Letters to the Editor: October 13 – 19, 2016   Excited About Newly Renovated TV Studio Editor, A September 29 article and accompanying photograph in the News-Press of the newly renovated and equipped public TV studio at George Mason High School is good news for all students who want to learn […]

Letters to the Editor: October 6 – 12, 2016   Football Is About More Than Just Wins & Losses Editor, We are in the middle of another bad run of results. We went 1-9 last year and are 0-3 to start this season. All we hear around school is how we […]

Letters to the Editor: September 29 – October 5, 2016   F.C. 1 of Least Pedestrian-Friendly Areas Around D.C. Editor, As an avid dog walker and runner living in the Mt. Daniels area, I read with dismay the recent, self-congratulatory guest commentary by Stewart Schwartz which touted Falls Church’s “walkable urbanism.” […]

Letters to the Editor: September 22 – 28, 2016   Hire Tyrone Byrd as New  Schools Superintendent Editor, In light of the news about Dr. Toni Jones’ resignation as Superintendent of the Falls Church school system, I want to voice my support for a candidate to replace her. Dr. Tyrone Byrd […]

Letters to the Editor: September 15 – 21, 2016   $1 Million for Traffic Calming in Falls Church? Editor, I was shocked to read in Mayor Tarter’s “State of the City” interview that “the City is going to be spending about a million dollars on… traffic calming” at Big Chimneys Park (presumably, […]

Letters to the Editor: September 8 – 14, 2016   Stop Glorifying Someone Complaining About U.S. Editor, If nothing else, Colin Kaepernick deserves praise for accomplishing something I would have never imagined possible – having Nicholas Benton say something remotely positive about anything regarding the NFL! Unfortunately, Kaepernick’s recent gestures to not […]

Letters to the Editor: September 1 – 7, 2016   Problems Come With New City of F.C. Development Editor, I take great issue with your Editorial last week regarding the much lauded development for the little city. Indeed it is very clear that the people who love the new development are […]

Letters to the Editor: August 25 – 31, 2016   Climate Letter Filled With Pseudoscience, Semantics Editor, To me, the News-Press is a place for hard hitting news about my community, especially for elementary school politics, little league scores, and locating the best frozen yogurt toppings. Then came the August 18-24 […]

Letters to the Editor: August 18 – 24, 2016   Obama’s Clean Power Plan is Only Symbolic Editor, In last week’s guest commentary, it is classic 1984 doublespeak for the campaign organizers for Environment Virginia to refer to carbon dioxide, the only emissions controlled by President Obama’s Clean Power Plan, as […]

Letters to the Editor: August 11 – 17, 2016   No Justification to Deny Family Right to Develop Editor, This was an open reminder to the Falls Church City Council prior to its vote Monday to change the land use designation of the Fellows property at 604 S. Oak Street: My […]