AOL to cut one-third of jobs
America Online is downsizing again. The company, which has thousands of employees in Dulles, is looking for 2,500 employees to voluntarily join a layoff program Dec. 4-11. If the targeted number is not reached, the company will proceed with involuntary layoffs during the next several months. | 0 comments - ›› more ...
Loudoun loses research institute to Fairfax
Loudoun lost out on the chance to bring more than 400 high-paying jobs to the county as a $200 million medical research institute chose to make Fairfax County its new home. | 0 comments - ›› more ...
Less is more at TMG Construction
“Green construction company” doesn’t have to be an oxymoron. Witness TMG Construction Corp. of Lincoln. | 0 comments - ›› more ...
Ag community members learn from U.S.D.A. researcher
Growers and producers from Loudoun and Fauquier counties and from West Virginia learned about rotational crop production last week from John Teasdale, a research leader at the 7,000-acre U.S.D.A. Agricultural Research Station in Beltsville, Md. | 0 comments - ›› more ...
Leesburg launches winter farmers market
The Leesburg Winter Farmers Market kicked off the 2009-2010 season Nov. 7 with more than 20 “producer-only” vendors, Bolivian folk music from AMA, a naming contest for a new pepper cheese, gardening tips from the Master Gardeners and wool pelts and skeins from the Loudoun Valley Sheep Producers. Happyfacekids was on hand raising money for families parenting children with Down syndrome. | 0 comments - ›› more ...
Small businesses recognized
The Loudoun County Chamber of Commerce unveiled the winners of the 2009 Small Business Awards last week. | 0 comments - ›› more ...
Depleted IRAs could have a tax benefit
Are you wondering if the beating you're taking on your IRA values could have been prevented by working with a professional financial adviser? | 0 comments - ›› more ...
Route 28 area 'highly desirable' for business
Zoning changes can bring out the corridor's potential, Fulton research analyst tells supervisors. The potential for business greatness in the Route 28 corridor was the topic of discussion Nov. 5. | 0 comments - ›› more ...
Wegmans opens to fanfare
Hundreds of shoppers cheered behind velvet ropes as employees bellowed "Give me a W-E-G-M-A-N-S" from the entrance of the grocery store Sunday morning. | 0 comments - ›› more ...
Sports center hosts grand opening
The public is invited to the grand opening of Purcellville's new state-of-the-art sports center Nov. 7. The Purcellville Sports Pavilion, an extensive fitness and sports facility, offers fitness programs, strength and cardio training machines, yoga and Pilates classes, as well as one of the few high-tech indoor team sports fields in Northern Virginia. | 0 comments - ›› more ...
Golf course lien holders still in the lurch
Six miles of poplar hardwood form the moldings and trims at 1757 Golf Club’s clubhouse. | 0 comments - ›› more ...
Economy improving but threats still lurk
The good news: The financial markets are improving, the rise in unemployment has slowed, and home sales nationwide have picked up. The bad news: Inflation remains a threat, and the commercial real estate market is the next shoe to drop. | 0 comments - ›› more ...
DAAR's economic summit
Rosemary deButts, housing forecast consultant for the Dulles Area Association of Realtors, spoke at the 2009 Economic Summit Meeting Oct. 30, at the Loudoun County School Administration Building in Ashburn. Times-Mirror Photo/Elizabeth Dodd | 0 comments - ›› more ...
Donate candy for the troops
Rotten teeth don't look good on little trick-or-treaters. | 0 comments - ›› more ...