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Kaine in F.C.

Kaine in F.C.

Former Virginia Governor and current Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Tim Kaine made his second lengthy appearance in 18 days at the Falls Church Community Center Wednesday.

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Baroukh, Duncan, Tarter Win Seats on Council

Baroukh, Duncan, Tarter Win Seats on Council

With the two new members elected to the Falls Church City Council being veterans of the City's Economic Development Authority, the resounding mandate of voters was to hold the line on taxes by encouraging aggressive new economic development and revitalization.

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City Employees Jam Council Chambers

City Employees Jam Council Chambers

After one of the most tumultuous, if still civil, City Council meetings in Falls Church history Monday night, a work session scheduled at City Hall tonight will press the Council still further on the issue of providing a meaningful salary increase for City employees in the upcoming City budget.

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The Winners

The Winners

We asked. You answered. News-Press readers voted in record numbers in this year’s Best of Falls Church contest selecting their favorite spots to wine, dine, shop and more in Falls Church. Read on to find out what you hailed as F.C.’s best.

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Snyder Makes Direct, Public Appeal To Bulova to Negotiate Water Deal
By Nicholas F. Benton   
Wednesday, May 16 2012 05:42:38 PM
F.C. Vice Mayor in Dramatic Outreach To Fairfax’s Chair

Vice Mayor David Snyder, chairing this Monday's Falls Church City Council meeting, made a dramatic, on-the-camera appeal to Fairfax County Board of Supervisors Chair Sharon Bulova to end the county's refusal to negotiate in good faith on the future of the Falls Church water system. So far, he said, Fairfax has offered "nothing but confrontation, litigation and confiscation."

Last Updated on Wednesday, May 16 2012 05:44:53 PM
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Kaine Returns to F.C. Community Center 2nd Time in 2 1/2 Weeks
By Nicholas F. Benton   
Wednesday, May 16 2012 05:40:17 PM

Former Virginia Governor and current Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Tim Kaine made his second lengthy appearance in 18 days at the Falls Church Community Center Wednesday morning, meeting with a dozen articulate senior citizens to talk about Social Security, Medicare and a variety of pressing political issues.

Last Updated on Wednesday, May 16 2012 06:12:27 PM
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Group Announces Rally at F.C. City Hall Monday to Oppose Water Sale
By FCNP.com   
Friday, May 11 2012 02:14:54 PM

A group calling itself "Food and Water Watch" has announced it is organizing a rally to be held on the steps of the Falls Church City Hall Monday at 7 p.m. prior to the F.C. City Council meeting where a procedural "first reading" for possible sale of the Falls Church Water System is slated for a vote.

Last Updated on Friday, May 11 2012 02:30:26 PM
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F.C. Council Set to OK Preliminary Ordinance on Selling Water System
By Nicholas F. Benton   
Wednesday, May 09 2012 07:05:53 PM
Vote Monday Will Set Stage for Considering Bids Later This Month

This Monday night, the Falls Church City Council is expected to give preliminary approval to an ordinance authorizing the sale of the City's besieged water system. It will be merely a formality, however, pending the outcome of a bidding process for the system slated to take place on May 25.

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Large Scale Mixed-Use Project 1st New Submission in 5 Years
By Nicholas F. Benton   
Wednesday, May 09 2012 07:03:53 PM

Above and beyond good news of better-than-projected growth in revenues for the first three months of 2012 (see story, elsewhere this edition), officials at Falls Church City Hall this week are welcoming the first completely new proposal for a large scale mixed use project in the commercial corridors of the City in five years.

Last Updated on Wednesday, May 09 2012 07:14:55 PM
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Michael Gardner Attorney Readies Appeal

The News-Press has learned that Peter Greenspun, attorney for Falls Church resident Michael Gardner convicted earlier this month for the sexual assault of two young girls, is currently preparing an ...

News | | Wednesday, 16 May 2012

F.C. Native, Teacher Anna Pearl Lundien Brown Dies at Age 85

Mrs. Anna Lundien Brown, age 85, died on May 4 at Westminster Retirement Community in Lake Ridge after a short illness. She was born Jan. 25, 1927, and grew up ...

News | | Wednesday, 9 May 2012

After Senior Night Strasburg Stomp, Mustangs Finish 3rd in Bull Run

The George Mason High School boys soccer team played its last regular-season home game last Friday, sweeping Strasburg High School 9-1, but fell to Clarke County High School Tuesday on ...

Wednesday, 16 May 2012

Mustangs Slip by William Monroe, Rappahannock for 2 More Wins

The George Mason High School boys soccer team faced William Monroe and Rappahannock County high schools last week. They slipped by William Monroe last Friday with a 1-0 victory and ...

Wednesday, 9 May 2012

Press Pass: John Fullbright

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John Fullbright (Photo: Vicki Farmer)Folk singer-songwriter John Fullbright considered it his "little kid therapy" when he first started making music. "I'd sit at a piano, and if I was sad I'd ...

Arts & Entertainment | | Wednesday, 16 May 2012

Blues-Inspired Mom’s Day Brunch & Other F.C. Food Specials This Sunday

Sunday is for honoring Mom, not subjecting her to your failed kitchen experiments. So, do yourself --and her-- a favor, and rather than risk a Sunday visit from the Falls ...

Arts & Entertainment | | Wednesday, 9 May 2012

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Mason Robotics Team Invited to Expo for Robot Demos

George Mason High School's FIRST Robotics Team 1418 was invited by Microsoft to attend the Celebrate Science Expo and Book Fair at the Washington D.C. Convention Center last ...

| Wednesday, 9 May 2012

Google VP to Speak at The Langley School

The Langley School will host its Distinguished Speaker Series featuring Vinton G. Cerf, Google vice president, next Thursday. This free event is open to the public and will be held ...

| Wednesday, 16 May 2012

F.C. Rotary Helps Fund Beech Tree Teaching Garden

The Rotary Club of Falls Church recently presented a generous check to Beech Tree Elementary School to fund the construction of a sensory garden to teach students about healthy eating, ...

| Tuesday, 15 May 2012

F.C. Student Earns Sullivan Award for Service Work

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Jennifer Lynn Quigley of Falls Church, receives the Sullivan Award at Commencement Sunday. In the selection of recipients, nothing is considered except characteristics of heart, mind and helpfulness to ...

| Tuesday, 15 May 2012

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Editorial: Knowing the Truth In F.C.'s Water Woes

Get used to the sign bearers who turned up on the Falls Church City Hall steps Monday night to protest the F.C. Council's action to inch the City toward a ...

| Wednesday, 16 May 2012

Our Man in Arlington

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 Living space in Arlington offers glass towers and loud-lettered commercial signs, but also leafy residential lanes and havens that leave nature un...

Charlie Clark | Wednesday, 9 May 2012

Our Man in Arlington

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 Many steeples dot the Arlington landscape, but few embody our hometown's activist style of religion like Rock Spring Congregational United Church of Ch...

Charlie Clark | Wednesday, 16 May 2012

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No Easy Answers on Obama and Marriage Equality

While the world waits to see whether President Barack Obama's position will "evolve" on gay marriage before Election Day, one th...

Wayne Besen | Wednesday, 9 May 2012

Debt Slavery, Part Two

It is an astonishing fact that the total volume of student loan debt in America is greater than the totality ...

Nicholas F. Benton | Wednesday, 16 May 2012

Debt Slavery, Part One

As Princeton University professor Jonathan Israel documents with enormous detail in his latest tome, Democratic Enlightenment: Philosophy, Revolution and Human ...

Nicholas F. Benton | Wednesday, 9 May 2012