A veteran educator from Fairfax County will be the next special education and student services director in the Falls Church City Public Schools. Elizabeth Mackie was officially appointed by the Falls Church City School Board during its regular meeting on Tuesday, May 19.
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Fairfax Rejects F.C. Settlement Offer, Water Lawsuit Proceeds
City Counter-Sues County; It’s Expensive With the Fairfax Board of Supervisors voting unanimously Monday to reject a settlement offer from the City of Falls Church, the F.C. City Council met in closed session for three hours Tuesday night to discuss legal strategy.
Brian Moran Set Apart With Vow to Repeal Anti-Gay Amendment
Former State Del. Brian Moran put significant policy daylight between himself and rivals State Sen. Creigh Deeds and Former Democratic National Committee Chair Terry McAuliffe during the three candidates’ final public debate Tuesday at the Northern Virginia Community College’s Annandale campus.
Falls Church News Briefs: May 21 – 27, 2009
F.C.’s Thackrey Memorial Day Parade Grand Marshal Monday Jesse Thackrey, a founder of the Falls Church City School System which is celebrating its 60th anniversary this year, will be the grand marshal of F.C.’s 28th Annual Memorial Day Parade and Festival this Monday, May 25.
M.E.H. Girls Advance to Odyssey of the Mind World Finals in Iowa
A group of fifth-grade girls from Mary Ellen Henderson Middle School in Falls Church will travel to Ames, Iowa next week to compete in the Odyssey of the Mind World Finals.
28th Parade Grand Marshal Echoes FCCPS Anniversary
A virtual ‘patron saint’ of the Falls Church City Public Schools from its earliest days, Jessie Thackrey said she was surprised to hear she’d be heading up the 28th Annual Falls Church Memorial Day Parade as its grand marshal next Monday.
Annandale Man Dies in Motorcycle Crash in Falls Church City
A 38-year-old man from Annandale died as a result of injuries he sustained in a motorcycle crash in the City of Falls Church on Monday, May 18.
Dem Gubernatorial Hopeful Brian Moran Talks Policy at News-Press
For Brian Moran, youngest brother in the big family of long-time U.S. Congressman Jim Moran and now battling furiously for the Democratic nomination to represent his party in the general election for Governor of Virginia in November, his world changed one night in 1994.
Falls Church News Briefs: May 14 – 20, 2009
Haycock Elementary PTA Battles Lack of Renovations Faced with a 177-student overcapacity – 767 children in a school with a capacity of 590 – Haycock Elementary’s parents voiced anger and frustration at a meeting Monday night over a lack of renovations at the school, which hasn’t seen any major construction […]
Perseverance in Hope: One Woman’s Inspirational Battle With Cancer & Championing Falls Church’s Relay for Life
Hope sustains many people through the hardest ordeals, and in the case of one Falls Church citizen and cancer survivor, it’s appropriate that Hope happens to be her name.
