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Planning Commission Votes To Adopt Changes After Contentious Meeting Last night, the City of Falls Church Planning Commission voted unanimously to approve the proposed changes for transitional zoning, known as the “T-zones.” The meeting began with a presentation of a staff-amended version of the recommendations provided to the public at […]
Volunteers are knocking on doors today across Virginia’s 35th House District in Vienna, which will select its new House Delegate on Tuesday.
By Livia Albeck-Ripka and Eduardo Medina A 6-year-old first grader at an elementary school in Newport News, Virginia, shot a teacher Friday afternoon during an altercation in a classroom, authorities said, leaving her with “life-threatening” injuries and renewing calls for greater gun restrictions. The boy, who shot the teacher once […]
U.S. Rep. Don Beyer, who represents the 8th District of Northern Virginia that includes the City of Falls Church, issued the following statement today on the U.S. military strike in Syria: “Assad is a monster and a war criminal. I look forward to the day when he is brought to […]
After a lengthy discussion Thursday night, the Fairfax County School Board voted 9-0 with three abstentions to adopt the inclusion and diversity policy statement that the county’s Board of Supervisors approved unanimously.
The Falls Church School Board voted Thursday night to change the configuration of the Mt. Daniel Elementary renovation, responding in part to the $2 million in unexpected added costs to the project that came to light last month. The school will now serve pre-kindergarten through the first grade, instead of […]
The 2017 County Health Rankings and Roadmaps released last week shows the City of Falls Church, as well as several Northern Virginia counties, once again near the top of the state in both health factors and outcome.
For the past 50 years, commuters have passed through Falls Church and for the past 50 years, Janet Haines made sure each one of them came to a halt at the intersection of Broad and Spring Streets in the Little City.
In the wake of Monday’s bomb threat targeting the Gesher Jewish Day School in Fairfax, and amid a string of nearly 100 threats to Jewish schools and community centers across the country, Virginia officials and interfaith leaders came together to speak out against rising anti-semitism and show support for the […]
With a surprising unanimity and spirit of cordiality among all seven members tonight, the Falls Church City Council voted 7-0 to adopt its Fiscal Year 2010 budget, holding the real estate tax rate increase to $1.07 per $100 assessed valuation while fully funding the School Board request that will provide […]
