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  • F.C. at 20 Inches & Counting; City Urges Residents to Stay Off Streets

    As of 9:30 a.m. Saturday morning, 20 inches or more of snow has fallen so far in the City of Falls Church. ...
  • F.C. at 20 Inches & Counting; City Urges Residents to Stay Off Streets

    As of 9:30 a.m. Saturday morning, 20 inches or more of snow has fallen so far in the City of Falls Church. ...
  • Snow Days Are Here Again!

    As The Little City gets pounded by the snow this weekend, we'll be posting photos of  many a snowy scene taken from around Falls Church. If you capture some picturesque views of the City, send them to us at fcnp@fcnp.com and we'll post them here and the...
  • F.C. Schools Closing Early Today

    In anticipation of the upcoming snow, Falls Church City Public Schools will let children out early today. Mary Ellen Henderson will have early dismissal at noon, Mount Daniel and Thomas Jefferson Elementary will let out at 12:30 p.m. and George Mason High...
  • Wife of U.S. Ambassador to Haiti Slated to Appear at Rotary Dinner Tonight

    In a late change to the evening's itinerary, the Falls Church Rotary Club announced that Susan Merten, wife of U.S. Ambassador to Haiti Kenneth Merten, will give a firsthand account of the Haiti earthquake and aftermath at tonight's club dinner. ...
  • F.C. City Schools Closed Due to Snow

    City Hall, Community Center & Library Open Due to the snowfall, Falls Church City Public Schools will be closed today, Wednesday, Feb 3. Falls Church City government will be open, with unscheduled leave for employees. ...
  • F.C. City Manager Shields Says 2nd Phase of Water Trial Will Take More Days

    Falls Church City Manager Wyatt Shields, who is present full-time this week in the Fairfax Circuit Court during Phase II of the case pitting the Fairfax County Water Authority against the City of Falls Church, told the News-Press today that he expects the...
  • F.C. Council Mulls Possible Link Between Failing Bus System & New Development

    At the Falls Church City Council work session tonight, there was a silver lining held out to the report of the continued dismal performance by the GEORGE bus system in F.C. and the even more dismal news that it would be costlier to pull the plug on the sy...
  • F.C. GEORGE Bus Task Force Report Calls for Further Scaling Back

    Falls Church's citizens task force on its beleaguered GEORGE bus service presented its report to the F.C. City Council tonight, calling for further scaling back the service at a net cost to the City of $117,000. ...
  • Real Estate Assessed Values Tumble 6.4% For Properties in City of Falls Church

    The City of Falls Church released overall real estate assessment figures today, showing a whopping 6.4 percent decline, led by a 14 percent decline in the value of commercial properties. The biggest single component of the commercial real estate drop has ...
  • F.C.'s School System Ranked Region's Best in Washington Post's 'Challenge Index'

    Falls Church's George Mason High School could expect another bump-up in enrollment based on journalist Jay Mathews' latest "Challenge Index" results published in today's Washington Post. ...
  • Falls Church City Schools Rank No. 1 in Post's Challenge Index

    In its annual review of top-performing high schools in the Metro area, the Washington Post's 2010 Challenge Index ranked Falls Church City Public Schools (FCCPS) number one out of 28 school districts. George Mason High School landed the number four slot o...
  • City Declares Snow Emergency in Falls Church, Prepares Emergency Routes

    With snow continuing to fall and expected to accumulate upwards of three to six inches, City of Falls Church City Manager Wyatt Shields declared a snow emergency as of 2 p.m. Saturday. City plow crews were hard at work early to clear snow emergency routes...
  • Falls Church City Rec & Park Department Cancels Activities After 2, Library & Community Center Remain Open

    Due to the snowstorm, the City of Falls Church Recreation and Parks Department has canceled all sponsored activities scheduled to be held at 2 p.m. or later today. Mary Riley Styles Library and the Falls Church Community Center will remain open with norma...
  • Anything But Straight: Tea Party or Tea Purge?

    The more I read about the Tea Party, the more it becomes vividly clear that this is nothing more than a Great Tea Purge of Republican moderates and independent thinkers. ...
  • George Mason High & Pie-Tanza Team Up for Haiti Fundraiser Tuesday

    Falls Church area residents will get another chance to grab a slice and help out with Haiti relief when the Italian eatery Pie-Tanza holds an all-day fundraiser this Tuesday, Feb. 2, for the George Mason High School Haiti Relief Fund. Twenty percent of al...
  • A Penny for Your Thoughts: News of Greater Falls Church

    The date for the long-awaited special election for the Mason District School Board seat was announced last Friday by the Fairfax County Circuit Court. The special election to choose a successor to Kaye Kory will be on Tuesday, March 2, 2010, at all regu...
  • Sen. Webb Calls on Gov. McDonnell to Work With Congress to Create Jobs for Virginians

    Virginia U.S. Senator Jim Webb, in a conference call with Virginia media organizations today, called on state's new Republican governor, Bob McDonnell to "come up here and work with us" to help job-creating infrastructure and transportation initiatives fo...
  • Congressman Moran's News Commentary

    Just two weeks ago, an earthquake clocking 7.0 on the Richter scale rocked the tiny island nation of Haiti. The worst disaster to hit the Caribbean in more than two centuries, it is estimated to have taken close to 200,000 lives with another 1.5 million l...
  • Virginia Think Tank Report Reveals Grim Numbers for Job Recovery

    The Richmond-based Commonwealth Institute for Fiscal Analysis issued a report entitled, "The Long Road to Recovery," today indicating that a recovery in the state's job market to pre-recession levels will be a daunting task, to say the least. ...

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