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Nicholas F. Benton
Nicholas F. Benton is the owner and Editor-In-Chief of the Falls Church News-Press. He may be emailed here.
Falls Church News Briefs
News Briefs for the week of April 24 – April 30, 2008.



Benton, New Businesses Honored by F.C. Council
Falls Church News-Press owner Nicholas F. Benton, the City of Falls Church’s “2007 Business Person of the Year,” has run his business in the City for 20 years, but almost all the other award winners feted by the City Council Monday night are brand new.
Editorial: A Conjunction Of Events
The last 10 days marked the conjunction of three momentous and, to our minds, interrelated developments in the City of Falls Church.
Nicholas F. Benton: 20 Years as My Own Boss
A couple Fridays ago, I gathered together a group of nine for lunch at The Palm, the renowned restaurant in downtown Washington, D.C., to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the incorporation of my own news service, called Century News Service, Inc. at first, but officially switched to Benton News Service, […]
Candidate Attributes Anonymous Query to News-Press
Virginia State Senate candidate Chap Petersen falsely attributed an unsigned written question to the Falls Church News-Press during a debate with his incumbent opponent Jeannemarie Devolites-Davis at the Temple Rodef Shalom Sunday. The question, asking Petersen if he disassociates himself from the discriminatory stands of the leaders of his church, […]
Delegate Scott’s Richmond Report
The following was written by Delegate Jim Scott and Senator Mary Margaret Whipple.



Pro-Gays, Anti-Gays Face Off At F.C. Fall Festival Saturday
As the Fall Festival and Taste of Falls Church combined under sunny skies to produce the largest turnout in the history of either event outside the Falls Church Community Center Saturday, two organizations with opposite messages were there, with one reacting in a decidedly unfriendly way.



Press Pass: Drowning Pool
On Wednesday, Sept. 19, hard rockers Drowning Pool stormed the nation’s capital, though the date was not part of any concert tour. Instead of taking the stage to pound out their signature screams and raucous riffs, the group of Mike Luce, C.J. Pierce, Ryan McCombs and Stevie Benton stood with […]