Expose Chronicles Poor Conditions at Funeral Home Following an expose by the News-Press last June of flooding and inundated tombstones at the King David National Memorial Park, a section of the National Funeral Home in Falls Church, the Washington Post reported last Sunday of even more horrific conditions at the […]
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BJ’s On ‘Fast-Track’ to F.C. Location
The Falls Church Planning Commission was told at a work session in City Hall Monday that BJ’s Wholesale Warehouse is “on a fast track” to get its planned new F.C. location up and running on Wilson Blvd., and that’s why they’re being “very cooperative” with the City’s Planning Staff in […]
BJs Wholesalers on a “Fast Track” to Get F.C. Location Built
The Falls Church Planning Commission was told at a work session in City Hall tonight that BJ’s Wholesale Warehouse is “on a fast track” to get its planned new F.C. location up and running, and that’s why they’re being “very cooperative” with the City’s Plannning Staff in meeting the staff’s […]

Moran Touts Light Rail on Rt. 7 to F.C. Council
The prospect of a light rail line extending the length of Route 7, through the City of Falls Church, from Bailey’s Crossroads to Tysons Corner was the focus of U.S. Rep. Jim Moran’s remarks to the F.C. City Council Monday.

‘Palatium’ Project Unveiled to F.C. Council, Planners
Despite the recession, large-scale commercial development is still on the agenda in the City of Falls Church.
Letters to the Editor for the Week of January 29 – February 4, 2009
Hails Service of 3 Veteran F.C. Planners Editor, I am writing to extend my sincerest thanks to Maureen Budetti, Suzanne Fauber and Christine Sanders for their many years of intelligent, thoughtful service on the Planning Commission.
Falls Church City News Briefs
F.C. Names New Planning Department Chief Suzanne Cotellessa, a certified planner, zoning administrator and arborist, has been selected as the General Manager of the City of Falls Church Department of Developmental Services, which covers planning, zoning and urban forestry functions.
Editorial: The Remarkable Eden Center
A sweeping and extraordinary review of the remarkable Eden Center, a nationally-renowned cultural and economic center for Vietnamese-Americans located within the City of Falls Church, was provided to F.C. Economic Development Authority this Tuesday by the center’s operations director, Alan B. Frank, general counsel and senior vice president for Capital […]
Letters to the Editor for January 8 – 14, 2009
Lippman Was Referring to Different Meeting Editor, In your December 31, 2008 story on the City Council’s vote to fill the seats of the four Planning Commissioners whose terms were expiring, you apparently misunderstood a key part of my remarks.
Congressman Moran’s News Commentary
President-elect Barack Obama’s inauguration ceremony on Jan. 20 promises to be one of the largest in our nation’s history.