Nicholas F. Benton is an Editor at Falls Church News-Press. He covers a diverse range of topics including culture and society, publishing and media, and real estate, with a particular focus on authors, books, and real estate development. Benton has been featured in The Business Herald, Falls Church News-Press, and NewsBreak.
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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
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
By a unanimous vote at its monthly meeting this Tuesday night, the City of Falls Church’s Economic Development Authority determined to move ahead with the
By: Nicholas F. Benton
At the idyllic setting this Monday for the annual Labor Day fundraiser of State Del. Marcus Simon in the backyard of a Falls Church home just off W. Broad, the theme of the annual event was the honoring of the memory of the late Del. Jim Scott, whose wife was again there. But with the
At the idyllic setting this Monday for the annual Labor Day fundraiser of State Del. Marcus Simon in the backyard of a Falls Church home just off W. Broad,
