Annual Food Drive
Local Cub Scouts and Boy Scouts will kick-off their annual Scouting for Food collection program in Northern Virginia on Saturday, Nov. 7. On that day, the Scouts will distribute collection bags in eastern
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CountrySide's Home-Based Business Activists Call for Committee
The CountrySide board of directors heard a call last week, Oct. 28, for an ad hoc committee to be formed on the contentious issue of home-based businesses, but took no action on the suggestion.
Bonnie
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Touring Landfill
Members of Cub Scout Pack 1154 from Ashburn recently attended a driving tour at the Loudoun County Landfill to see where their garbage goes and to learn more about recycling. The Loudoun County landfill
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More Good News For Home Sellers
If you want to sell your home, you may soon be able to get a higher price than those of your neighbors who had to sell several months ago.
That was good news not only to home sellers but also to real
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Crime Briefs
Identity of Sunoco Robber Sought
The Sheriff’s Office Monday, Nov. 2, was seeking the public’s help to identify a suspect in the armed robbery that occurred in Ashburn during the early morning hours
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Trumpeter Mark Davis Honored
High school trumpeter Mark Davis, a senior at Briar Woods who lives in Potomac Falls, was honored Wednesday, Oct. 28, for being the only musician in Loudoun County to be selected to be a member the marching
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LINK Needs More Help
It's November and that means that the LINK organization of 14 churches, which have operated here in eastern Loudoun County and Herndon since 1972, again need help to meet the needs of families living
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Another College For Loudoun
The St. Sophia Foundation, an affiliate of the Orthodox Christian faith, has plans to purchase a 47-acre tract of land in Loudoun County on which to build an Orthodox Christian College. The foundation
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Gang Problem Easing
The "gang problem," first noticed significantly in eastern Loudoun County in 2002 and appearing to grow over succeeding years, now appears to have crested and in recent years declined somewhat, according
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Raising Funds with Style
Potomac Falls High School hosted a fashion show on Saturday, Oct. 17 at the Tyson's Corner Center Mall. The school partnered with Macy's to raise money for the ALS Association (Lou Gehrig's Disease).
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McDonnell Proves To Be ‘Fairfax’s Own’
Many independent polls had predicted for weeks that former Attorney General Bob McDonnell (R) would beat Democrat Creigh Deeds in the Virginia’s gubernatorial election Nov. 3.
But few local Republican
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Loudoun Returns to Republicans
Loudoun County voters in Tuesday's election gave a majority of their votes to Republicans leading the party's ticket as Virginia's former Attorney General, Bob McDonnell, decisively defeated Democrat
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2009 Election Returns
Follow the links below to view the Virginia Board of Elections updates:
To view precinct by precinct election results, all offices, all races, click
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Sportsmanship, Heart and Soul of High School Sports
When Mark Gjormand’s Madison High baseball team would meet up against local Vienna area rival Oakton in past years, the two squads would leave everything on the field. Both the Warhawks and the Cougars,
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Private School Search Timeline
EARLY FALL
* Finalize schools that you plan to inquire about.
* Request admissions and financial aid material by phone or online.
* Review admissions materials to determine which schools to visit.
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A Look at Trends in College Costs
Every year since 1998, the College Board has published a new edition of “Trends in College Pricing,” providing information on prices for tuition and fees and room and board at colleges and universities.
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If They Build It, Will You Come?
Many local private schools are in the midst of fundraising for or have recently completed a major construction project, though the private school officials have said they are not in an “arms race” when
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A Night To Decide D.C.’s Funniest Feds
John Quirk said he was absolutely terrified his first time. "I still couldn’t tell you what I said that night. I was blinded by the spotlight and vaguely remember hearing chuckles emerging from the darkness."
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Impact of Concussions
West Potomac linebacker Matthew Voltmer ended up on the ground on Aug. 14 and he doesn’t remember how he got there.
It was a morning session during two-a-day practices at the high school in Mount Vernon,
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Getting in to U-Va.
Like most elected officials in Northern Virginia, Del. Tim Hugo (R-40) expects to hear a lot of gripes from his constituents about local transportation woes.
But in late summer, as Hugo was beginning
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How Virginia Compares for Accepting In-state Students
Virginia’s most competitive public universities and colleges often accept fewer in-state students than other high-profile state schools. Here is a comparison of Virginia schools rankings according to
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Creating Her Own Space
When Deborah McDysan and her husband David were designing their home in Great Falls, one major component was to be the art studio where she would ply her trade. Now, products of the studio have spread
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Custom Dream House in Shades of Green
One sure way to acquire a house that knows everything about your needs is to build it yourself. Or, more specifically, to team up with an architect-- who scrupulously observes to how you live, is versed
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Recognized for Prevention Efforts
The Loudoun County Sheriff’s Office received high honors for its efforts in the prevention of auto theft in the county. The agency received the Division 7 (Northern Virginia) H.E.A.T. award for Sheriff’s
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Landfill Tour
Members of Junior Girl Scouts Troop #6004 from Sterling recently attended a driving tour at the Loudoun County landfill to see where their garbage goes and to learn more about recycling. Tour dates for
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Emerging Scholar
Kevin Isa Izadpanah of Sterling was granted an Emerging Scholar Award worth $250 by The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi. The son of Abdol and Betty Izadpanah, Kevin is majoring in biochemistry and biology
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W&OD Trail Safety Warning Issued
The Loudoun County Sheriff’s Office issued safety tips after two reports of exposure along the W&OD trail.
In one case on Friday, Oct. 9, a female was walking in the area of mile marker 22 just east
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Changes at CountrySide
A proposal by board members of the CountrySide homeowners association to regulate home-based businesses has encountered strong opposition from residents operating such businesses, and now threatens a
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It’s Sterlingfest
Jace Greenman of the Sterling Fire Department participates in Sterlingfest on Saturday, Oct. 10.
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School Notes
The following students have finished new cadet week training with the Virginia Tech Corps of Cadets, the university’s longest standing tradition of leadership development.
* John Kewley of Sterling is
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Brownies Meet with Au Pairs
Brownie Troop #5215 of Leesburg and Ashburn met with a group of Cultural Care Au Pairs to earn their international badge. Thirty au pairs from around the world presented information about their home countries,
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Quite a Haul
Members of the award-winning Stone Bridge Marching Bulldogs display trophies won by the band at the annual Spotsylvania High School competition on Oct. 3. The Marching Bulldogs earned first-place scores
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Armed Robbery Suspect Sought
The Loudoun County Sheriff’s Office is investigating an armed robbery that occurred during the early morning hours of Saturday, Oct. 17 in Ashburn.
Shortly before 1 a.m. an unknown subject entered the
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Development Coming Along Route 28
Potomac District Supervisor Andrea McGimsey reports that noticeable construction along Route 28 near its merge with Route 7 in Loudoun County is for a new headquarters for the National Rural Utilities
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Briar Woods Students To Help Vets
Students at Briar Woods High School in Ashburn will be honoring wounded veterans at the last home football game of the season, Nov. 6, in advance of Veterans Day.
Logan Williams, a teacher at Briar Woods,
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Water, Water Everywhere
Chris Huff and Amanda Alwan participate in Family Stream Day at Claude Moore Park on Saturday, Oct. 17. This annual event is held in observance of World Water Monitoring Day and commemorates the anniversary
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Ashburn Next for New School
A joint School Board/Board of Supervisors subcommittee agreed last week that the next new school should be built in Ashburn, a subtle change from the term "Ashburn/Dulles" in current school construction
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Absentee Voting Hours Extended
The Loudoun County Electoral Board has extended absentee voting hours at the Cascades Senior Center next to the Cascades Library on Whitfield Place, and at the board's office at 801 Sycolin Road, Suite
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Ghosts Come Out This Weekend In Leesburg
Several homes and other buildings in Leesburg are the sites of stories dating to colonial times when the town was a two-day stagecoach trip from Alexandria down Leesburg Pike.
Some of the stories are
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New Church Sets Formal Opening
A new Restore Community Church in Sterling has set its "grand opening" for Sunday, Oct. 25, and has specifically invited some 40,000 families in the broader Sterling area to attend by sending each an
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Suspect in Fraud Scheme Found
An Ashburn woman who fled to Turkey after being indicted in July in a $50 million mortgage fraud scheme has been arrested, the Loudoun County Sheriff's Office reported.
Diane H. Frederick Atari, 42,
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New County Administrator Named
The Board of Supervisors voted unanimously this week to appoint
Tim Hemstreet to serve as county administrator, effective Dec. 7.
Hemstreet, 41, comes to Loudoun County from the City of Miami Beach,
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