Elizabeth Truman Wright (known locally as “Betty”), 94, died on May 15, 2008. She moved to Rehoboth Beach in 1975 from Falls Church, Virginia, after her retirement as an Associate Professor of English at George Washington University in Washington, D.C.
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Involved Career Is Far From Ho-Hum
Tenor Robert Petillo’s Busy Schedule Keeps F.C. Resident Singing Happy Tune Fifty-two-year-old Robert Petillo has performed operas, arias, passions, choral pieces and just about any other vocal musical arrangement you can think of. In fact, virtually any local concert featuring classical music or musicians likely has Robert Petillo’s name attached […]

Northern Virginia Art Beat
‘The Art of the American Snapshot 1888-1978; From the collection of Robert E. Jackson’ Through December 31, at the National Gallery of Art (Fourth and Constitution Ave. NW, Washington, D.C.). Museum Hours: Monday through Saturday from 10 a.m. – 5 p.m., and Sunday from 11 a.m. – 6 p.m. The […]
Obituary: William Robert Rose, III
William Robert Rose, III, 70, known as Bill, a real estate investor and former roofing contractor with longstanding attachments to Falls Church, died on January 23 at his home here, of congestive heart failure and kidney failure related to polycystic kidney disease.



THE CHIEF RETIRES
A RECEPTION TO HONOR retiring City of Falls Church Police Chief Robert T. Murray was held at the F.C. Community Center yesterday, and among the many local law enforcement and City Hall well-wishers on hand to commend his 12 and a half years as F.C.’s chief were members of his […]