Starting next Monday, Oct. 14, City of Falls Church crews will begin upgrading 15 existing traffic and pedestrian crossing signals in the City to LED lights. In addition, the project will also encompass pedestrian improvements at the corner of Park Ave. and Little Falls St. in front of City Hall […]

The Virginia Sports Hall of Fame and Museum is seeking nominations for the ninth annual Hall of Fame Student Athlete Achievement Awards. These awards honor middle and high school students who demonstrate dedication on the field to their sport and off the field to their schoolwork and community. Nominations are […]

Eight weeks and thousands of ballots later, the people of Falls Church have spoken. For the fourth consecutive year, News-Press readers cast votes in record numbers for their favorite places to eat, drink, shop and more in and around The Little City.

I was listening to National Public Radio on my car radio on July 20, driving to the east coast from Colorado, when I heard the news that my friend, pioneering journalist Helen Thomas, had just died. Over the past three plus years I’d been privileged to have dinner with her […]

The grand deal cut between the City of Falls Church and Fairfax County to transfer ownership of the F.C. Water System to the county, first agreed to by the two parties last November, took a first major step toward fulfillment this week with the Virginia Commission on Local Government’s day-long visit to Falls Church on Monday.

Here’s Oski begging for a belly scratch. Oski’s family lives in the Spectrum in Falls Church and, as readers of the News Press,  loves Critter Corner and thought Oski would like some publicity. This 8-month-old part-Yorkie was adopted through Lost Dog. He loves walking through Cherry Hill Park and playing with every […]

After nearly 40 years serving its Tex-Mex cuisine to customers in Crystal City, Cantina Mexicana has expanded to open another location in Arlington. The second location opened last month off of Columbia Pike. The restaurant space is small and cozy, festively decorated with bright orange walls appointed with sombreros and […]

From the May FIRSTfriday of Falls Church ArtALot event, the Beyer Automotive Group Cruise-In winners were Bill Winter (first place), Renick Miller (second place) and Stephen White (third place). Pictured above are, from left to right, Winter; Dale Toler, event judge; White; Miller; music performer Dan Chadburn; Sheriff S. Stephen […]

Democratic Attorney General candidate Mark Herring and Democratic Lieutenant Governor candidate Aneesh Chopra won the straw polls among 850 votes Sunday at U.S. Rep. Gerry Connolly’s annual St. Patrick’s Day fundraising event. Both face challenges in their party’s upcoming June 11 primary.

As the Falls Church City Council edges toward taking on directly the shaping of its next fiscal year budget, a full house of major challenges loom. It’s one time when the City is in exactly the same boat as its larger regional neighbors. All are confronted with the imminent prospect […]