Tuesday, June 11, is primary election day in Virginia. The ballot this time is fairly short: two Lt. Governor candidates and two Attorney General candidates are running for the Democratic nomination. The victors will face the closed convention-chosen Republican candidates in November. One House of Delegates seat in western Fairfax [...]

This is in regard to the letter in the May 23rd edition from Adriane Hart concerning the looks of Falls Church and the new shopping area Mosiac.

City of Falls Church, VA Crime Report for May 27 – June 2, 2013  NOTE: This report is not a definitive list of all criminal activity and is subject to change upon investigation.  Public Drunkenness, 312 Hillwood Ave. (Larry Graves Park) On May 27, a male 34, of Sterling, was arrested [...]

The public is invited to attend the annual Friends of the W&OD Trail picnic at American Legion Post 130 this Saturday, June 8, from noon – 4 p.m. This year’s picnic will serve as a celebration of the life of Walter L. Mess. Mess, who established the Northern Virginia Regional [...]

By Gretchen Powell I have been through more diets, health trends, and attempted “lifestyle changes” than you can shake a stick at. And somewhere along the path between the first time I tried Atkins and that week I spent following the Cabbage Soup Diet, I started to figure out that [...]

Swallowing a large dose of reality is never fun. It doesn’t matter how young, beautiful, or rich you may be, ultimately there will be things beyond your reach. You’ll want them so desperately, and there’s no way to attain them. Every reality TV show seems to have that one contestant [...]

Every second Saturday in June, Falls Church residents and visitors from across the region and beyond are treated to outstanding blues music and festivities. This year, the annual Tinner Hill Blues Festival will be no different. We have planned a special weekend to commemorate our 20th music festival. Our mission [...]

Regional Differences Cited, 2 Also Bidding For Attorney General CORRECTION: For attorney general, the Washington Post endorsed Justin Fairfax, not Mark Herring as erroneous reported here. Aneesh Chopra and State Sen. Ralph Northam have pulled out the stops in the final days of their campaign for the Democratic nomination for lieutenant governor, [...]

Falls Church’s Tinner Hill Blues Festival was launched in 1994 as a music-centered street festival. From those modest beginnings, the event has developed into the weekend-long fête of all things blues that will take over The Little City this weekend, an affair replete with art, film, lectures, and – of [...]

This Tuesday, attorneys for Falls Church resident Michael Gardner, sentenced to a 22-year prison term for molesting two Falls Church girls in 2011, argued before a three-judge panel of the Court of Appeals of Virginia, and the panel will rule in the next few weeks whether Gardner can appeal to [...]