BULLETIN, Mon, June 23, 11:35 p.m. EDT — By a unanimous 5-0 vote at 11:17 p.m. tonight, the Falls Church City Council approved zoning changes and a special exception to permit the construction of 110-room Hilton Garden Inn at 706 W. Broad St., adjacent a Burger King and within 100 […]
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Nicholas F. Benton:Will Obama & UCC Make Up?
NEWARK, Delaware – The Rev. Dr. John Thomas, the general minister and president of the 1.2 million-member United Church of Christ (UCC) denomination, told 250 delegates to the annual meeting of the UCC’s Central Atlantic Conference at a forum on the University of Delaware campus here Saturday that Sen. Barack […]
Mason High Girls Finally Conquer Clarke County
After 80 minutes of fast-paced and physical soccer, in the end, it was the George Mason High School varsity girls soccer team that stood victorious, finally besting Clarke County to win the Bull Run District regular season title, 2-1, at Moore Cadillac Stadium on Tuesday night.
Nicholas F. Benton: The Lynching of Jeremiah Wright
Tuesday was the saddest day in America in a very long time. The nation’s core values were not attacked by some foreign enemy, but from within. Virulent racism suddenly reared its ugly head, unbridled and unbound, roaring through the nation’s most powerful media institutions to rip the Rev. Jeremiah Wright […]
Over the Hill, But Still on the Mound, Seniors Stay in the Swing of Things
MEMBERS OF THE NORTHERN VIRGINIA SENIOR SOFTBALL LEAGUE hold tryouts during a morning practice earlier this month. (Photo: News-Press)
Delay in Report of Armed Robbery Questioned
An armed robbery of a Falls Church juvenile on Sherrow Avenue near the Thomas Jefferson Elementary School on Saturday night, Dec. 8, was not reported in the Falls Church City Police’s Crime Report last week, and failed to be included in this week’s report even after an inquiry from the […]
Dowd On Drinks: Odd Weather Forces Early Euro Harvest
Attention Beaujolais Nouveau revelers. Your infant wine will be a bit older this year.
Editorial: In War as In Loving
What are the lessons to be learned from the latest round in the on-going but now imminently successful struggle by the Hekemian company to come up with a project for the old Pearson Funeral Home site on N. Washington St. that the City Council would like? The plan now has […]
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F. C. Homeless Shelter Benefit, “An Evening of Jazz,” The State Theatre, Falls Church, tonight (Feb. 22) from 7 to 11 p.m.
New Hekemian Plan for N. Washington Greeted With Smiles from F.C. Council
The third time will be the charm for the Hekemian Company that finally found favor with the Falls Church City Council Monday with its latest plan for a large-scale, mixed use project, including 105 rental apartments, on the N. Washington St. site of the old Pearson Funeral Home. They plan […]
