Falls Church News Briefs: May 14 – 20, 2009

Haycock Elementary PTA Battles Lack of Renovations

Faced with a 177-student overcapacity – 767 children in a school with a capacity of 590 – Haycock Elementary’s parents voiced anger and frustration at a meeting Monday night over a lack of renovations at the school, which hasn’t seen any major construction since its doors opened in 1955.

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Falls Church News Briefs: May 14 - 20, 2009

Haycock Elementary PTA Battles Lack of Renovations Faced with a 177-student overcapacity – 767 children in a school with a…

Moran Puts $2.35 Million for F.C. in Fed Budget Proposal

$500,000 for Study of Rail Along Rt. 7 City of Falls Church officials were pleasantly surprised this week to learn…
Bob Wilden Remembered for Helping Disadvantaged in F.C.

Bob Wilden Remembered for Helping Disadvantaged in F.C.

A remarkable lifetime dedicated to service for the socially disadvantaged was lauded by officials in the City of Falls Church…

Letters to the Editor: May 14 - 20, 2009

Says ‘Branding’ Puts Cart Before Horse Editor, The Economic Development Authority (EDA) for the City of Falls Church is currently…

Editorial: This Just In: Tortoise May Win!

It just may be remembered as a classic case of persistence, of a modern “Tortoise Versus the Hare” story. (more…)

Affordable Housing Pros Optimistic Smaller F.C. Plan Will Win Credits

The steep downturn in the global economy took its toll on the City of Falls Church’s affordable housing goals in…

Editorial: Out of Touch on Washington St.

No sooner than they’d completed an exhaustive process of adopting a difficult budget for the coming fiscal year than the…

Letters to the Editor: May 7 - 13, 2009

Many Chose to Live in F.C. Due to Schools Editor, I am replying to the recent Letter to the Editor…

F.C. Wants Arlington, Not WMATA, to Run GEORGE

Scaled-Back Bus Line Asks New Operator Falls Church City Manager Wyatt Shields was in the process of crafting a “letter…

F.C. Schools Benefactor Bob Wilden Dies

Bob Wilden, described as a man with a giant heart who searched around the City of Falls Church to find…

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