September’s FIRSTfriday of Falls Church event showcased a performance by Mercury Rising and the Beyer Auto Group ArtALot’s Cruise-In, with first place given to Lou Wade. Pictured above, from left to right, are first-place winner Lou Wade; event judge Tom Scott; second-place winner Joe Parman; band member Guy Pietrovito; Sheriff S. Stephen Bittle, event judge; band sponsor Tori McKinney; band members Scott Radler and Ed Darden; third-place winner Steve Jonos, event judge Dale Toler; and band members Greg Niehoff, Dan Rappaport, and Sean Niehoff.
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,
