A Northern Virginia native, Scott McCaffrey has four decades of reporting, editing and newsroom experience in the local area plus Florida, South Carolina and the eastern panhandle of West Virginia. He spent 26 years as editor of the Sun Gazette newspaper chain. For Local News Now, he covers government and civic issues in Arlington, Fairfax County and Falls Church.
Early voting is running heavy in Falls Church, with about 31% of the electorate having cast ballots as of earlier this week.
More than 3,600 Falls Church voters had voted in person, by mail or via the City Hall dropbox, as of the most recent Electoral Board meeting on Monday.
