Austin Strand’s role in the James Lee Community Center’s second-place finish at the Greater D.C. Regional Botball Robotics Tournament held no small significance for the high schooler.
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Longtime F.C. Resident Elmer Layman Dies
Longtime Falls Church resident Elmer Leonard “Snake” Layman, 95 of New Market, Va. died Jan. 11 at Rockingham Memorial Hospital.
Community News & Notes
F.C. Resident Named Bowdoin Scholar Nicholas Iver Simon of the City of Falls Church was recently named a Sarah and James Bowdoin Scholar for his exceptional grade point average (GPA) at Bowdoin College in Brunswick, Maine, a small, highly-selective liberal arts college about 25 miles north of Portland.
School News & Notes
Marshall Students Commended in Merit Competition Fifteen students from George C. Marshall High School have been commended for their 2009 National Merit Scholarship competition.
Falls Church Resident James Keys Dies at 88
James A. Keys died in his home in Falls Church on August 18, 2008 from hepatocellular carcinoma, a rare liver cancer.
Falls Church Resident and FCHS Teacher Dies at 89
Bernard Howard Garhart, Jr. died on Wednesday, August 13, 2008 in Falls Church, half way through his 90th year.
Anything But Straight: The Distortions of James Dobson
It is remarkable that Focus on the Family’s James Dobson would accuse anyone of “distortions” considering his ignoble record. But, that is exactly what the right wing ideologue did this week when he said on his daily radio show that democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama distorted the Bible.
F.C. Council Unanimous, It OKs Hilton Garden Inn
St. James Pastor Agrees to Pact With Developer “They might not have gotten what they’d hoped for, but the input of the St. James Church, the St. James School parents and the neighborhood vastly improved the project, and it will be a great benefit for the City and the area.” […]
F.C. Hilton Hotel Plan Wins Final OK
BULLETIN, Mon, June 23, 11:35 p.m. EDT — By a unanimous 5-0 vote at 11:17 p.m. tonight, the Falls Church City Council approved zoning changes and a special exception to permit the construction of 110-room Hilton Garden Inn at 706 W. Broad St., adjacent a Burger King and within 100 […]
Editorial: Monday’s City Council Meeting
The current membership of the Falls Church City Council will hold what may be its final official business meeting as a group this Monday, prior to the swearing in of new Council members and the election of a new mayor and vice-mayor on July 1. Current Council member David Chavern […]
