In their last game before winter break, the George Mason High School varsity Girls Basketball team staved off a late rally by host Dominion High School, eking out a 51-41 victory in non-district action last Thursday night to secure their fourth straight victory this winter.
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Area Sports Roundup: Mason Footballers Named to All-Bull Run District Team; TJHSST Athletes Earn District & Regional Honors
2008 All-Bun Run District Team Announced After challenging football seasons all round for area high schools, two George Mason students were named to this year’s All-Bull Run District team.
Future of Winter Hill Mulled After Housing Project OK’d
Following the Falls Church City Council approval earlier this month of a 174-unit affordable housing project, the fate of 83 existing affordable housing units in the Winter Hill section of the City remains undetermined.
Editorial: Complicated Housing Plan
Coming to the decisive vote by the Falls Church City Council this Monday, we continue to firmly support the admittedly-somewhat-unwieldy “City Center South Apartments” affordable housing plan of the Falls Church Housing Corporation (FCHC).
F.C. Council Votes Monday On Affordable Housing Plan
The Falls Church City Council will vote Monday on whether or not to approve a package of measures that would enable a plan to built 174 new affordable housing units in the City’s downtown area.
The Peak Oil Crisis: The First Shortages
Fuel prices alone are unlikely to bring America to its senses.
A Penny for Your Thoughts: The News of Greater Falls Church
Benjamin Franklin, in a 1789 letter to a friend, wrote that “in this world, nothing is certain but death and taxes.” With apologies to Mr. Franklin, I think we need to add “weather,” at least in Virginia! With winter upon us, and tax season about to begin, perhaps the following […]
Briar Woods Dampens Mason Girls’ Holidays
The George Mason High School girls’ varsity basketball team suffered their first loss of the year on Thursday, falling on the road in a non-district match-up with AA Briar Woods High School, 45-37.
Anything But Straight: The Week In Review
I told a few friends that I was going to the annual Winter Party in Miami Beach, and by their strong reactions you might have thought I announced I was going to an Al Qaeda meeting.



Make-A-Wish Foundation Provides F.C. Child With Royal Disney Treatment
The snow had fallen, and with it an inch of ice, making treacherous the roads leading from Falls Church to Washington, D.C. on Wednesday, Feb. 14. The conditions had closed the schools that morning and persuaded most motorists to stay indoors after the sun had set. The Baumgartner family, on […]