The State of NoVa: Falls Church


Posted at 06:15 AM ET, 04/12/2013

Fairfax City votes to join Fairfax Water, Great Water Wars of Fairfax County nearly over
By Tom Jackman
Vienna also joined Fairfax, dropped its lawsuit. Falls Church will vote on it.

By Tom Jackman  |  06:15 AM ET, 04/12/2013 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  Fairfax City, Fairfax County, Falls Church, Vienna | Tags:  Fairfax City, Va., Fairfax Water, Fairfax County, Va., Falls Church, Va., Vienna, Va.

Posted at 05:12 AM ET, 03/11/2013

George Mason High assistant coach Svetlana Pankratova has world’s longest women’s legs
By Tom Jackman
Former VCU basketball player now coaching at George Mason High

By Tom Jackman  |  05:12 AM ET, 03/11/2013 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  Svetlana Pankratova, world's longest legs, Falls Church, Va., George Mason High School, Guinness Book of World Records

Posted at 05:10 AM ET, 02/26/2013

Fairfax City ready to join Fairfax County’s water utility; county water wars may be near an end
By Tom Jackman
Falls Church and Vienna also ready to end their water utilities

By Tom Jackman  |  05:10 AM ET, 02/26/2013 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  Fairfax City, Va., Falls Church, Va., Fairfax Water, Scott Silverthorne, Robert Sisson, Dan Drummond

Posted at 05:01 AM ET, 01/30/2013

Falls Church first in Northern Va. to use cameras to ticket drivers who don’t stop for school buses
By Tom Jackman
Cameras on buses could result in $250 tickets for violators

By Tom Jackman  |  05:01 AM ET, 01/30/2013 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  Falls Church, Va., Falls Church schools, surveillance cameras, school bus safety, Stephanie Oppenheimer

Posted at 05:00 AM ET, 01/02/2013

Falls Church’s Rheinhardt Harrison is fastest distance runner in America among 8-year-olds
By Tom Jackman
The 8-year-old won back-to-back national championships last month

By Tom Jackman  |  05:00 AM ET, 01/02/2013 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  Falls Church, Sports | Tags:  Rheinhardt Harrison, Falls Church, Fairfax Police Youth Club, Leo Manzano, USA Track and Field, AAU, Cross Country Coaches National Youth Championship

Posted at 05:55 AM ET, 11/19/2012

Falls Church’s Pimmit Hills neighborhood has the first ‘passive house’ in Fairfax County
By Tom Jackman
The green home is expected to reduce the owner’s energy cost by 90 percent.

By Tom Jackman  |  05:55 AM ET, 11/19/2012 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  Passive house, Falls Church, Nelson Labbe, Peter Henry, Richard Dobson

Posted at 06:24 PM ET, 11/09/2012

Mary Gavin takes over Falls Church police dept., becomes second female chief in Northern Virginia
By Tom Jackman
Former deputy chief succeeds Harry Reitze, who is retiring.

By Tom Jackman  |  06:24 PM ET, 11/09/2012 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  Falls Church, Police | Tags:  Mary Gavin, Falls Church, Falls Church police

Posted at 09:48 PM ET, 10/24/2012

Falls Church will enter mediation to sell its water utility to Fairfax County, where most customers are
By Tom Jackman
Falls Church charges 60 percent more than Fairfax Water, Fairfax says

By Tom Jackman  |  09:48 PM ET, 10/24/2012 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  Falls Church, Fairfax County, Fairfax City, Vienna | Tags:  Falls Church, Fairfax County, Falls Church water, Fairfax Water

Posted at 05:20 PM ET, 09/24/2012

Arlington, Falls Church receive funds to prevent stormwater runoff to Chesapeake Bay
By Donna Peterson
Grants will help homes, businesses control stormwater runoff

By Donna Peterson  |  05:20 PM ET, 09/24/2012 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  Arlington County, Falls Church | Tags:  Arlington County, Falls Church, Chesapeake Bay Stewardship Fund, Chesapeake Bay, National Fish and Wildlife Foundation, stormwater runoff

Posted at 12:26 PM ET, 08/22/2012

Charges dismissed in Falls Church spa case
By Tom Jackman
A woman charged with running an unlicensed massage parlor after an assault had the charges dismissed.

By Tom Jackman  |  12:26 PM ET, 08/22/2012 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  Falls Church, Police | Tags:  Falls Church, Falls Church police, Venus and Mars Spa, Lien Tran

Posted at 06:01 AM ET, 06/22/2012

Falls Church police run sting on Vietnamese spa owner just before her trial on license violations
By Tom Jackman
After she said she was sexually attacked, police charged her with running an illegal massage parlor.

By Tom Jackman  |  06:01 AM ET, 06/22/2012 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  Falls Church | Tags:  Falls Church police

Posted at 08:48 AM ET, 04/18/2012

Falls Church Vietnamese community protests handling of sexual assault report
By Tom Jackman
A Vietnamese day spa owner says she was assaulted, but police charged her and closed her business.

By Tom Jackman  |  08:48 AM ET, 04/18/2012 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  Falls Church, Crime | Tags:  Falls Church, Vietnamese community, sexual assault

Posted at 01:21 PM ET, 11/16/2011

Falls Church is king of Virginia recycling, again
By Tom Jackman
Statewide, localities in Virginia are recycling about 40 percent of their waste. But the city of Falls Church is doing way better, with 60 percent recycling last year, its second year at the top.

By Tom Jackman  |  01:21 PM ET, 11/16/2011 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  Falls Church | Tags:  Falls Church recycling, Virginia

Posted at 05:00 AM ET, 09/28/2011

Only Falls Church is The Little City,™ no one else
By Tom Jackman
The city trademarked the phrase last year, and has now been selected to spread the word at the National Trademark Expo in Alexandria next month.

By Tom Jackman  |  05:00 AM ET, 09/28/2011 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  Falls Church | Tags:  The Little City, Falls Church, Virginia

Posted at 03:30 AM ET, 07/11/2011

Fairfax County pondering buying Falls Church Water, again
By Tom Jackman
Fairfax Supervisor John Foust is floating the idea that the county should buy Falls Church Water, which charges much more than Fairfax Water but is run by the city of Falls Church.

By Tom Jackman  |  03:30 AM ET, 07/11/2011 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  Falls Church, McLean, Fairfax County | Tags:  Falls Church Water, Virginia