‘Big Easy’ Comes to F.C. Gala This Friday

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The Falls Church Education Foundation’s Gala is on Friday, May 17. This year’s theme is “Big Easy, Little City.” The event is at the Washington Golf & Country Club (3017 N Glebe Rd, Arlington). Tickets are for sale at fcedf.ejoinme.org. Anyone that is unable to attend is asked to consider purchasing a ticket for some of the over 60 Falls Church City Public Schools staff who would enjoy the party.

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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

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The biggest news out of this week’s primary elections in five states across the U.S., including Virginia, came from Falls Church’s own rep, Don Beyer, who told the News-Press in

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