http://fallschurchtimes.com Falls Church City's Online Community Newspaper Mon, 08 Feb 2010 22:32:35 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en By FALLS CHURCH TIMES STAFF February 8, 2010 Falls Church City Public Schools will be closed on Tuesday, Feb. 9 (Code Red).  Day care and ASAP will also be closed and all evening activities have been cancelled. Because the schools have now exceeded the four snow days built into the school calendar, make ... http://fallschurchtimes.com/16714/school-closed-tuesday-city-offices-open/ By GEORGE SOUTHERN Falls Church Times Staff February 8, 2010 (Redbook Edition:  Words taken from actual statements appear in red. Other dialogue is conjectural.) Time: Right about now Scene: The Good Ship Ti-Tiny, a modern, “Little” version of an earlier, larger, vessel Cast: MAT (The Man About Town) Captain Gardner First Officer Lippman Retired Officer Chavern (confidant to the ... http://fallschurchtimes.com/16617/man-about-town-sinking-on-the-good-ship-ti-tiny/ February 7, 2010 Falls Church City Schools and government offices will be closed Monday, Feb. 8. School day care and ASAP also will be closed. Because the schools have already used their allotted snow days, Monday's closing will be made up on Presidents Day, Monday Feb. 15, according to Karen Acar, FCCPS Communications ... http://fallschurchtimes.com/16591/schools-out-monday/ February 7, 2010 To help the City keep track of what has been plowed and what hasn't, please give us the condition of your street. Has it been plowed?  If so, when?  Please tell us your block, and, if you know, how far it has been plowed, using cross streets as markers. Thanks ... http://fallschurchtimes.com/16639/when-did-your-street-get-plowed/ http://fallschurchtimes.com/16615/100th-firstfriday-in-the-100-year-snow/ February 7, 2010 As the snow shoveling begins, we will be happy to post names and contact information of snow shoveling services in Falls Church City.   To be added to the list, please send your information to contact@fallschurchtimes.com. Snow Shoveling Services 1. Jason Rorrer, 571-437-5217/5218, beltwayboy7@gmail.com http://fallschurchtimes.com/16597/snow-shoveling-services/ By GEORGE SOUTHERN Falls Church Times Staff February 7, 2010 Around 6 a.m. Sunday morning I drove out of my  cul-de-sac in my daughter's red "fire truck." At the intersection with Gundry Drive the headlights of a snow plow approached. Timing is everything. The plow threw a mini-mountain of snow in front of the exit from the ... http://fallschurchtimes.com/16584/sunday-driving-yesterday-was-powder-today-is-ice/ February 6, 2010 The second major storm of the 2009-2010 winter season changed life in Falls Church CIty, albeit temporarily. People spent their weekend shoveling snow, left their cars at home, and instead took to major routes on foot or ski. Click "read more" below and then click the video box to ... http://fallschurchtimes.com/16562/video-scenes-from-the-snowy-little-city/ By GEORGE BROMLEY Falls Church Times Staff February 6, 2010 Sinclair Lewis observed in Main Street that winter in Minnesota is not a season, it is an industry.  That has never been so here and hopefully never will be, but some people in The Little City are under the impression that it is and ... http://fallschurchtimes.com/16528/opinion-please-be-patient-crews-are-doing-their-best/ By STEPHEN SIEGEL Falls Church Times Staff February 6, 2010 It's been said for generations that a picture is worth a thousand words. We writers might dispute that, but sometimes a photo just says it all. Like the photo below of the Falls Church Times yard sign, peeking its little head above the ... http://fallschurchtimes.com/16500/is-a-picture-still-worth-1000-words/