Fairfax Water Files ‘Answer’ to F.C. Lawsuit Attorneys for the Fairfax Water Authority filed a former “answer” to the lawsuit filed in federal court by the City of Falls Church Monday, claiming that the City “enjoys no exclusive right” to sell its water in certain areas of Fairfax County. They […]
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Anything But Straight: Panderers and Philanderers
Mitt Romney, the former Massachusetts governor and Republican presidential candidate, is the king of crass, the maven of craven and the show pony of phony. He switches positions quicker than a porn star and is more slippery than an okra plate dipped in country butter. I never thought the religious […]
Make-A-Wish Foundation Provides F.C. Child With Royal Disney Treatment
The snow had fallen, and with it an inch of ice, making treacherous the roads leading from Falls Church to Washington, D.C. on Wednesday, Feb. 14. The conditions had closed the schools that morning and persuaded most motorists to stay indoors after the sun had set. The Baumgartner family, on […]
News Briefs
January 4 – 10, 2007
Obituary: Paul Emmett Argo
Paul Emmett Argo died suddenly on Wednesday, December 20, 2006 of apparent heart failure while on his daily bicycle commute from his office in Washington, D.C., to his home in Falls Church, Virginia. Paul was 58.
This Week’s Business News and Notes
December 28 – January 3, 2006
As Foundation Honors Female Athletes, 30-Year Fight for Title IX Continues
“It’s hard to even begin to explain how much the Women’s Sports Foundation has changed things for women in sports,” said Janet Guthrie, the first woman driver to compete in the Indianapolis 500 and the Daytona 500.
Community News and Notes
John Katunga, a native of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), spoke with two classes at George Mason High School this past week. This was Mr.Katunga’s first visit to an American high school, and Mrs. Harrington’s International Relations class and Mrs. Hawkesworth Modern World Civilizations class were treated to an […]
Community News and Notes
AMONG THOSE AT A fundraiser for the Commonwealth Coalition working to defeat the Marshall-Newman Amendment at the home of Nicholas F. Benton in Falls Church last week were Del. Jim Scott and F.C. Mayor Robin Gardner. A total of 40 attended and $2,500 was raised. (Photo: News-Press)
Community News and Notes
FALLS CHURCH’S OWN Tom Gittins Sr. (left) and Sue Gittins (right) chatted with Rep. Jim Moran and his special guest, Sen. Ted Kennedy, at a Moran event last week. (News-Press photo)
