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FEBRUARY 13 - 19, 2014 | PAGE 9
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F.C. Says Stay Off Snow Emergency Routes In advance of the expected major storm, the City of Falls Church declared a snow emergency effective 8 p.m. Wednesday night, meaning citizens must remove parked cars from snow emergency routes. The no parking requirement will be enforced by the City of Falls Church Police Department on designated snow emergency routes (a list of streets and map of the area is available at fcne.ws/fcsnowroutes). These routes are essential transportation corridors for the City and must remain clear in order to allow snow removal crews to clear the roads. Citizens are also encouraged wherever possible to not park cars on any streets so snow plows have unheeded passage. City crews prepared final checks on snow removal equipment and supplies last night. Traffic signs identify which City streets are snow emergency routes. Vehicles abandoned or parked on snow emergency routes may be towed and fined.
Fairfax Provides Snow Emergency Info The following tips were issued by the Fairfax County Emergency Services office concerning the heavy snow that was predicted to hit the region today: 1.) The Virginia Department of Transportation is responsible for snow removal on most Fairfax County roads. VDOT is aggressively pre-treating roads throughout Fairfax, Loudoun, Prince William and Arlington counties and Falls Church in advance of the heavy snow. Visit www.vdotplows.org to see the status of plowing. 2.) Check in on elderly or other housebound people you may know to make sure they have supplies. 3.) If you see an unsheltered person who may be at risk of hypothermia, call the police non-emergency phone line at 703-691-2131 in Fairfax or 703241-5000 in Falls Church. 4.) Don’t forget your pets, as conditions deteriorate, bring pets/ companion animals inside; move other animals to sheltered areas with non-frozen drinking water. 5.) Depending on how much snow, there may be a need to dig out fire hydrants. please help dig out fire hydrants when the snow ends. 6.) If you’re using Twitter, tell us what you see by using the hashtag #ffxstorm. Follow us on Twitter at @fairfaxcounty.
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2nd Annual Falls Church Restaurant Week Announced The dates for the News-Press’ 2nd Annual Falls Church Restaurant Week have been announced. The event recognizing the Little City’s fantastic dining scene will run from Monday, March 24 through Sunday, March 30. The culinary celebration will once again highlight the area’s top dining destinations offering up special meals, dishes, deals and more during the week-long promotion. On Thursday, March 20, the News-Press will publish a Restaurant Week companion guide in a special Food & Dining issue featuring the specials from all participating restaurants in addition to food and dining coverage of the City. Restaurants participating in the this year’s F.C. Restaurant Week include Applebee’s, Curry Mantra 2, Dogfish Head Alehouse, Dogwood Tavern, Flippin’ Pizza, Hoang’s Grill and Sushi Bar, Idylwood Grill, La Cote d’Or, Mad Fox Brewing Company, Pilin Thai, Sfizi, Urban Pantry and zpizza. The growing list of participants will be continuously updated and can be found at fcrestaurantweek.com. Restaurants interested in participating in Restaurant Week, please contact Jody Fellows at jfellows@fcnp.com.
Shields Seeking Consultant on Water Bills Falls Church City Manager Wyatt Shields told the City Council Monday night that a procurement process has been set in motion to retain an outside consultant to review and audit the final set of water bills sent out by the City in December 2013, due to multiple customer complaints of irregularities. The bills were the final ones sent out by the City prior to the City’s sale of the water system to Fairfax County. Shields said tonight that the City’s staff has still not identified any significant irregularities in the billing.
School Board Mulls 5 Preschool Names The Falls Church School Board received a recommendation from a naming committee of five choices to name the preschool on Cherry Street that is currently being renovated. The 15 member committee considered 86 nominations before narrowing the number to five. At its next meeting, the School Board will choose the name from among these: 1. Cherry Street (location of the school), 2. Jessie Thackrey (F.C. schools and City founder), 3. Kathleen Halayko (founder of the preschool program and 25 year veterans of the F.C. schools), 4. Mattie Gundry (founder of the Virginia Training School for mentally disadvantaged children) and 5. Proctor (Cherry Street residents and original founders of the Child Development Center at the site in question).
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