Celebration of Excellence Slated for May 15

2026-08-13 7:10 AM

The Falls Church City Public Schools Celebration of Excellence will be held on Wednesday, May 15 in the Mary Ellen Henderson Middle School (7130 Leesburg Pike, Falls Church) cafetorium. The reception at 4:30 p.m. and the program at 5:15 p.m. will recognize the nominees and winners for the Falls Church Education Foundation Teacher of the Year, Support Staff Employee of the Year, Professional Specialist of the Year, Beginning Teacher awards and Honored Community Partners.

1st F.C. Summer Restaurant Week Begins on Aug. 21

The City of Falls Church has announced its first-ever Summer Restaurant Week, running from Friday of next week, August 21, through August 30. This ten-day culinary celebration follows on from

ICE Assailed For Pulling Gun On Citizen In F.C. Area

Federal immigration enforcement activity reached the immediate Falls Church area this week when an encounter involving U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents and a Northern Virginia woman escalated to

Otakon Convention, a Major Cultural Event in Washington

The annual Otakon Convention held this past weekend was overwhelmingly magnificent! Indeed, the four-day-long event broke the convention’s prior attendance record, surpassing the 46,000 who attended the 2024 celebration of

F.C. Native, Author Ted White Gained National Notoriety

Falls Church-raised author and longtime News-Press copy editor Theodore Edwin “Ted” White died May 24, 2026, at age 88. Born Feb. 4, 1938, in Washington, D.C., White was a prominent