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A rapidly expanding brand offering prepared meal deliveries is launching in Arlington and Falls Church in the new year.

Feast & Fettle will begin working with customers in and around Arlington starting on Jan. 3, selling a rotating list of entrees, plus sides and options for kids.


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A lottery ticket from a Falls Church wholesale store was worth $50,000 in a Powerball drawing over the weekend.

BJ’s Wholesale Club (6607 Wilson Blvd) sold the ticket, which was one of five $50,000 winners statewide. The winner beat roughly 1 in 900,000 odds to successfully match four numbers plus the Powerball.


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An ever-increasing amount of Falls Church history is now available with just a few keystrokes.

The city’s Mary Riley Styles Public Library has started encouraging the public to take a test drive of its new digital archive.


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A full slate of classic cover bands from Elvis to ABBA is coming to Falls Church between now and the new year, with more to come in 2026.

State Theatre (220 N. Washington Street) will host more than a dozen tribute acts between now and the end of March, according to the current schedule.


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Arlington and Falls Church have both ranked as some of the most livable localities in the nation for the second year in the row.

Arlington was at the top of the charts for “large communities” and Falls Church was No. 2 among “small communities,” according to a new ranking of U.S. localities from the American Association of Retired People (AARP).


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A new spot for bites and brews has opened in Falls Church, replacing a former motel.

Stratford Garden opened yesterday (Tuesday) at the long-vacant Stratford Motor Lodge at 300 W. Broad Street, abuzz with local officials including Falls Church Mayor Letty Hardi.


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A series of public forums celebrating free speech is coming to Falls Church next year in celebration of the United States’ 250th birthday.

Members of the Falls Church250 Committee have tentatively agreed to sponsor a series of at least two dozen “soapbox” forums, giving residents the opportunity to speak about their views on the current state of national and local affairs.


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Falls Church homeowners may or may not see a dip in real estate taxes next year as property assessments continue to rise.

At a Dec. 3 planning session of City Council members, there was general consensus around the desire to lower the current tax rate to offset expected higher home-assessment values. But doing so was left as a goal, rather than made a requirement, as city staff begins developing the fiscal year 2027 budget.


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Falls Church city and school leaders head into planning for the fiscal year 2027 budget with many unknowns to contend with.

David So, the city government’s new budget director, sketched out a number of budget scenarios at a Monday (Dec. 1) work session between members of the City Council and School Board. Depending on the scenario, his projections leave a budget gap of between $2.7 million and $5.4 million that will have to be addressed before a final budget is adopted next May.


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Signage for a new discount grocery store has appeared all over a vacant storefront in Falls Church, breathing new life into the site after more than two years.

Many details about the Grocery Outlet Bargain Market at 500 S. Washington Street remain unclear, including its opening date. As the new location attracts questions and even some early reviews, here’s a look at what is publicly known.


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A new option for Mexican cuisine plans to open soon at Falls Church’s Founders Row.

Fish Taco will begin serving diners Baja-style dishes, with a particular emphasis on seafood, “within the next two weeks” at 930 W. Broad Street, a spokesperson told ARLnow.


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The Falls Church city government continues to chip away at its staff vacancies, but faces ongoing challenges with public safety recruitment.

The 8% vacancy rate recorded across all city departments in early November “is, I think, the lowest we’ve been since the pandemic,” City Manager Wyatt Shields told members of the City Council’s government-operations committee on Nov. 26.


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