Nicholas F. Benton is an Editor at the Falls Church News-Press. He covers a wide range of topics including regional interest and world news, with a focus on government and politics, urban development, and the housing market. His work has been featured in The Business Herald and the Falls Church News-Press.
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By: Nicholas F. Benton
The TV series “Foyle’s War” is one of the most engaging the relevant programming in this era, even though the series originally appeared via PBS over two decades ago. One of the most compelling aspects of the show was its historical accuracy owing to writer Anthony Horowitz’ deep research into the events of the days
By: Nicholas F. Benton
Falls Church-raised author and longtime News-Press copy editor Theodore Edwin “Ted” White died May 24, 2026, at age 88. Born Feb. 4, 1938, in Washington, D.C., White was a prominent American science-fiction writer, editor and fan, as well as a music critic. He wrote and edited professionally as Ted White. In addition to books and
By: Nicholas F. Benton
The biggest news out of this week’s primary elections in five states across the U.S., including Virginia, came from Falls Church’s own rep, Don Beyer, who told the News-Press in an exclusive interview yesterday that, based on Tuesday’s primary results, the list of potential gains for Democrats in the upcoming midterm election has grown to
The biggest news out of this week’s primary elections in five states across the U.S., including Virginia, came from Falls Church’s own rep, Don Beyer, who
Falls Church-raised author and longtime News-Press copy editor Theodore Edwin “Ted” White died May 24, 2026, at age 88. Born Feb. 4, 1938, in Washington, D
By: Nicholas F. Benton
The City of Falls Church has announced its first-ever Summer Restaurant Week, running from Friday of next week, August 21, through August 30. This ten-day culinary celebration follows on from the last two years of successful Restaurant Weeks held in the winter. Its aim again is to highlight the “Little City” as a premier, walkable
By: Nicholas F. Benton
The widely circulated but false report that was touted as one of the strongest non-electoral political moves in recent times, the new Pope Leo XIV, formerly known as the southside Chicago-born Robert Francis Prevost, was reported to have countered the hostility of Republicans in the U.S. Congress by extending a warm personal welcome to U.S.
By: Nicholas F. Benton
Executive summaries are now available on the public City of Falls Church website for requests for proposals for the affordable housing development of the Virginia Village site on S. Maple in downtown Falls Church. The developer proposals range from those calling for the development of up to 200 units on the site ones proposing smaller
By: Nicholas F. Benton
This Monday, the Falls Church City Council voted unanimously to hire Seth Hendler–Voss as the next City Manager of the independent City of Falls Church, Virginia. Seth Hendler–Voss will join the City as the administrative executive of the two-square-mile independent city in Northern Virginia on Monday, September 14. His appointment culminated a five month
By: Nicholas F. Benton
Entering his last two weeks as the City Manager of the City of Falls Church, Wyatt Shields sat down with me to record a session summarizing his 23 years of leadership here. What follows is a transcript of that conversation. Shields opened by stating: A city is a big, complex human organization and I do
