Great Falls News

Great Falls Elementary School student Emily Nesbitt and her mother, Beth Nesbitt, learn how to do Shodo, or Japanese calligraphy, at Eisugakkan Elementary School in Japan.

Jim Luce, new GFCA president, discusses projects to be tackled. By Mike DiCicco Wednesday, July 16, 2008 Last month, the Great Falls Citizens Association elected as its 2008-09 president Jim Luce, last year's ...

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Citizens Association collects 1,300 signatures in support of the petition. Tuesday, July 08, 2008 After going over the results of the 2020 Vision Survey taken by citizens of Great Falls last year, it became ...

On July 4th, at 2 p.m., Ryan Gottwald of Great Falls and seven other children will tap the Liberty Bell in Independence Hall in Philadelphia to initiate the "Let Freedom Ring 2008" ceremony across the nation.

In the first five months of 2008, officers from the Fairfax County Police Reston District Station have had 43 contacts with gang-related activity in the district, which encompasses parts of Great Falls and ...

In his hunt for a new home, Demetrius Stroud crunched the numbers to find out that, with gas prices climbing, moving near an Amtrak station is the best thing for his wallet.

July 4th Picnic, 5K Walk/Run Christ the King Lutheran Church in Great Falls is hosting a 7:30 p.m. picnic on July 4. Hotdogs and beverages will be provided.

Foundation for the Arts established. Tuesday, June 24, 2008 The fast-growing movement to make Great Falls into a leading center for the visual arts in Northern Virginia took another step forward today with the ...

In 1998, Fairfax County opened Amberlea, a community of 30 townhomes nestled among Great Falls Crossing's single family homes, to people who qualified for the Affordable Dwelling Unit Program based on their ...

If your weekend travels will take you through Great Falls in Virginia , you need to know about a bridge closure.

Crandall, Danner named district's Lord and Lady Fairfax. By Mike DiCicco Both the Lord and Lady Fairfax for the Dranesville District are McLean residents this year, and although Frank Crandall and Pamela Danner ...

Judy Grande, a former reporter who was nominated for a Pulitzer Prize for a series of articles she wrote while on staff at The Journal News in Rockland, has died.

BUYINS.NET, www.buyins.net, announced today that these select companies have been added to the NASDAQ, AMEX and NYSE naked short threshold list: Community Bankers Trust Corporation , New Generation Biofuels ...

Fluor Corporation and Transurban are settling in on the Virginia Department of Motor Vehicles property off the interchange of Georgetown Pike and the Beltway.

In conjunction with Great Falls Charitable Foundation, Great Falls Elementary School held a golf tournament in early May, in order to raise money for the school.

Are you wondering about Northern Virginia real estate and pondering what has sold recently? Here's some information about the most expensive home sales in Northern Virginia for May 2008.

Mount Vernon Estate and Gardens, home of George Washington, boasts 23 theaters and galleries.

As Great Falls Studios has grown, so has its calendar of events. Last year, the group, which began with a dozen people and five years later boasts a membership of 77 Great Falls artists, added a major spring ...

Lisa Gray's sister and niece each held one of her hands, the day Gray chose to have her head shaved in a hair salon.