A remarkable lifetime dedicated to service for the socially disadvantaged was lauded by officials in the City of Falls Church this week following news of the sudden passing of Bob Wilden, 73, last week.
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Top of the District, McLean Softball Beats Marshall
Coming off two big wins against South Lakes last week, McLean High School’s varsity softball team, number one in the Liberty District, were in position to take on George C. Marshall High on May 1.
Falls Church News Briefs: May 7 – 13, 2009
F.C. Schools Benefactor Bob Wilden Dies Bob Wilden, 73, described as a man with a giant heart who searched around the City of Falls Church to find the best ways to donate his financial resources and persuade others to do likewise, died in his sleep early today (May 6).
F.C. Schools Benefactor Bob Wilden Dies
Bob Wilden, described as a man with a giant heart who searched around the City of Falls Church to find the best ways to donate his financial resources and persuade others to do likewise, died in his sleep early today, May 6.
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Mason Girls Lacrosse Blaze the Trail to Dulles District Tournament
Following the previous week’s difficulties, the George Mason High School girls varsity lacrosse team scored a successful string of victories this week, defeating non-district AAA team Deep Run on Friday, April 24, 19-4.
Editorial: The Future of This Newspaper
“Early to bed, early to rise, work like hell, and advertise!”
Nicholas F. Benton: Tea Bags, 2M4M & Susan Boyle
The thousands of Americans who engaged in exhibitions of public teabagging yesterday, a.k.a. rallies emulating the anti-tax Boston Tea Party, cheered on by Fox News and CNBC throughout the day, constitute the Republican Party’s worst nightmare.
Nicholas F. Benton: The Sad Case of The Falls Church
It is sad that it has come to this. Millions of dollars were raised earlier this decade from the congregation of the Falls Church Episcopal Church in Falls Church, Virginia, toward an $18 million goal to build a new “parish life center” for education and fellowship on property acquired by […]
Falls Church News Briefs: April 9 – 15, 2009
Expose Chronicles Poor Conditions at Funeral Home Following an expose by the News-Press last June of flooding and inundated tombstones at the King David National Memorial Park, a section of the National Funeral Home in Falls Church, the Washington Post reported last Sunday of even more horrific conditions at the […]
