Recommendations include Short Term measures such as adding pedestrian beacons to W&OD Trail crossings, incorporation of pedestrian medians at Fairwood Lane into the “Safe Routes to School” project, the addition and upgrades to Shreve Road pedestrian connections and the installation of optical speed bars and vegetation management.

Applications may be submitted by qualified voters in the City of Falls Church who are not employed by the School Board. The appointee will serve from the date of appointment until Dec. 31, 2021.

George Mason High School band teacher Mary Jo West was selected for the Fulbright Teachers for Global Classrooms this year because of the worldly, sophisticated program that she has built through technical rigor and a family spirit she has cultivated among her pupils.

Virginia U.S. Sen. Mark Warner, Vice Chairman of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, excoriated talk of affecting the 2020 presidential election results through the Senate’s electoral college vote.

Virginia’s two U.S. Senators, Tim Kaine and Mark Warner, released statements hailing the Senate 81-13 vote to override President Trump’s veto of the Fiscal Year 2021 National Defense Authorization Act.

Fairfax County Health Department officials, responsible for administering the Pfizer and Moderna Covid-19 vaccines to Fairfax County, the City of Falls Church and Alexandria have told the News-Press that there is as yet no word on when vaccine distribution regimen will extend beyond so-called Phase 1a to Phase 1b and 1c.