Team held its first computer giveaway, and eight families from J.E.B. Stuart High School feeder schools received computers that the students had refurbished. These computers were outfitted with the latest software including Microsoft Office 2010. On Wednesday, May 15, a second giveaway took place [...]

Two J.E.B. Stuart High School students recently received awards from local civic groups. Ann Nguyen won first prize in the Rotary speech contest for Virginia District 7610. Her participation in the contest has earned her $1,200. She also won the Rotary photo contest for Virginia District 7610. Henry Lopez won [...]

Longfellow Middle School student Franklin Wang was named a semifinalist and winner of a $4,000 scholarship in the national Mathcounts competition held recently in Washington, D.C. Wang and classmate Haoyuan Sun were part of the team representing Virginia, which finished in fifth place in the national competition. Mathcounts is a [...]

Thomas Jefferson Elementary School recently sent 13 fourth-grade scientists to the Science Olympiad Regional Tournament. Over the course of two days, the students participated in 14 events. Student scientists examined leaf specimens, identified insects, built barges to hold cargo items, altered variables in a formula for “gunk,” solved math puzzles, [...]

The Woman’s Club of McLean awarded four student musicians and 10 elementary school safety patrol members for their efforts at its annual ceremony on May 7. The musicianship of four students at Cooper and Longfellow middle schools in McLean was recognized. Katherine Quion, of Cooper Middle School, played Valse Triste by [...]

Two Republican Party delegates from Falls Church City attended the opening night VIP reception at the 2013 Republican State Convention held in Richmond last Friday. There, Falls Church City GOP Chair Ken Feltman and Falls Church Republican delegate and State Central Committee member Heather Homan met with Virginia Gov. Bob [...]

Blues musician Cathy Ponton King will play a show this Sunday from 11 a.m. – 3 p.m. at Open Kitchen to benefit the Tinner Hill Heritage Foundation and its annual Tinner Hill Blues Festival. Guests attending the show, the second in this year’s Prelude to the Blues fundraising series, can [...]

Shenandoah University presented one of its top honors, the Algernon Sydney Sullivan Award, to senior and Falls Church native Mariagracia Rivas Berger during the university’s commencement ceremony held on Saturday, May 11. Sullivan awards are given to individuals of “noble character” whose “fine spiritual qualities” are “practically applied to daily [...]

Local filmmaker Mark Byrne and Absurd Productions Pictures will host a cast and friends encore screening of the new movie “Small Fish Small Pond” at Clare and Don’s Beach Shack next Tuesday. The film, which screens on May 28 at 9 p.m., is centered on an alcohol-fueled writer and his [...]

Longtime Falls Church resident Silvia McPherson, who recently moved with her husband Don to the Ashby Ponds retirement community in Ashburn, celebrated Mother’s Day brunch at the community with five generations of her family. Pictured above are, from left to right, great granddaughter Alexa, daughter Michela, great-great-grandson Mason, granddaughter Loran, [...]