Community Corner

Week in Review

See what stories made headlines last week.

As always, there was a lot of headlines in and around Falls Church last week.

With the Virginia General Assembly in full swing and one of the debates is over four Republican-backed bills that would require .

The Falls Church City Public Schools Board was busy with electing a new member and new leadership.

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was elected to the school board Thursday, filling the board’s seventh spot left vacant when former board chair Pat Riccards resigned in December. On Saturday during a meeting before the school board’s work session, and Greg Rasnake was elected the new vice chair. Kearney was the vice chair before the Saturday election.

The George Mason High boy’s varsity basketball team continued their . The Mustangs sit atop the district heading into this week.

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Gov. Bob McDonnell (R) and the Governor’s Task Force for Local Government Mandate Review announced specific legislation to .


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