Margaret Mackinnon of Falls Church is the winner of the 2011 Graybeal-Gowen Poetry Award, the Shenandoah literary magazine of Washington and Lee University announced this week.
For her winning entry, “Writing on the Window,” Mackinnon receives a $500 prize. The poem imagined the marriage between Sophia and Nathaniel Hawthorne.
The contest, open to poets born or living in Virgina, was judged by Poet Laureate of Virginia Kelly Cherry.
Right on schedule, or just in the nick of time? Either way, Virginia’s 2026-27 biennial state budget was approved on June 29th and became effective July 1st. Reaching a budget
Following the historic 6-1 vote to move forward with the process leading to the construction of new affordable housing on the City of Falls Church’s 4.5 acre Virginia Village parcel
Hal Lippman, former Falls Church vice mayor and current president of the Citizens for a Better City, F.C.’s venerable and original civic association, spoke before the F.C. City Council last
Tuesday, June 30, 2026 — Due to the extended period of extreme heat forecasted for our area, the Civic Jam event originally scheduled for Friday, July 3, 2026, has been postponed to Friday,