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The VHSL executive committee on Wednesday, Sept. 21, voted to sanction girls wrestling as a separate sport, the culmination of a years-long effort by advocates in the wrestling community. Congratulations to Mustang Girls Wrestling coaches Kish Rafique and Jason Perkins for working tirelessly on this effort. In June, the Falls Church School Board approved a resolution […]
Thousands of high school students from throughout Virginia staged walkouts either during or following their classes Tuesday to protest the proposed changes to official state policy to limit schools’ abilities to support transgender and other gender non-conforming students. Students from over 90 schools, including three dozen in Northern Virginia, took […]
A little noticed tipping point was reached in the City of Falls Church in the recent period, as for the first time ever, the majority of residences are now composed of units in multifamily dwellings as opposed to single family homes. So reported City Planning Chief Paul Stoddard in an […]
Voter Registration Drives Underway At GMU, NOVA-Annandale The Fairfax County Democratic Committee has announced that voter registration drives are underway now at two college campuses nearest to the City of Falls Church, and is welcoming volunteers to join the effort. George Mason University and the Annandale campus of the Northern […]
State Del. Marcus Simon, who represents Falls Church in the Virginia State Legislature, issued the following statement today in response to the controversy ignited by Gov. Youngkin’s change in state’s response to transgender issues in the schools: “As the Chief Patron of HB145, the bill that mandated the Department of Education issue […]
Laura Downs, Falls Church City Public Schools Board Chair, and Peter Noonan, Superintendent, issued the following joint statement on Tuesday: “Late Friday night, the Washington Post published an article referring to the new ‘Model Policies’ that have been developed by the Virginia Department of Education (Virginia policy latest attempt to […]
Student walkouts at over 100 Virginia high schools, including most in Arlington and Fairfax counties, have happened or are planned for today (Tuesday, Sept. 27) to protest the new transgender guidelines adopted by the Virginia Department of Education earlier this month. The walkouts are organized by the student-led Pride Liberation […]
News of some dangerous crumbling infrastructure in the City of Falls Church that caught the mayor by surprise, embodied in a revealing photograph of the underside of the street bridge on S. Oak Street, stunned members of the Falls Church City Council at their work session, held virtually, Monday night. […]
In what’s considered a highly consequential election for the future of the nation, early voting begins this Friday, Sept. 23, leading up to the Nov. 8 general election day, for the congressional midterms. In the greater Falls Church area, candidates for the 8th, 10th and 11th Congressional Districts will be […]
City of Falls Church Police are investigating the burglary of Victory Comics (586 S Washington St.). Victory Comics closed at 10 p.m. Monday, September 19, and at about 6:45 a.m. on Tuesday, September 20, patrol units responded to a call from the building. Upon arrival, they discovered a shattered front […]
