Four-Term Mayor Says It’s Time; Filing Deadline Looms Following the blockbuster announcement last week that four-term City of Falls Church Mayor David Tarter will not seek re-election this fall, the pace has quickened among candidates filing before a June 20 deadline to make it onto the November ballot for City […]
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Smart Asset Ranks F.C. No. 1 in Virginia for Individual Wealth
May 27, 2023The SmartAsset investor website announced today that it has ranked the City of Falls Church the No.1 jurisdiction in Virginia for the level of overall wealth per capita — inclusive of [...]The Weekly Diplomatic Reach: May 25 – 31
May 25, 2023City Council Declares June 2023 Pride Month in The Little City On Monday, F.C. City Council declared June 2023 Pride Month, and this writer was honored to accept the proclamation on behalf of the [...]Local Business Owner Rebecca Tax Is This Year’s Grand Marshal
May 25, 2023The owner of two prominent Little City businesses is this year’s Grand Marshal for the upcoming 41st Annual Memorial Day Parade on Monday, May 29. Selected by The City of Falls [...]
- Kaine Visits Eden Center, Meets With Concerned Viet Citizens
- WFAX Radio Fully Shifted From Christian Talk to Latino Pop
- F.C. ‘Bucks National Trend’ as Survey Shows Citizens Happy
Local Commentary
Our Man in Arlington
May 26, 2023Uncle Arlington wants you! To help clean up refuse, apparently. I do my best as a citizen stroller to pick up the food and beer [...]The Weekly Diplomatic Reach: May 25 – 31
May 25, 2023City Council Declares June 2023 Pride Month in The Little City On Monday, F.C. City Council declared June 2023 Pride Month, and [...]Editorial: City Council Survey Cites News-Press Role
May 25, 2023The headline on the front page of this edition is big news, indeed. Nothing is forever, and things can change quickly, but the [...]
National Commentary
Editor’s Column: Will It Be That Trump Is Only the Beginning?
May 25, 2023Is Trump just the beginning? Is the worst four years in U.S. history since the Civil War, that period when Trump was actually [...]The Weekly Diplomatic Reach: May 25 – 31
May 25, 2023City Council Declares June 2023 Pride Month in The Little City On Monday, F.C. City Council declared June 2023 Pride Month, and [...]The Weekly Diplomatic Reach: May 18 – 24
May 18, 2023Connolly Office Staffers Attacked Two female staffers in the district office of U.S. Congressman Gerry Connolly (D-Fairfax) were [...]
- Our Species At a Crossroads And Wisdom Must Prevail
- Editor’s Column: The Importance of Grandmas In Male Supremacist Society
- Joe Biden and the Struggle for America’s Soul
Around Falls Church
Smart Asset Ranks F.C. No. 1 in Virginia for Individual Wealth
May 27, 2023The SmartAsset investor website announced today that it has ranked the City of Falls Church the No.1 jurisdiction in [...]Franz Lehár Operetta Tribute Sparkles at Bel Cantanti
May 25, 2023By Mark Dreisonstok Twenty years ago, Dr. Katerina Souvorova, who has served as a vocal coach at George Mason University, [...]School News: May 25 – 31
May 25, 2023New OSE Club Has Successful Start Let Me Run — Falls Church City, a running group that began this spring for fourth [...]
- Community News & Notes: May 25 – 31
- Meridian Boys Lacrosse Outlasts Fauquier, Girls Crush Brentsville in Regional Semis
- Community News & Notes
Arts & Entertainment
This Literary Novel by F.C. Resident Harper Beams With Humanity
May 27, 2023By: Nathaniel Drenner Some writers cultivate a lack of belonging. Only by being on the outside, the thinking goes, can one [...]Parade Dance Troupe Keeps Local Bolivian Culture Alive
May 26, 2023Atop a nondescript parking ramp among doctors’ offices in Fairfax, people of all ages gather to keep Bolivian culture and [...]Franz Lehár Operetta Tribute Sparkles at Bel Cantanti
May 25, 2023By Mark Dreisonstok Twenty years ago, Dr. Katerina Souvorova, who has served as a vocal coach at George Mason University, [...]
- The Finest of Form
- Creative Cauldron Refashions Audrey Hepburn in ‘Audrey: The New Musical’
- Meridian’s ‘The Love Doctor,’ Scores 7 Cappie Nominations
Sports
Meridian Girls Lacrosse Wins Regional Finals in Huge Night for Mustangs
May 26, 2023It was a packed house on Thursday night at Meridian High School, with four different Mustang squads seeking playoff victories: [...]Hammerheads Win FCKLL Title With Come-From-Behind Win
May 26, 2023By: Erika Toman The Majors regular season championship game epitomized the best of Little League. It was an epic battle between [...]Playoff Season in Full Swing at Meridian, Big Week Ahead
May 25, 2023The postseason has either already begun or is set to begin this week for all spring sports programs at Meridian High School. All [...]
- Meridian Boys Lacrosse Outlasts Fauquier, Girls Crush Brentsville in Regional Semis
- Kiwanis Little League Hosts Fundraiser
- Mustangs Prepare for Spring Playoffs
More News
Two Staffers Hospitalized After Attack on Rep. Connolly’s Fairfax Office
U.S. Congressman Gerry Connolly (D-Fairfax) released a statement Monday afternoon after two staffers were sent to the hospital following an attack on his district office in the City of Fairfax. “This morning, an individual entered my District Office armed with a baseball bat and asked for me before committing an […]
MHS King and Queen Reflect on High School Careers While Preparing for Parade
As the City of Falls Church’s Memorial Day Parade and Festival nears, an important tradition will live on through Meridian High School seniors Ailene Neal and Alexander Werner. This year’s MHS Prom King and Queen, Neal and Werner, will be honored in the Memorial Day parade. Although the both of […]
This Literary Novel by F.C. Resident Harper Beams With Humanity
By: Nathaniel Drenner Some writers cultivate a lack of belonging. Only by being on the outside, the thinking goes, can one produce truly clear-eyed, groundbreaking work. But what happens to an outsider without an anchor, an artist without a vision? Are we ever truly free from our obligations to each […]
Falls Church Resident Celebrates 100 Years of Service & Activism
Falls Church resident Betty Allan will soon join a select group. When she celebrates her 100th birthday on June 19, she will become one of an estimated 90,000 people in the United States of 337,000,000 who are centenarians. Her family of three children, their spouses and grandchildren in Falls Church, […]
Smart Asset Ranks F.C. No. 1 in Virginia for Individual Wealth
The SmartAsset investor website announced today that it has ranked the City of Falls Church the No.1 jurisdiction in Virginia for the level of overall wealth per capita — inclusive of median income, investment income and median home value parameters. It’s “overall wealth index” is pegged at 72.89, markedly higher than […]
Business News & Notes: May 25 — 31
Capital Caring Health Expansion Falls Church-based Capital Caring Health (CCH) has completed the affiliation agreement with Temple Terrace, Florida’s Chapters Health System. This has been reputed to be the largest nonprofit providing hospice and palliative care services in the country. They will maintain their own brands working with a total […]
Parade Dance Troupe Keeps Local Bolivian Culture Alive
Atop a nondescript parking ramp among doctors’ offices in Fairfax, people of all ages gather to keep Bolivian culture and tradition alive through music and dance. Alma Boliviana, a dance troupe that will be among those performing at the Falls Church Memorial Day Parade, has over 100 members that meet […]
Meridian Girls Lacrosse Wins Regional Finals in Huge Night for Mustangs
It was a packed house on Thursday night at Meridian High School, with four different Mustang squads seeking playoff victories: baseball, softball, girls’ soccer, and then the headliner, girls’ lacrosse as they competed in the Regional Finals. And, in what proved to be a banner night for the home teams, […]
WFAX Radio Fully Shifted From Christian Talk to Latino Pop
To tunes from Mariachi trumpets, the WFAX AM/FM radio station, a Little City presence since 1948, has completed the transition announced a year ago, switching from Christian talk to regional Mexican/Spanish programming. Pedro Biaggi, D.C. president for Costa Media Boston, gave the News-Press an upbeat forecast for the station branded […]
Reflecting on Memorial Day: Local Father and Son Share Service Stories
For a local father-son duo, Memorial Day has a special and generational meaning. John and Victor Wyand both served in the Army and are active members of the local Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) organization. John graduated from Berlin Brothersvalley High School in Berlin, Pennsylvania and served in the Vietnam […]
Our Man in Arlington
Uncle Arlington wants you! To help clean up refuse, apparently. I do my best as a citizen stroller to pick up the food and beer containers I see strewn anonymously in parks and along sidewalks near the East Falls Church Metro. But the ongoing, more systematic challenge — which in […]
