July 7 - 13, 2022
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Fou n d e d 1991 • Vol. X X XII No. 21
The City of Falls Church’s Independent, Locally-Owned Newspaper of Record, Serving N. Virginia
Readying Webb Telescope’s ‘Big Look’
Flags Of Our Fathers
Area’s Northrop Grumman Preps for 1st Images July 12 by Kylee Toland
Falls Church News-Press
Next Wednesday, July 12, although not generally recognized for such right now, may go down as one of the most impactful days in the history of the human species on this planet. It’s the day when the first images from the James Webb Space Telescope, by far the most powerful ever constructed and which promises to relay images from deepest space, and furthest back in time near to when the Big Bang happened, way beyond what anyone has seen before, will be unveiled for the world to behold. Who knows what we’ll see? The Greater Falls Church based company Northrop Grumman, its global headquarters right here (on Fairview Dr. by where Route 50 and the Beltway intersect), has been at the center of this effort, partnering with NASA to release the images. While its global headquarters is here, Northrop has a total of 90,000 employees scattered among 550 locations across the U.S.
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THE FLAGS OF THE EARLY jurisdictions of Virginia in the emergence of American democracy were on display by the Falls Church Village Preservation and Improvement Society (VPIS) at its annual public reading of seminal documents from that era held at the Council chambers of the Falls Church City Hall on Independence Day Monday. Citizens participated in the shared reading aloud of those documents at the solemn event. (Photo: News-Press)
Del. Simon Presents New Virginia Laws as of July 1 by Del. Marcus Simon
On July 1 each year most of the bills passed by the General Assembly during their winter legislative session become law. With the levers of power in Virginia divided between Democrats and
Republicans in 2022, citizens won’t see many of the sweeping progressive changes like those we’ve experienced the last two years (things like elimination of the death penalty, local control over firearms restrictions and legalization of marijuana) nor will
they see major backsliding on that progress. That said, there are some new laws that went into effect this week that folks may want to take note of. During the pandemic the Virginia Alcoholic Beverage Control Authority (ABC) loosed
its rules on ordering cocktails to go, to allow folks to pick up a mixed drink along with take out food orders. This year Virginia law begins to take that a step further, creating a third-party delivery license that authorizes the
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Inside This Week ‘Best Of Falls Church’ 2022 Begins, More About It Inside
‘Best of Falls Church’ is back, asking the community to weigh in on local businesses in a wide variety of categories, such as best burger, chicken, pizza, coffee and many others. Winners will be determined after a five week period. See Pages 10 & 11
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Aliens and Psychoanalysis...Part Two of Ted White’s Story Inside
News-Press Copy Editor Ted White, a renowned science fiction writer and F.C. native, has created a new, four-part tale of dreams, aliens and a near-future dangerously close to mirroring our own. The story continues...
See Page 19
Index
News Briefs..........................................2 Comment....................................5,7,14 Editorial................................................ 6 Letters.................................................. 6 Calendar...........................................8,9 News & Notes............................ 12,13 Crime Report..................................... 14 Business News..................................15 Comics............................................... 16 Critter Corner..................................... 18
