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Fairfax County Police report that the suspects stole purses from parked cars in cemeteries while victims attended burial services and visited grave sites.
The police report that the suspects stole purses from parked cars in cemeteries while victims attended burial services and visited grave sites.
Tarter was one of five panelists to testify about the effects on their local communities of the SALT deductibility cap, joined by the mayor of Bayville, New York, an executive from Birch County, Pennsylvania, a school superintendent from Upper Arlington, Ohio and a firefighter union executive from Wisconsin.
City of Falls Church Mayor P. David Tarter testified Tuesday before the U.S. House of Representatives’ House Ways and Means Subcommittee on Select Revenue Measures about the impact of the cap on the deductibility of state and local taxes on federal returns.
The sentence includes Hitt being on supervised release for three years after he is released.
Former Falls Church-based developer Todd Hitt, having plead guilty earlier this year to securities fraud, was sentenced by U.S. District Court for the Eastern Districts of Virginia Judge Leonie Brinkema to 6.5 years in prison today. His sentence includes being on supervised release for three years a...
Police say a 21-year-old man failed to stop for a police officer and then rammed the officer’s vehicle last Thursday morning on Haycock Road.
A man rammed a police vehicle after police tried to pull him over on Haycock Road last Wednesday morning, according to the latest City of Falls Church crime report released today. Police say a 21-year-old from Upper Marlboro, failed to stop for a police officer and then rammed the officer’s …
Shelly and Simon brought a new addition to the family with baby boy Cameron last week
https://fcnp.com/2019/06/25/van-steyns-welcome-baby-boy-to-the-family/
According to new grandpa, Shaun van Steyn, everything went smoothly at George Washington University Hospital, and both Simon and Shelly still haven’t come down from the high of welcoming a new life into the world.
Check out the winners from this year's Plein Air Festival
https://fcnp.com/2019/06/24/plein-air-festival-winners-announced/
Plein Air Prizes totaled nearly $4,000 in awards.
Youthful Charly is this week's Critter Corner star!
https://fcnp.com/2019/06/20/critter-corner-charly/
This lil' fur-ocious pup has got a lot of life in them
Question of the Week!
Know any real estate agents who moonlight as guitarists for a world-famous reggae band?
Know any real estate agents who moonlight as guitarists for a world-famous reggae band? Didn’t think so. At the June 8 Tinner Hill Music Festival, I did a double-take when I gazed upon the odd-man-out white guitarist on stage with Julian Junior Marvin’s Wailers. Yes, that was Dean Yeonas, my …
The earliest estimate on the installation of the permanent signal is around April 2020, more than two years after the pole first came down.
More than a year after a traffic light pole came crashing down in high winds at the corner of Annandale Road and Hillwood Avenue in Falls Church, the intersection’s signal is still waiting for its replacement. And now City officials say a permanent solution won’t be in place until sometime next ...
Our Historic Church — completed in 1769 — has seen much. But the congregation of The Falls Church, which predates the Historic Church by more than a generation, has seen even more.
By John Ohmer As part of the celebration of the 250th anniversary of our historic church, The Falls Church Episcopal placed a plaque in the sidewalk that literally carves in stone our vision statement: “The Falls Church Episcopal is a welcoming community, called to be an enduring beacon of faith, ...
First time running a marathon among exotic animals halfway across the world? No problem for this Falls Church local
https://fcnp.com/2019/06/21/f-c-marathoner-to-race-safari-course/
Courtney, 45, will be running the Safaricom Marathon, listed by Runner’s World Magazine as one of the world’s top 10 “must do” marathons.
There's yoga, music for kids and a high-intensity interval training workout on the schedule for this weekend.
Several local businesses are helping inaugurate the new, yet to be named renovated park on the 100 block of W. Broad Street, by offering free weekend classes. Karma Yoga is offering Sunday Morning Yoga on June 23 and 30, at 9 a.m. (bring your own mat) while Music Together will …
Matt Delaney’s thoughtful article on Lindy Hockenberry’s many contributions to Falls Church was right on target: In a community with many interesting and successful people, few match Lindy’s many positive contributions.
Letters to the Editor: June 20 – 26, 2019 Hockenberry Feature Story Was Right on Target Editor, Matt Delaney’s thoughtful article on Lindy Hockenberry’s many contributions to Falls Church was right on target: In a community with many interesting and successful people, few match Lindy’s many ...
June 2019 marks an historic month in the City of Falls Church even if only as marked by events of pomp and ceremony.
June 2019 marks an historic month in the City of Falls Church even if only as marked by events of pomp and ceremony.
Police report that early Thursday morning, a man entered the “business space” at 1057 W. Broad St., site of The West End Plaza strip mall, and pointed at handgun at the victim and demanded cash.
Police are on the lookout for four men after they say a victim was robbed at gunpoint on West Broad St. in the City of Falls Church early Thursday morning. City of Falls Church Police report that around 12:15 a.m. on Thursday, June 20, a man entered the “business space” …
In honor of Pride Month, check out the work gender therapists are doing behind the scenes to keep the LGBTQ community's personal and public well-being intact
https://fcnp.com/2019/06/20/gender-therapists-offer-critical-help-to-lgbtq-clientele/
Anne Rafal, along with fellow Falls Church-based gender therapists Carolyn Dozier and John Thomas, are a crucial part of the support system that makes a former population of outcasts comfortable in society’s mainstream as well as existing in their own skin.
Housing policy updates to the City of Falls Church’s Comprehensive Plan still need serious work by the City’s planning staff, at least three members of the Falls Church City Council insisted at the Council’s work session Monday.
Housing policy updates to the City of Falls Church’s Comprehensive Plan still need serious work by the City’s planning staff, at least three members of the Falls Church City Council insisted at the Council’s work session this Monday.
Junior Niharika Singhvi has attended Falls Church City Public Schools since 2006. In April of 2018, her parents’ work visas expired, and she was forced to return to India. Four months later, she arrived back at George Mason High School. Singhvi and her family’s experience is a result of recent developments in the increasingly hardline immigration policy.
This article previously appeared in The Lasso, GMHS.
Junior Niharika Singhvi has attended Falls Church City Public Schools since 2006. In April of 2018, her parents’ work visas expired, and she was forced to return to India.
The site is currently zoned for four stories and multiple uses including residential.
The 3.1 acre site of the 24 Hour Fitness at 1000 E. Broad St. in the City of Falls Church has sold for $21.25 million.
Remember phonebooks? They were a must in the 20th century.
Remember phonebooks? They were a must in the 20th century. Arlington had one as early as 1912, back when it was called Alexandria County. I perused such a directory at Central Library’s Center for Local History and pulled facts that help my ongoing portrait of our, then-officially segregated, home...
Lindy Hockenberry's tenure working with the City of Falls Church (in an official capacity) will come to an end soon, so take some time to look back everything she's been involved with over the years
https://fcnp.com/2019/06/14/after-50-years-of-service-to-f-c-city-hockenberry-reflects-on-her-journey/
She’s taught at multiple grades at Falls Church City Public Schools, served two terms as a City Council member, once as vice mayor, and has generally been a recognizable face and personality that seems to just pop up at any event in Falls Church, big or small.
Dominion’s power failures — and failure of Virginia’s lawmakers to hold Dominion accountable — are unacceptable and avoidable when technology is available to ensure we’re weather-ready and resilient.
By Karen E. Torrent We all recall 2012’s violent “derecho” storm that blasted the region, causing massive power outages for 900,000 Virginians, many who suffered for days in the brutal and stifling summer heat. The derecho should have been a wake-up call to everyone — including our state leg...
Still glowing from last weekend's Tinner Hill Music Festival? Us too. Relive the good times by taking in some of the best shots J. Michael Whalen got from the day-long bonanza
https://fcnp.com/2019/06/12/tinner-hill-music-fest-gets-groovy-in-rebranded-debut/
Performers like Lil’ Ed & The Blues Imperials harkened back to the festival’s blues roots, with new acts such as Convertible Jerk Band and Big Sam’s Funky Nation helping fill out the day’s new-look roster of talent.
We were also extremely disturbed by the unfair and unprofessional timing of this story, four days before the primary election, meaning that no time was given to rebut this distorted, biased and inaccurate “information.”
Letters to the Editor: June 13 – 19, 2019 Disturbed by News-Press’ Misleading Election Story Editor, We were appalled to see the misleading headline and editorial in this week’s Falls Church News-Press referring to “dark money” in the campaign for Commonwealth’s Attorney. We were also ex...
The flag flying reflected actions taken by a number of jurisdictions across the U.S. to do likewise, most being reported on social media and some occurring in states where the issue of equal rights has been contentious even to now.
By a unanimous vote at its meeting Monday, the Falls Church City Council voted to order the flying of the rainbow flag, emblematic of the movement for LGBTQ rights, on the City Hall flagpole during the “Pride Month” of June.
It is clearly time to clear the air after the Democratic primary campaigns of the recent months that became far more contentious, and in some cases downright nastier, than almost anyone anticipated.
The hard-fought victory, if by a narrow margin, of veteran State Senator Dick Saslaw, whose district includes the City of Falls Church, means the veteran lawmakers, as the Democrats’ current leader in that body, will stand an excellent chance of becoming the Senate Majority leader in Richmond, if ...
After more than a decade of the Mustangs finishing the year on top, their 11 year state title streak comes to an against Maggie Walker Governor's School
https://fcnp.com/2019/06/12/mason-girls-soccer-dynasty-ends-with-1-0-loss-to-maggie-walker/
It’s fitting that Mason’s (17-4-1) departure from the Class 2 ranks for Class 3 next year would be accompanied by the end of a run that spanned more than a decade.
Right before the last day of school, take a look at some of the scenes of Mason's graduates finishing off their high school career
https://fcnp.com/2019/06/12/mustangs-celebrate-final-day-as-classmates-at-graduation/
Check out some of the scenes from this year's graduation
Mason's boys were on the doorstep of a seventh state title in 10 years, but came up short against Robert E. Lee High School in the championship match
https://fcnp.com/2019/06/12/mustangs-fall-to-lee-2-0-ending-season-in-state-finals/
It wasn’t the result the Mustangs wanted, but they aren’t letting a loss to a quality team jade their view of the season.
In Falls Church, according to the Voter Registrar’s office, 22 percent of active registered voters showed up at the polls, a high number for a usually uncontested primary.
Human rights attorney Parisa Dehghani-Tafti scored an upset over incumbent Theo Stamos in the Democratic primary for the Arlington-Falls Church Commonwealth’s Attorney race, while veteran incumbent State Sen. Dick Saslaw prevailed in his close Democratic primary race against two challengers Tuesda...
For Northern Virginia, the funds include $700,000 for the American Legion project, $2 million for three Community Housing Partners projects and $700,000 for a Wesley Housing Development Corporation project in Fairfax County.
Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam held a press conference in Arlington Tuesday to announce more than $11 million in Affordable and Special Needs Housing loans for 17 projects throughout the Commonwealth, creating or preserving 1,283 affordable housing units that will target low-income and very low-income....
Dehghani-Tafti Upsets Incumbent Stamos in Race for Commonwealth’s Attorney
With only one Arlington precinct to report, challenger Parisa Dehghani-Tafti has scored an upset over incumbent Theo Stamos in the Democratic primary for the Arlington-Falls Church Commonwealth Attorney race, according to the Virginia Department of Elections website.
Dulin United turns 150 and the Little City turned out to show some love
https://fcnp.com/2019/06/07/scenes-from-dulin-uniteds-150th-celebration/
The packed house was there to ring in the church’s 150th anniversary, and parishioners were all smiles and in good spirits, despite the fact that that schmuck of a cameraman showed up late.
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A last-second score gave the George Mason High School Mustang boys basketball team a 74-72 win over Graham High in the Virginia State Tournament quarterfinals today, sending the team to the “Final Four” in Richmond next Friday.
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