If there was any question as to whether Monday’s Merriweather Pavilion concert was a double bill or a straight up Shins show it was answered with the first spacy sounds of the Portland-based band’s set-opening song “Sleeping Lessons.” When the lights came up, so did the happy hands of the […]
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Mason High Serves Up Senior Night Success
Last Tuesday on their senior night, the George Mason High School varsity volleyball team gave their graduating members a fond farewell in what will probably be their last home game, besting Madison County in four sets, 25-13, 25-23, 23-25, 25-20.
Strasburg Sweeps Past Injury-Plagued Mustangs
Not having practiced for nearly a week and with injuries plaguing their squad, it appears as though the George Mason High School varsity volleyball team will need some time to shake the rust off. This was most evident on Tuesday night, as they were bested in three straight sets by […]
Dowd On Drinks: Vegas Comes To The Mountains
LAKE PLACID, N.Y. — Charlie Levitz has been working in this Olympian tourist spot for more than two decades. He has cooked at, or owned and cooked at, a variety of spots here in the heart of the Adirondack Mountains, but his latest incarnation may be the one that brings […]
Hall Pass
Reggie Arnold (left) and Dennis Higdon, members of the 1980 George Mason High School baseball team, pose during a game from that soon-to-be-immortalized season. The 1980 team is the first and only Mason baseball team to win a state title, and achievement that will land them in the school’s athletic […]
F.C. Chamber: Thumbs Up on New City Center Plan
The board of directors of the Greater Falls Church Chamber of Commerce wasted no time in giving its unanimous approval to Atlantic Realty’s new plans for the launch of a major Falls Church City Center redevelopment last Tuesday. Having heard a recommendation of its task force assigned to evaluate the […]
News Briefs
September 13 – 19, 2007
Roddick Dispatches Isner, Captures Legg-Mason Title
The final of this year’s Legg Mason Tennis Classic in Washington, D.C., Sunday was one of the more entertaining in years. Andy Roddick was pitted against an upstart newby who was on the verge of “tournament darling” status, and seemed on a mission to “school” the boy and impose on […]
Author & Falls Church Driver Take Readers ‘Once Around the Track’
Sharyn McCrumb’s new auto racing novel, “Once Around the Track,” owes its existence to not only the New York Times best-selling author, but also to Adam Edwards, an ARCA RE/MAX Series racecar driver. Edwards, whose hometown is Falls Church, contributed to the development of the novel, serving as a resource […]
Mason High Seniors Claim Fourth Straight at States
Four years ago, Alex Goetting took the court at the Group A Virginia State Tournament final as the George Mason High School boys tennis team’s No. 1 player and helped lead the team to its eighth state title. Last weekend in Radford, Va., it was the teams’ other four seniors […]
