It was unseasonably warm on New Year’s Eve in the City of Falls Church, which made the warmth of the Watch Night festivities veritably glow, all the way through the countdown to midnight.

As the location is one of those that is slated to be vacated to make way for the 4.3-acre Mason Row project, the paving effort caused some buzz in town speculating about whether or not the parent company of 7-Eleven would fight to hold onto its current site, sending the Mason Row plans into disarray.

Tuesday night’s latest joint meeting of the Falls Church City Council and School Board saw a demonstrable tilt in sentiments toward a phased renovation and construction of the City’s George Mason High School.

Residents of the Mount Daniel-Ellison Heights neighborhood gathered for a ribbon cutting ceremony and “stock the box” for their community’s new “Little Free Library” on Sunday, Dec. 18.

As we say farewell to 2016, the News-Press looks back at the five most popular posts on FCNP.com over the last 12 months.

Arthur Scott Kaye, beloved husband of Merelyn Kaye, father to Kristin Karnis and Karin Morrison, grandfather to Jessica, Katherine, and Emily Karnis, and Taylor Morrison, departed this earth on December