Fairfax Race for Sups’ Chair May Be a Squeaker Buoyed by a strong endorsement from the man she’s running to succeed, Fairfax County Board Chair candidate Sharon Bulova is favored to win next Tuesday’s special election, but a low voter turnout could throw the outcome into doubt.
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A Penny for Your Thoughts: News from Greater Falls Church
Last week’s historic Inauguration of our 44th president, Barack Obama, was an electrifying experience for almost anyone involved.
Letters to the Editor for the Week of January 29 – February 4, 2009
Hails Service of 3 Veteran F.C. Planners Editor, I am writing to extend my sincerest thanks to Maureen Budetti, Suzanne Fauber and Christine Sanders for their many years of intelligent, thoughtful service on the Planning Commission.

N. Va. Scrambles to Bid on Flood of Fed Stimulus $’s
Moran Convenes Urgent Meeting Of Area Leaders Facing the loss of over 1,000 Northern Virginia county and local government jobs in the coming budget cycle, area officials are scrambling to prepare a response to the federal government’s massive stimulus package that will swiftly infuse a combination of funds and tax […]
A Penny for Your Thoughts: News from Greater Falls Church
Most Fairfax County voters know that, in Virginia, we have elections every year, just like clockwork.
Moran Convenes Extraordinary Meeting with Local Officials to Prepare for Stimulus Bill
ARLINGTON, Va., Jan. 16 – At an urgency-called meeting with local government officials in his eighth district of Northern Virginia, Rep. Jim Moran laid out how $500 billion in federal economic stimulus funds will be rushed to infuse the withering national economy with job-creating infrastructure and related projects.

Mason Swimmers Score String of Dazzling Victories
George Mason High School’s girls and boys swim teams are off to equally hot starts this winter, each one undefeated through seven meets.
Falls Church News Briefs
Registration Deadline for Feb. 3 Election Extended Voter registration for the special Feb. 3 election in Fairfax County has been extended to next Tuesday, Jan. 20, by the State Board of Elections, it was announced this week.
Our Man in Arlington
We received the call early in the afternoon of Thursday, January 8.

Madison County Outlasts Mason in District Tourney
With 40 seconds remaining in the fourth quarter, Madison County guard Sam Utz snagged an offensive rebound off a missed free throw despite being the only blue jersey in a crowd of George Mason High School defenders to ice the game for the Mountaineers.