Falls Church and Northern Virginia's Premier Weekly Newspaper Sunday, May 28, 2023
The genuinely congenial relations between the tiny City of Falls Church and its giant Fairfax County neighbor exemplified in the historic address to the F.C. Chamber of Commerce by Fairfax Board of Supervisors chair Jeff McKay this Tuesday (see article. Page One of this edition) is a new and very […]
The public hearings about the proposed FY 2024 county budget are history; now the Board of Supervisors will make adjustments to the County Executive’s proposals, with eventual adoption of the budget in early May. Last week, nearly 150 people spoke or presented video testimony during three afternoons, a far cry […]
It’s no exaggeration to claim that Thursday morning’s news of Dan Snyder selling the Washington Commanders is a top five – arguably top three – moment for Washington, D.C. sports since the turn of the century. Other than the Capitals winning the Stanley Cup in 2018, and the Nationals […]
The cleverly named Haute Dogs, a tasty-but-caloric meat emporium, just opened a branch near me in the Williamsburg Shopping Center. I can vouch for its quality chili dogs, burgers, shakes and half-smokes (a regional original), though how about a few veggies? Manager Lionel Holmes says traffic has been “phenomenal, exceeding […]
A few years back, Falls Church’s Chief of Police Mary Gavin issued a public statement, she called it a “Police Warning,” stating, “The City of Falls Church Police need your help. Unidentified perpetrators are reportedly vandalizing newspaper distribution boxes in front of City businesses, including boxes belonging to the Falls […]
News of Greater Falls Church Is democracy failing us, or are we failing democracy? The answers probably are as varied as the people considering the question, but recent events reveal that, most likely, we are failing democracy, not the other way around. Democracy is not a sport. Democracy is not […]
Your household fee rate for trash collection and recycling would rise 33 percent, under the county manager’s recent 2024 budget, hitting $409 a year as a result of cost increases in both the collection and recycling contracts. To me it feels worth it. I rise early enough Mondays to witness […]
Congratulations to the winners of this year’s awards given out by the Falls Church Chamber of Commerce at its annual gala last week at the State Theater. They are all representative of the hard work on a daily basis done to make their efforts succeed, and added to that the […]
Twenty years. That’s how long it’s been since the first idea was broached to redevelop the parcels on Columbia Pike known as the Southeast Quadrant in Bailey’s Crossroads. The Weissberg Company owned the commercial property for decades, leasing it to local businesses for vehicle repair services and public utility storage. […]
Orange Is The New Orange Yes, the news of the week, month, and year right now is that former U.S. President Donald J. Trump surrendered to authorities, ‘perp walk’ and all, and was fingerprinted and booked. An indictment showed 34 counts of falsifying business records — all first-degree felonies — […]
