Falls Church School Superintendent Dr. Toni Jones presented an enrollment-growth-driven recommended budget to the School Board tonight that called for a net increase of $3,231,000, an 8.5 percent increase to $41,389,240. With resources expected to decline from other sources, her budget’s dependency on a transfer of funds from the F.C. City Council accounts for 83 percent of the total for $34,405,800, or a 14.8 percent increase.

The Falls Church Public Schools and City Council worked in part separately and in part in tandem tonight to begin implementation of major new security and gun control advocacy efforts, coming one month after the mass killings of children in Newtown, Connecticut.

George Mason High School graduate and working photographer Nabeela Vega has turned her lens to Anthony’s Restaurant to document the Falls Church institution.

The profoundly impressive “Lincoln” movie, now in theaters, will long endure as a major contributor to the national and global project in the perfection of democracy. It stands out from countless outstanding cinematic achievements for exactly this particular reason.

U.S. Sen. Mark R. Warner (D-VA) issued the following statement today, ruling out a run for governor of Virginia in 2013:

At 3:45 p.m. EST Tuesday, the City of Falls Church, Fairfax County and Fairfax County Water Authority simultaneously issued a joint press release announcing that a blockbuster deal had been reached for a massive water-for-land swap.