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Vector Technology comes to Loudoun
Vector Technology, Inc., a global computing and networking company signed a lease in Loudoun Nov. 6.
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Community meeting on HS-7
Loudoun County Public Schools will hold a community information meeting to review the proposed Dulles South High School (HS-7) and ...
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Messianic Jewish Conference to be Held in Sterling
Friday, December 4 and Saturday, December 5, 2009
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Mom Milestones
Congratulations to all you parents of graduating seniors. “Seems like only yesterday…” How many times have you heard that over ...
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Local Shopkeeper Spotlight: Platinum Stitch
Read with me as I visit neighborhood businesses, eat locally-farmed food, and attend homegrown events! 
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Yes we can. Yes we did. Yes we will.
Did anybody else wake up today with the feeling of Christmas morning? Or maybe it was like your birthday?  How ...
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Election '09: Trends, Tidbits, & Lessons
The election is over. A little political, clinical ‘post-mortem’ is in order – focused on Loudoun.
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Three B's of School Boards
The Loudoun County Board of Supervisors has scheduled two public input sessions in December to allow members of the public ...
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This Week's Poll

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One person is dead after a crash on Route 50 during rush hour Nov. 19. | ›› more

Rush hour crash kills Centreville man

11/20/2009

A 69-year-old Centreville man died in a crash Nov. 19 on Route 50 near Middleburg that shut the road down in both directions for more than two hours. | 0 comments - ›› more ...

Recent News Stories

Surveillance image released in burglary

11/20/2009

The Loudoun County Sheriff's Office has released a surveillance image of a person of interest in a Nov. 16 convenience store burglary. | 0 comments - ›› more ...

Police charge Maryland men in Ashburn burglary

11/20/2009

Four Maryland men have been charged in connection with a home burglary in Ashburn early Nov. 20. | 0 comments - ›› more ...

Governor's Cabinet choices could change balance in Va. Senate

11/19/2009

This is a critical time in Richmond, as Governor-elect Bob McDonnell (R) makes his Cabinet choices. The result could change the balance of power in the state Senate. Loudoun's state senators said Nov. 18 that if they were to be offered a post in the new state administration, they were not interested in accepting. | 0 comments - ›› more ...

Weekend events

11/18/2009

Events around Loudoun County this weekend and into next week range from a children's production of "The Nutcracker" chess with a grandmaster. Several plays and musical performances are on tap around the county. | 0 comments - ›› more ...

Volunteers welcome to assemble food baskets Nov. 22

11/20/2009

As the holidays approach in a tough economic year for Loudoun, faith-based organizations are organizing a food drive to benefit local families in need. | 0 comments - ›› more ...

AOL to cut one-third of jobs

11/19/2009

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 ...

Scouting for timeless skills

11/17/2009

Scouts reached back to the origins of Boy Scouting Nov. 14 near Middleburg, practicing skills boys have honed for ages. | 0 comments - ›› more ...

Tell us: Black Friday

11/19/2009

What are you shopping for on Black Friday? | 0 comments - ›› more ...

Rural sidewalk goes to Board of Zoning Appeals

11/17/2009

Warren and Carmen Howell expected to be packing up to move into their new home by this winter. | 3 comments - ›› more ...

Man charged with manslaughter for July incident

11/18/2009

Allegedly setting off fireworks from the back of a moving pickup truck has resulted in an involuntary manslaughter charge for a Centreville man. | 0 comments - ›› more ...

H1N1 flu vaccine clinic set for Nov. 21

11/18/2009

The Loudoun County Health Department will have H1N1 vaccine for about 1,500 people at Smart's Mill Middle School, 850 N. King St. in Leesburg, on Saturday, Nov. 21, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., or until all the vaccine has been administered. | 0 comments - ›› more ...

H1N1 vaccine back in stock in Loudoun

11/18/2009

The Loudoun County Health Department has doses of the H1N1 swine flu vaccine in stock and shipments are coming in each day. | 0 comments - ›› more ...

Loudoun loses research institute to Fairfax

11/18/2009

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 ...

No takers apply for $1.5 million in stimulus funds

11/17/2009

Who wants $1.5 million? Apparently, no one. Any Loudoun business could have received the money thanks to the stimulus package, the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. | 0 comments - ›› more ...

South Riding burglary suspects arrested in Fairfax

11/17/2009

Loudoun County sheriff's investigators are working to see if three people arrested in Fairfax County last week are responsible for a series of daytime home burglaries in South Riding. | 0 comments - ›› more ...

DVDs for troops

11/17/2009

The Loudoun County Bar Association, with the assistance of AMVETS Task Force DVD, is collecting new and used DVDs to send to troops overseas. | 0 comments - ›› more ...

Lansdowne students face move to Tuscarora

11/17/2009

Following last spring's uproar over a plan to move Ashburn Farm students out of Stone Bridge High School to Briar Woods, the school system has come up with a new proposal to move Lansdowne students instead. | 2 comments - ›› more ...

Schools face trimmed-back project list

11/17/2009

The recession is forcing Loudoun County Public Schools to make tough choices about the facilities it will build in the coming years. | 0 comments - ›› more ...

Detour to keep W&OD open during power line work

11/17/2009

The W&OD Trail will be detoured starting Dec. 1 from just west of Leesburg to the west end of Dry Mill Road, just short of Clarkes Gap, while Dominion Virginia Power puts its 230,000-volt transmission line underground. | 0 comments - ›› more ...

PATH hearing coming Nov. 19

11/17/2009

The state will take public comments Thursday, Nov. 19, and will hear arguments to dismiss the proposed Potomac-Appalachian Transmission Highline. | 0 comments - ›› more ...

Rash of burglaries at convenience stores

11/16/2009

The Loudoun County Sheriff’s Office is investigating four convenience store burglaries that happened throughout the county recently. | 0 comments - ›› more ...

Man stabbed on dance floor in Sterling

11/16/2009

Police are searching for a man accused of stabbing another man at a Sterling restaurant and nightclub early Nov. 14. | 0 comments - ›› more ...

Loudoun: Trumps' new home

11/16/2009

Eric Trump's friends were right: Loudoun is the place to be. | 0 comments - ›› more ...