The second installment of Fairfax County’s Lines of Business (LOBs) review on Monday focused on public safety services, which are maintained around the clock in the county.
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Editorial: Wall Street to Leesburg Pike
The impact of the meltdown on Wall Street on conditions on Falls Church’s Broad Street, and Fairfax County’s Leesburg Pike, is going to become unmistakable over the next period, and will impact government revenues, pension funds and the commercial market.
EdOptions Prepares to Make Falls Church Home
Slated to set up his Virginia headquarters in the City of Falls Church by 2009, Thomas Sawner, Chief Officer of Educational Options, Inc., best known as EdOptions, looks forward to building “a long relationship” with the Falls Church community.
A Penny for Your Thoughts: News from Greater Falls Church
Foreclosure issues continue to dominate the economic forecasts for our region and our nation. The Washington region, which came to the foreclosure market more slowly than other regions, suddenly is a “hot spot” for analysts. A recent survey of bank executives about key issues revealed that a declining economy, faltering […]
Choralis Set to Rock With Haydn’s ‘Creation’ Friday
Choralis, an energetic volunteer choral program based out of the Falls Church Presbyterian Church since 2000, culminates its seventh annual Summer Festival Week for 36 high school students this Friday night.That’s when the students will join with more than 70 adults and three professional soloists for a performance of Franz […]
A Penny for Your Thoughts: The News of Greater Falls Church
Raise the tax rate. Lower the tax rate. Fully fund our schools. Schools spend too much. Provide more money for affordable housing. Don’t spend my taxes on more housing.
Anything But Straight: Virginity Programs Take Root In Ivy League
If the empty mantra, “Just Say No,” failed to keep teenagers off of drugs, it certainly is not going to work for sex.
F.C. School Board Cuts 8 Admin Slots in Budget
Eliminating the equivalent of eight full-time administrative positions, the deepest cut ever for the Falls Church City School System, the F.C. School Board approved a budget Tuesday night that seeks a 3.7% increase in the City’s monetary transfer.
Senator Whipple’s Richmond Report
The Senate and the House of Delegates passed their respective budget bills last Thursday. Recognizing the prevailing economic situation of the Commonwealth, both chambers’ budgets reduce income and sales tax estimates and make significant funding cuts of $500 million per year.
A Penny for Your Thoughts: The News of Greater Falls Church
Grim, grim, and grimmer. That was the message delivered to the Board of Supervisors by County Executive Anthony H. Griffin on Monday as he released his proposed Fiscal Year 2009 budget for Fairfax County. The $3.3 billion General Fund budget, as proposed, holds county and school spending flat. The new […]
