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City of Falls Church Celebrates 2025 as Year of Substantial Progress
Following is based on a Dec. 19 press release by the City of Falls Church:
Today, the City of Falls Church released its 2025 Year In Review, highlighting a year of substantial action and community-fo...
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December 19, 2025 at 5:41 PM
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The AI Experience at Meridian H.S.: Parent Coffee Reveals School's Adaptive Responses to Generative AI’s Disruptions
.... At Meridian High School in the City of Falls Church, Principal Peter Laub, and IB Diploma Program Coordinator Josh Singer hosted “From Chalkboards to Chatbots,” a Dec. 11 Parent Coffee with a pan...
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December 18, 2025 at 8:01 PM
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Weekend Buzz: Dec. 11, 2025
The Santamobile is zipping through Falls Church neighborhoods, Cherry Hill Farmhouse has delightful mid-19th century holiday tea parties, holiday markets and art fairs abound, outdoor ice skating at t...
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December 11, 2025 at 10:55 PM
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Weekend Buzz: Dec. 4, 2025
....In Falls Church, don't miss the Santamobile, the Holiday Craft Fair and the Children's Holiday Shoppe at the Community Center, as well as many nearby Holiday Markets. Georgetown's hosting a major ...
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December 4, 2025 at 9:55 PM
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Editorial: How Long Can This President Continue to Serve?
Talk of removing an “unfit” President by invoking the 25th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution has been swirling lately as President Trump, 79, has exhibited increasingly erratic behaviors and marked s...
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December 2, 2025 at 9:48 PM
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Weekend Buzz: Nov. 26, 2025
....on Small Business Friday and Giving Tuesday. We have ways to support local nonprofits.... Cherry Hill Farmhouse has a Victorian Christmas, Mary Riley Styles has a book group discussion, Meadowlark...
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November 26, 2025 at 10:05 PM
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Weekend Buzz: Nov. 21, 2025
Much more to do in town with the federal government's museums, galleries, and exhibits reopening (Think Zoo Lights!) Nearby, there's a new show at Falls Church Arts, holiday crafting at Cherry Hill Fa...
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November 21, 2025 at 10:01 PM
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F.C. Bulletin: School Board Election Recount?; Library's New Digital Archive; FY '26 Arts & Humanities Grants
Despite the Falls Church News-Press's claims yesterday that "Falls Church voters elected five members to the Falls Church City School Board in Tuesday's election," the five candidates on the Nov. 4 ba...
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November 6, 2025 at 8:58 PM
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Weekend Buzz: Nov. 5, 2025
So much to do around town! On Tuesday, Nov. 11, the City will hold its annual Veterans Day Ceremony at the Community Center. You can try your hand at flower pressing at Cherry Hill Farm House, have yo...
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November 5, 2025 at 10:45 PM
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City Council Candidate Brian Pendleton’s Unique Qualifications, Proposals
An interview with Brian Pendleton, non-incumbent candidate for Falls Church City Council in the Nov. 4 elections.
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October 30, 2025 at 8:23 PM
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Everyone’s stepping up! www.fallschurchindependent.com/f-c-restaura...
F.C. Restaurants, Businesses, City Government Step Up for Furloughed Workers
With federal employees constituting nearly 9 percent of its workforce, it's not surprising that the City of Falls Church has been particularly hard hit by the federal government shutdown, now in its 2...
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October 28, 2025 at 6:44 PM
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LOVE Unveiled! www.fallschurchindependent.com/city-unveils...
City Unveils ‘LOVE Letters’ Sculpture Celebrating 75th Anniversary, ‘Diversity & Inclusivity’
....Yesterday morning, Oct. 22, 2025, in one of the most prominent community gathering spots in The Little City, the ‘LOVE Letters - ‘Reflection: Diversity and Inclusivity Sculpture‘ was ceremoniousl...
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October 23, 2025 at 7:47 PM
LOVE Unveiled! www.fallschurchindependent.com/city-unveils...
Rare Bird’s breaking news and local arts support! www.fallschurchindependent.com/rare-bird-ce...
Rare Bird Celebrates Local Arts, Enhances Café Business
With all the growth in The Little City these days, it’s hard to keep track of the number of independent coffee shops, cafés, and tea parlors popping up around town. But, to our knowledge, only one – R...
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October 21, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Rare Bird’s breaking news and local arts support! www.fallschurchindependent.com/rare-bird-ce...
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No Kings II Rally: Turnout in Falls Church Exceeds June 14 Protest
.... Saturday’s No Kings II protests in downtown Falls Church Oct. 18 were hailed as a turnout success by organizers, as perhaps over a thousand local ralliers joined an estimated 7 million protesters...
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October 20, 2025 at 10:01 PM
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Celebrating a Century of Service! www.fallschurchindependent.com/f-c-voluntee...
F.C. Volunteer Fire Department Holds Open House, Celebrates Century of Service
For Fire Prevention Week – and in celebration of 100 years of safeguarding Falls Church and Arlington County “with dedication and community pride” – the Falls Church Volunteer Fire Department (FCVFD),...
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October 14, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Celebrating a Century of Service! www.fallschurchindependent.com/f-c-voluntee...
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Weekend Buzz: Oct. 8, 2025
Despite the government shutdown, there's so much to do around town! Celebrate Farm Day at Cherry Hill Park, attend our local Volunteer Fire Department's Open House, commemorate Indigenous People's Day...
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October 8, 2025 at 9:47 PM
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Meet Kathleen Tysse, candidate for FCC School Board! www.fallschurchindependent.com/fcc-school-b...
FCC School Board Vice Chair Kathleen Tysse’s 2025 Re-Election Campaign
Kathleen Tysse – Vice Chair of the Falls Church City School Board, former elementary school teacher with an Education Masters from U.V.A., and mom to four students in the City’s public schools – is ru...
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October 2, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Meet Kathleen Tysse, candidate for FCC School Board! www.fallschurchindependent.com/fcc-school-b...
Guess who’s re-opening in Falls Church? www.fallschurchindependent.com/falls-church...
Falls Church Antiques Annex Re-opens Oct. 6
In a surprise retail turnaround, the Falls Church Antiques Annex (FCAA) – one of the City’s most beloved shops which closed last April – will be re-opening its doors to customers at 250 W. Broad St....
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October 1, 2025 at 10:04 PM
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Grand Opening of West Falls! www.fallschurchindependent.com/grand-openin...
'Grand Opening' Ribbon-Cutting for West Falls, Sept. 25
....Beneath an expansive tent on the Commons of the West Falls Development, Thursday, Sept. 25, the “Grand Opening” of West Falls, a nearly 10-acre transit-oriented mixed-use neighborhood, marked the ...
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September 30, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Grand Opening of West Falls! www.fallschurchindependent.com/grand-openin...
Meet Lori Silverman, candidate for re-election to the FCC School Board! www.fallschurchindependent.com/fcc-school-b...
FCC School Board Member Lori Silverman's 2025 Re-Election Bid
Four years ago, Lori K. Silverman – a Democratic Political Consultant with her own LLC, a non-practicing lawyer with a Juris Doctorate from GWU School of Law, and a mom of two Falls Church City public...
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September 22, 2025 at 10:48 PM
Meet Lori Silverman, candidate for re-election to the FCC School Board! www.fallschurchindependent.com/fcc-school-b...
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Weekend Buzz: Sept. 17, 2025
...Tomorrow is Falls Church's Park(ing) Day and at Cherry Hill Park enjoy Sunset Cinema on Friday and Vietnamese Heritage Day on Saturday. Little City Concerts' third season also launches this Saturda...
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September 17, 2025 at 10:54 PM
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F.C. Bulletin: Foodie Trek II; New Mahjong Biz.; City to Laud 'Culture of Repair;' Paragon's G-Parents' Day
Attention all Food Trekkies! Keep those discerning palettes cleansed! On the heels of this summer's first Greater Falls Church Foodie Trek, July 1 to Aug. 31, now comes the Second Greater Falls Church...
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September 3, 2025 at 9:27 PM
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Weekend Buzz: Aug. 27, 2025
This Labor Day weekend is packed with fun and stimulating activities. We've got a variety of ways to celebrate, special activities for kids and families (including chicken feeding!), wholesome-ass out...
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August 27, 2025 at 7:20 PM
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Meet Anne Sherwood, candidate for reelection to the FCC School Board! www.fallschurchindependent.com/f-c-c-school...
F.C.C. School Board Member Sherwood Launches Re-Election Bid
From the Cherry Hill Park pavilion this past Sunday, Aug. 24, Falls Church City School Board member Anne Sherwood launched her campaign for re-election to the Board in the upcoming Nov. 4 City electio...
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August 26, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Meet Anne Sherwood, candidate for reelection to the FCC School Board! www.fallschurchindependent.com/f-c-c-school...
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Weekend Buzz: Aug. 20, 2025
We have dining festivals in Greater Falls Church and D.C., a how-to on "turning a whim into a brand," and new selections in local comedy, music, art, theater, and film (with loads of Sunset Cinema opt...
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August 20, 2025 at 9:01 PM
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