LONGTIME FALLS CHURCH resident Gail Opitz is shown at capacity with the dogs of her Winter Hill neighborhood for whom she provides doggie-walking services. And they all get along so well together!

Arbor Day arrived early at the Montessori School of Northern Virginia in Falls Church with the planting of trees donated by Casey Trees, a Washington, D.C. non-profit organization dedicated to restoration, enhancement, and protection of the capital area’s urban canopy. Pictured above, elementary students participated in a briefing by Casey [...]

THE ANNUAL BANQUET of the Falls Church Chamber of Commerce, always one of the foremost gatherings of the Falls Church community every year, was a big hit again last weekend, with a long list of dignitaries, attendees, auction items and award winners. For complete coverage of the event, see Chamber [...]

Two McLean High School students have won corporate-sponsored National Merit Scholarships, the National Merit Scholarship Corporation announced Wednesday. Lewis C. Millholland of Falls Church and Madelyn S. Paquette of McLean were selected from students who advanced to the finalist level in the National Merit Scholarship competition and met criteria of [...]

The George Mason Athletics Boosters are hosting a celebrity softball game this Saturday to raise funds for the newly installed lights on the school’s baseball and softball fields. From 6 – 9 p.m., local celebrities will take on players from the Mustang softball and baseball teams. Local restaurants Red, Hot [...]

Relay for Life of Falls Church has announced that Ireland’s Four Provinces, 105 W. Broad St., Falls Church, is hosting the Paint the Town Purple benefit breakfast this Saturday from 9 – 11 a.m. For all customers having breakfast at 4P’s, the restaurant will donate 15 percent of their check [...]

The fifth-grade Odyssey of the Mind Team who represented Mary Ellen Henderson Middle School at the state competition this month placed fourth in the state. Team members are Rosie Tombul, Elisa D’Agastino, Isabel Davis, Gabriella Stevens, Neha Bagalkot, and Jo Sevier. Odyssey of the Mind is a problem solving activity [...]

The Fairfax County School Board unanimously approved the hiring of Dr. Karen Garza as the division superintendent of Fairfax County Public Schools for the period July 1, 2013, through June 30, 2017. For the past four years, Garza has been the superintendent of the Lubbock Independent School District, which serves [...]

Last Saturday’s Byrd Feeder fundraiser at Clare and Don’s Beach Shack brought in more than $3,500 for George Mason High School’s All-Night Graduation Celebration. The annual fundraiser, hosted annually by Mason principal Tyrone Byrd, raises money to fund alcohol-free and drug-free festivities for students on graduation night.

Mary Ellen Henderson Middle School students Mary Klemic and Annette Schlitt placed third in the Group Website category at the National History Day State Competition this past weekend in Williamsburg. The theme for this year’s competition was “Turning Points in History: People, Ideas, Events.” Klemic and Schlitt’s winning entry was [...]