Great Falls: Farmers Market Returns Saturday
Great Falls Farmers Market to celebrate 10th anniversary with “farmers market basket.”
The years have passed in quiet footsteps of vendors and local neighbors coming and going, loving and appreciating, doing finest work and choosing only the finest for our loving families’ nourishment and refinement.
Great Falls: Betty Nalls Swartz Honored at Tibbetts Award Banquet
Former award winners, Great Falls Historical Society (GFHS) board and members and many friends of Betty Swartz gathered last Thursday to participate in celebrating Betty's many contributions.
Bear-ing Witness on What Makes Great Falls Great
Lions and tigers, maybe not. But bears we got.
Yes, Virginia, there are bears in Great Falls.
Pen & Palette Illustrates Artistic Community Collaboration
On Thursday, May 5, the Great Falls Writers Group (GFWG), along with artists from the Great Falls Studios, combine creative energy to host a public event at the Great Falls Library to recognize the community’s volume of artistic talent.
Celebrating Spring with Arts in Great Falls
Art Walk in the Village: First Fridays will kick off on Friday, May 6, 2016 in the Village Center in Great Falls.
Weekend Fun
Weekend fun.
Fairfax County: Supervisors Approve 4-Cent Tax Rate Increase
The gap between the Fairfax County School Board and total county budgets is a formality away from being the smallest since before Jan. 7 when FCPS Superintendent Dr. Karen Garza announced she wouldn’t be making any additional cuts in her $2.67 billion Fiscal Year 2017 budget.
Fairfax County: Torres Pleads Guilty to Involuntary Manslaughter of John Geer
Former Police officer faced murder charges for 2013 shooting
It was over before it began. Neither prosecution nor defense gave opening statements in former Fairfax County Police Officer Adam Torres’ trial for the August 2013 murder of Springfield resident John Geer. Instead on Monday, April 18, Torres pleaded guilty to felony involuntary manslaughter for the August 2013 incident.
Great Falls: Stormwater Task Force Holds Town Hall Meeting
On April 12, the Great Falls Citizens Association’s (GFCA) newly formed Stormwater Task Force (SWTF) sponsored a Town Hall meeting at the Great Falls Library, which attracted 60 residents and ran from 7:30 p.m. until 10:30 p.m.
Great Falls Native Earns His Wings
U.S. Navy Ensign Trevor James Shafran, a 2014 graduate of the United States Naval Academy, recently earned his “Naval Aviator Wings” after successfully completing two years of primary flight training at Naval Air Station Pensacola and specialized helicopter flight training at NAS Whiting Field in Milton, Fla.
Great Falls: Students Honored at Poetry Luncheon
GFFN recognizes Great Falls Elementary students in 34th annual contest.
The 2016 Poetry Luncheon honoring the winners of the 34th annual Great Falls Elementary School Poetry Contest was held Thursday, April 14 at River Bend Golf and Country Club in Great Falls.
Letter: Stormwater Management Engages Community
To the Editor
The Great Falls Citizens Association would like to thank all those that came to the to the Stormwater Management meeting held on April 12 at the library.
Letter: Dealing with Stormwater, Personal Experience
To the Editor
I recently participated in a Great Falls Citizen Association (GFCA) Town Hall Meeting and spoke, as a panel participant, to my personal experience living in Great Falls and dealing with Stormwater.
Great Falls: Women Juggle Work, Families, Education
Great Falls Friends and Neighbors committed to assisting working women pursuing higher education.
George Mason’s Libby Dissauer understands students who juggle raising a family while pursuing an education, who have to decide whether to pay rent, buy food, get gas or pay tuition.
Great Falls: Eyesore Improves, Bank Coming
Construction on TD Bank scheduled for Fall; opening of two-lane drive-thru bank anticipated for February.
The community called the site of the old Exxon Station, with environmental cleanup underway, an “eyesore.”