A 43-year-old Falls Church man was robbed at knifepoint by three men near Bailey’s Crossroads last month, police reported today. Fairfax County Police say around 9:30 p.m. on Tuesday, April 30, a man was walking alone when he was approached by three men on Williams Lane near Columbia Pike. One [...]

Police were called to the report of a robbery on Williams Lane near Bailey’s Crossroads on Tuesday, April 30, at around 9:30 p.m. A 43-year-old Falls Church man was walking alone when he was approached by three men, one of whom displayed a knife and demanded money. The victim handed over [...]

Since the end of my innocence, when I became a teenager, I have been fascinated by the character traits that make me up. Some come from my father – my discipline, my fierce determination, and, of course, my hardheadedness – while my free-spirited and high-flying idealism come from my mother. [...]

Questions ‘Court Security’ Issue at City Hall Editor, In an article in your May 2-9 edition regarding South Washington Street Development, you discussed plans to renovate or build a new City Hall. In that article, one of the justifications for these plans was that “court security is woefully lacking there.” [...]

One of the beauties of springtime in Northern Virginia is the profusion of mature azaleas that provide gorgeous color to neighborhood yards. We are fortunate in Mason District to have many older homes that have fostered and sustained decades of azalea maturity. The pinks and purples especially pop this year, [...]

For those of you who may not know, Citizens for a Better City (CBC) has been involved in the Little City since 1959. Our mission is to promote civic activism and encourage and support local leadership – it is for the latter that we meet tonight. As evidenced most clearly [...]

This week, Republican leadership in the House brought forth legislation entitled “the Working Families Flexibility Act, H.R. 1406.” The title, however, is greatly misleading. A more accurate name would be the Employer Flexibility Act, because the bill would give employers the flexibility to deny their workers overtime pay. H.R. 1406 [...]

The General Assembly officially adjourned one month ago, and most Virginians have stopped thinking about the 2013 session. The issues raised and votes cast in Richmond are history; now we are focusing on the political future. Many Virginia politicians prefer this focus, because the future is more about promises and [...]

With just a month to go before the June 11 filing deadline, the future of the City of Falls Church and its schools may depend on who files to run for the four City Council and five School Board seats that will be contested this November. Civic leaders are working [...]

Falls Church’s foremost and venerable civic organization, the 54-year-old Citizens for a Better (CBC) in recent years opted out of the process of vetting, endorsing and campaigning for candidates for local elections here. But they’re not entirely detached from the process of the upcoming election of four (out of seven) Falls Church City Council candidates and five (out of seven) School Board candidates.