The George Mason High School girls varsity lacrosse team experienced a tough week, losing two very close and physical games, first to Loudoun County, 14-13, on April 30, and then 8-6 against Briar Woods last Monday.
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Falls Church H.S. Lacrosse Teams Vie for District Titles
Tournament spirit hit Falls Church High School last week as the boys and girls varsity lacrosse teams entered National District tournament play on May 1.
Press Pass: Sara Watkins
Over the entirety of her 14-track solo debut album, Sara Watkins illustrates an eloquence as a songwriter that reflects her some 20-year career as a member of the Grammy-winning group, Nickel Creek.
Northern Virginia Art Beat
FCA-palooza Illumination, the Falls Church Arts (FCA) show and sale, now at the Pearson Square facility (410 South Maple Ave., Falls Church).
Letters to the Editor for the Week of November 13 – 19, 2008
No Summary of Who I Selected on Voting Machine Editor, November 4 brought the long awaited day to vote, lines, but alas the voting machine came into view.
Anything But Straight: ManHunt: The Law of Supply and Demand
Is ManHunt, the wildly popular online cruising site with the slogan “get on, get off,” a blessing or a curse for gay men? This is the question Out Magazine writer Joseph Gross posed in one of the most provocative articles of the year.
The Peak Oil Crisis: The Blackouts Spread
Of the 266 distinct nations or entities on the world today, nearly 100 are now reporting continuing energy shortages, mostly in the form of inadequate electricity supply, but in a growing number of cases, shortages of liquid fuels and natural gas. The actual number of countries affected is probably well […]
Secrets of the Shriners* (* … or at least their tiny cars)
Since the Shriners’ Kena 500 unit started performing in the Falls Church City Memorial Day Parade, they have been one of its undisputed highlights. Their sleek mini-Corvettes, executing precision maneuvers, combined with their ever-so-stylish fezzes, give them a perfect combination of supreme goofiness and undeniable coolness. It’s impossible to […]
Community News and Notes
Local High Schools Named Newsweek’s Best Newsweek released its Top High Schools Ratings this week, many of which where local and made the top 100 including rating number 16- H-B Wooten in Arlington, number 55- Langley in McLean, number 58- George Mason in Falls Church, number 64- Washington-Lee in […]
Editorial: N. Va’s Coming Population Boom
If some folks in the City of Falls Church don’t think there’s a market for new mixed use, predominantly residential projects here, consider the plans that are afoot just up the road in Tysons Corner.
