Week in Great Falls
Richard & Mary Kelly are opening their home to the community and sharing their private art collection of American Illustration for a fundraiser on Sept. 27, 7—9 p.m.
Great Falls Community Plants White Oak Trees
Great Falls residents' contributions to the GFCA Legacy Oak Tree Program resulted in the first planting of large white oaks around the village area in early September.
Great Falls Home Sales: August, 2014
In August 2014, 18 Great Falls homes sold between $6,188,600-$464,000.
Great Falls Home Sales: August, 2014
Great Falls Honors 9/11 Victims
Candles lit, names read during memorial ceremony.
Still 13 years later, it is a date no American can forget. The annual Great Falls 9/11 Memorial Ceremony was held on Thursday at the Freedom Memorial to remember the six village citizens who died when a plane hit the Pentagon more than a decade ago.
Letter: Local Foundation Hosts DaVinci Challenge
Letter to the Editor
To the Editor: True innovation begins when dreamers finally decide to give substance to their ideas. Leonardo da Vinci once said, “I have been impressed with the urgency of doing. Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Being willing is not enough; we must do.”
Letter: Ebola: Panic in All the Wrong Places
Letter to the Editor
To the Editor: Ebola is spreading to epidemic proportions in West Africa. There are no uncontrolled cases of Ebola in the U.S. In spite of this, it is the people of Africa who need to worry more, and Americans who need to worry less. However, the virus is not taken nearly seriously enough by the people of West Africa.
Elizabeth Wiley wins the Great Falls Farmers Market Basket Raffle
Last Saturday, Sept. 13, was the Great Falls Farmers Market annual "Getting to Know You" Market. Vendors wore name tags.
Butterfly Window Display At Great Falls Library
Reston Anthropologie donates display to Great Falls Garden Club for use in new exhibit.
The Reston store of fashion-forward clothing retailer Anthropologie has donated its window display of more than 10,000 hand cut and hand painted paper Monarch butterflies to the Great Falls Garden Club for use in the club’s new exhibit on the wildflower and native grass meadow at the Great Falls Library.
Local Real Estate: July, 2014 Top Sales in Great Falls and McLean
In July 2014, 16 Great Falls homes sold between $2,200,000-$512,500, and 116 homes sold between $3,022,000-$188,000 in the McLean and Falls Church area.
Local Real Estate: July, 2014 Top Sales in Great Falls and McLean
Langley Volleyball Coach Shifflett Reaches 300 Wins
Andrejev’s 17 kills lead Saxons over South Lakes.
The Langley volleyball team defeated South Lakes on Monday night, giving head coach Susan Shifflett her 300th career victory.
Deadly Potomac
Drownings near Great falls Park are visitors, say experts.
Every year, a handful of people fall victim to the surging, powerful waters of the Potomac Gorge. According to experts, most accidents on the white waters near Great Falls Park are from visitors rather than experts kayaking or rafting the rapids.
BrightView Opening Soon
A new assisted living community will be opening soon in Great Falls. When BrightView Assisted Living opens this month, it will already be half full with residents.
Speaker’s Series to Be Held in Great Falls
The series will kickoff on Sept. 23 at the Great Falls Library.
The Great Falls Speaker’s Series, a dynamic, new series that will feature a wide array of literary artists from diverse creative backgrounds, will kick off on Tuesday, Sept. 23. The evening events, to be held monthly at the Great Falls Library, will be free and open to the public.
Planning for Holiday Homes Tour Underway
McLean Woman’s Club holds annual Kickoff Tea.
The Woman’s Club of McLean held its annual “Wintertime in August” kickoff tea on Thursday, Aug. 21, to preview its 48th annual Holiday Homes Tour, which will take place in early December. This year’s tour will feature four large houses in close-in Langley Farms, a historic McLean neighborhood just off Dolley Madison Boulevard. (Route 123).
Towlston Bridge Re-opens in Time for School Year
The Virginia Department of Transportation re-opened two bridges in Fairfax County on Sunday, Aug. 31, after crews worked quickly to replace the crossings in just two months and restore traffic for school bus routes.