Falls Church and Northern Virginia's Premier Weekly Newspaper Tuesday, January 31, 2023
The holiday “season of giving” being upon us now, I confess my hypothesis to hold that what is known as the greatly mysterious “dark matter” that constitutes over 90 percent of our universe that we’re getting to know so much better now thanks to the James Webb Space Telescope is […]
As President Biden signed into law the historic Respect for Marriage Act in a ceremony on the South Lawn of the White House Tuesday, he delivered the following poignant remarks: “We’re here today to celebrate their courage and everyone who made today possible. Courage that led to progress we’ve seen […]
You can bless folks with your talent for a night, or you can draw forth the talents lurking within themselves that will bless them and many around them for a lifetime. And, moreover, such a cultivated talent can be the cornerstone of a sense of community bringing people together. It […]
While revenue growth is projected to be a solid 4.3 percent in the coming year, expenses are rising at a far faster rate, Falls Church’s City Manager Wyatt Shields reported to a joint work session of the F.C. City Council and School Board Monday night at City Hall. Greater expenses […]
“A newspaper’s value is not just that information is disseminated by it. Most fundamentally, as in the case of all good newspapers, it is because they set a means of, and a standard for, reasoned discourse that becomes the grounding by which all members of a community share in a […]
CBS just reported the news from Berlin that “police have arrested at least 25 people tied to an alleged right-wing extremist plot to overthrow Germany’s government. The group targeted in about 130 raids across Germany was described by prosecutors as being influenced by QAnon conspiracy theories and espousing a doctrine […]
Our editor (to be honest, the writer of this piece), in his role as a private citizen of the City of Falls Church, which he has been since around this time of year in 1985 (37 years), submitted a petition to the Falls Church City Council this week, something he […]
President Joe Biden was so in his element speaking at a manufacturing plant in Bay City, Michigan, this week, returning from a worldwide trek to hobnob with world leaders to stand in front of his core people, workers and their families, and deliver a barnstorming affirmation of what his administration […]
Neighboring Fairfax County’s board of supervisors and school board got some gloomy forecasts for the coming fiscal year at a joint meeting they held last week based mostly on a slowdown of the real estate market. It can be assumed that their City of Falls Church counterparts will be getting […]
Edna Nina Frady, a longtime City of Falls Church resident and community activist, died peacefully last week at the age of 90 at the Goodwin House in Falls Church where she had resided for more than a decade. Edna Frady! Her name was synonymous with Falls Church for decades among […]
