A new “diversity inclusion effort” by the Falls Church Chamber of Commerce has the Northern Virginia minority-ownership business community abuzz, and apparently causing at least one national U.S. Chamber-linked association to rudely expel the F.C. Chamber’s executive director Sally Cole not once, but twice from its Facebook group because she said the outreach extended to Muslims.

Falls Church City Planning Director Jim Snyder announced at the work session of the Falls Church City Council Monday that the Wheeler Group, which had abandoned plans to rebuild the all-office building at 400 N. Washington St., has decided to “reactivate their application” for a height waiver at the site.

The City of Falls Church Animal Control and Police departments are cautioning the community about rabid raccoon and foxes after a dead raccoon, which later tested positive for rabies, was

UPDATE at 5:01: The traffic signal on Broad Street at West Street is back online and operating on a generator. According to Dominion Virginia Power, 48 power outages have been reported.

The City of Falls Church is a co-sponsor and will be one of the exhibitors at the Northern Virginia Housing Expo on March 19 at Freedom High School, located at 15201