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Saturday, February 23, 2019
By Grace Keenan Falls Church is often called The Little City, but it’s long been designated a Tree City for its community forestry. I’ve been proud to grow up in a place committed to environmental sustainability. Falls Church is one of 280 U.S. cities and counties that are “We’re Still […]
Lipetz beamed while noting the Herndon show was one of the best experiences of her young life, though she also knows it will be hard to let it go after this weekend’s final run.
Letters to the Editor: February 21 – 27, 2019 Taeb’s Passion, Ambition Not Enough for Senate Seat Editor, I am writing in response to Yasmine Taeb’s “I’m Running Because We Need a New Virginia Way” in the Feb. 7-13 Falls Church News-Press. As an immigrant to this country, she is […]
The closing on the long-anticipated City of Falls Church acquisition of the 1.93 acre Fellows Tract at 604 S. Oak Street is expected with a vote of the City Council this coming Monday. It was explained at Tuesday’s Council work session that, even though the City filed a petition for […]
The Second Quarter Financial Report of the City of Falls Church’s General Fund, presented to the F.C. City Council Tuesday night by Chief Financial Officer Kiran Bawa, was unexceptional, except for big jumps in revenues from sales and meals taxes in the quarter. Sales tax yields for the October-December 2018 […]
Human beings aren’t perfect. Far from it. Yet, many spend their lives seeking perfection in others, not necessarily in themselves. When our heroes, our leaders, or even family members, fall short in the perfection category, we are sorely disappointed, and too often ready to condemn. The issues surrounding Virginia’s Governor […]
Reports have been around for a while of some of the startling trends in the demographic study that had another go-around with the F.C. Planning Commission, but in the light of decisions due from the City Council on the development of the 10.3-acre West End project, they project a vision […]
City of Falls Church Crime Report: February 11 – 17, 2019 Four pickup trucks were swiped from Koons Ford in Falls Church, according to the latest City of Falls Church crime report. Police reported the trucks, in various colors, were discovered missing last Wednesday morning. In other incidents, three men […]
Spokesmen for the team of EYA, PN Hoffman and Regency, the team chosen by the Falls Church City Council to design and implement the dense economic development of 10.3 acres of land at the West End of the City where George Mason High School currently sits, told the F.C. City […]
Fairfax County announced its real estate assessments for the coming year were being mailed to property owners this week. The assessments combine for a 3.03 percent increase for residential and a 5.19 percent increase for non-residential, for an overall assessment increase of 3.60 percent. Single family detached properties increased 2.17 […]
