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The plan for a 66-unit new senior affordable housing project in downtown City of Falls Church cleared a major hurdle tonight with a critical 4-3 vote on the Falls Church Planning Commission to reject a motion to disapprove the project. A follow-on vote to...
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The Falls Church City Council expressed a concurrance tonight with the proposal of the City Manager to cut publication of its "Weekly Focus" two-page communique to the City's public from every week to once a month. The "Weekly Focus" has appeared in the F...
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In a budget work session of the Falls Church City Council, Police Chief Harry Reitze confirmed adamantly tonight that despite signicant cost savings and retirements in the department, the public will see "no change at all" in uniformed patrols, criminal i...
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Lady Mustangs Win 2nd Straight State Championship, 58-47
The George Mason High School Mustangs girls basketball team won its second straight Virginia High School League Division 2-A championship Saturday, holding a double-digit lead throughout the second...
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The George Mason High School girls basketball team will be gunning for its second straight Division A state championship at the Siegel Center on the campus of the Virginia Commonweath University Saturday at 3 p.m.
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The Mason High School girls basketball team rallied to defeat Chilhowie 54-42 in the Virginia A Division 2 semifinals at VCU's Siegel Center in Richmond on Thursday.
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In its first report to the F.C. City Council tonight, the recently-established Long Range Financial Working Group (FWG) rushed a handful of revenue policy recommendations into play at the outset of the Council's FY11 budget deliberations.
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I ended up on the School Board of Falls Church City because I could not keep my mouth shut at a George Mason High School PTSA meeting. That meeting was my introduction to "The Falls Church Way."
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THE ANNUAL GALA dinner-dance of the Falls Church Chamber of Commerce was attended by over 160 at the Arlington Hilton last Saturday night, and a plethora of donated silent and live auction items buoyed the work of the Chamber on behalf of local businesses...
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Can we do this? Can the Little City of Falls Church absorb a 20-cent tax rate hike and by so doing, preserve its world-class schools and keep the fundamentals of a solid, caring, unique and vibrant community alive? With a lot of ingenuity and smart thinki...
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Stiff Workforce Cut & Reduced Pay Included
Falls Church City Manager Wyatt Shields unveiled his proposed $64.2 million budget to the Falls Church City Council Monday night, recommending a jump of 20 cents in the real estate tax rate from $1.07 to $1.27 o...
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The City of Falls Church School Board, in an act of open defiance against a controversial ruling by Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli, moved to add, not remove, language to its anti-discrimination policy to protect lesbians and gays at its meeting ...
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Senior Affordable Housing Project Advances
By a 6-1 vote Monday, the Falls Church City Council gave preliminary approval to providing a $2 million loan and special exceptions permitting the development of a six-story, 66 units senior housing structure, T...
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City Resident Lights Up Reality-TV Drag Show
When Joey becomes Tatianna, suddenly it seems like the whole world is watching.
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Snowie’s an amazing dog. Not only does Snowie join the owners camping, but this pup loves the outdoors, from hiking to chasing squirrels and other critters.
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Open since 1994 thanks to Naples, Italy-native Chef Giuseppe “Joe” Ricciardi and Tuscan-born Ricardo Bellucci, Fairfax’s Dolce Vita was named one of America’s top 1,000 Italian restaurants by Zagat’s 2009 survey. Not only that, but the establish...
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F.C. City Boy Scout Troop Receives $1,000 Grant
City of Falls Church Boy Scout Troop 349 received a $1,000 grant from Navy Federal Credit Union. Members of the troop also celebrate their first year of operations this month.
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Progressives and gay rights activists in Virginia could almost be thanking the state’s new right-wing attorney general, Ken Cuccinelli.
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As Fairfax County mulls a projected $200 million cut to its school system budget, Pimmit Hills Alternative High School's student body, facing the grim prospect of the school's possible closure, is pleading with Fairfax Superintendent Jack Dale and the Sch...
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The goal for the Mason High School boys tennis team is to return to the state finals, where they lost to juggernaut Gate City last year. Considering Gate City was working on its second consecutive title, finishing second was nothing to be disappointed in....
