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Meridian Boys Soccer Falls in State Semifinals Story by Dinos • 2026 Season Recap Click image to enlarge • Meridian finished the season 18-3-1 and reached the VHSL State Semifinals. Meridian Mustangs 0 Christiansburg Blue Demons 2 Read Full Story Meridian’s boys soccer team unfortunately lost to the Christiansburg Blue Demons in the state semifinals

David Hoffman "Virginia leads the way to fulfill the vision of the America that we all believe in, our ideals, our very democracy itself!" With those stirring words --- echoing like a bell tower and pealing out the sound of triumph --- Virginia Lt. Governor Ghazala Hashmi held a recent luncheon gathering entranced, captivated by

This time it took almost six hours, but at the end of the day (or the beginning of a new one), in the wee hours of Tuesday, the Falls Church City Council achieved a surprising and resounding 6-1 vote for a first reading, preliminary approval of a complex plan to bring redevelopment and new affordable

In this space this week, we reprint some of what Falls Church Mayor Letty Hardi had to say at the conclusion of the historic vote to push ahead with the Virginia Village affordable housing project earlier this week, focusing on her admonition to not be governed by fear in this process. “In this moment, I

When Virginians handed Democrats a commanding 64-36 majority in the House of Delegates and returned the Governor’s Mansion to Democratic control last November, they did so in large part because of concerns about affordability. Voters were frustrated by the rising cost of housing, healthcare, groceries, and other necessities, and they wanted action. Beginning July 1,

Disclosure Day! Film Review Disclosure Day! A Spielberg science-fiction return with a strong cast, ambitious ideas, and a story that sometimes struggles under its own density. Read article Dark mode A+ A− Print PG-13 Starring Emily Blunt, Josh O’Connor, Colin Firth and Colman Domingo Directed by Steven Spielberg This science-fiction offering by Steven Spielberg, starring

Richmond Report

For my monthly “Wayback Machine” columns, for the remainder of the year I thought I would switch to writing about events solely from 1926, creating a “100 Years Ago This Month” theme, starting with June 1926. At that time, the biggest news items for Arlington included a new source of public water for the County,

Folks had better be well prepared to grab away the football, and I don’t mean from Y.A. Tiddle or Charlie Brown’s Lucy. Nobody can be sure what is going on inside the president’s brain right now. It is a truly bizarre situation for us all. There are those who speculate that Trump’s erratic behavior is

As president, Dwight Eisenhower refused to use his position as a world leader to disparage another person publicly. Ike wasn’t simply being midwestern nice; he knew that any comment from the President could damage another person’s reputation or livelihood, and that was a power he would not exercise. His steadfast position caused dismay for many