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Nicholas F. Benton

Washington, D.C.

Owner and Editor at Falls Church News-Press

Owner, Falls Church News-Press, Author, Extraordinary Hearts, Reclaiming Gay Sensibility's Central Role in the Progress of Civilization.

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  • 3 days ago | fcnp.com | Nicholas F. Benton

    In the Democratic primary currently underway that culminates with election day June 17, the News-Press endorses Levar Stoney for lieutenant governor and Jay Jones for attorney general. They are in the only two contested races on the primary ballot now. Democrats nationwide are rightly buoyed by the election returns in South Carolina this week.

  • 3 days ago | fcnp.com | Nicholas F. Benton

    Mine were brief but cherished moments this week before a sold-out 2,400 high school students, parents, friends, teachers and mentors in the concert hall at the Kennedy Center this week gathered for an annual lovefest known as the Cappies Gala. Cappies, as AI tells us, stands for Critics and Awards Program for High School Theater.

  • 3 days ago | fcnp.com | Nicholas F. Benton

    This Tuesday’s meeting of the Falls Church Economic Development Authority ended on a downer note when the region’s overriding issue of the year was verbalized. It had to do with the impact so far on the local economy and businesses of the federal job layoffs imposed by the Trump administration since the inauguration of Trump to a second term just over four months ago.

  • 3 days ago | fcnp.com | Nicholas F. Benton

    Few people in the storied history of the City of Falls Church have made such an important impact on the Little City in the course of only an eight year history as retiring Falls Church City Pubic Schools Superintendent Dr. Peter Noonan. Noonan will be departing his post here on the last day of this month, but don’t think you’ve seen or heard the last of him.

  • 1 week ago | fcnp.com | Nicholas F. Benton

    As the News-Press entered its 35th year of consecutive weekly publication this spring (over 1,750 consecutive editions since March 1991), we have labored against enormous headwinds that have wiped out almost all competitor publications not only in this region but nationwide. There are three prevailing reasons why we’ve tried so hard to stay in the game to this point. The first, of course, relates to the importance of newspapers in general for the preservation of democracy.

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RT @tribelaw: As @AdamSchiff says, We the People — all of us, not just a privileged few with special access — need to SEE justice being don…

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3 Aug 23

Editorial: Trump Indicted! https://t.co/jt8f3OaBsI