You’d never know it was just a couple of degrees above freezing in downtown Falls Church on New Year’s Eve Monday, because everyone was out and about and having such a good time cheering in 2013! There was a full panoply of offerings at the annual event, spearheaded again this year by the tireless volunteer efforts of Barbara Cram, with help from many others. (Photos: Andrew Finein)

Every Eight Hours: This September, Make Checking In a Habit
BY JOHN F. CROWNOVER Every eight hours, Virginia loses someone to suicide. In 2023, 1,230 Virginians died by suicide, and nearly four out of five were men. They were fathers,
















