Thanksgiving with a Loudoun flair
Local chefs tell how to take the region's finest products and turn them into the tenderest turkey and most flavorful sides you've ever served. | 0 comments - ›› more ...
Soup to nuts – all right here at home
Loudoun farmers, bakers, vintners and graziers put together the freshest Thanksgiving menu ever. | 0 comments - ›› more ...
Weekend events
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 ...
Rush hour crash kills Centreville man
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 ...
Surveillance image released in burglary
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
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
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. | 1 comment - ›› more ...
Volunteers welcome to assemble food baskets Nov. 22
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
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
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
What are you shopping for on Black Friday? | 0 comments - ›› more ...
Rural sidewalk goes to Board of Zoning Appeals
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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 ...
Wanted man turns himself in
A 22-year-old Sterling man who was wanted in connection with a sexual assault that happened in Sterling earlier this year has turned himself over to police. | 0 comments - ›› more ...
Detour to keep W&OD open during power line work
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
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
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
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
Eric Trump's friends were right: Loudoun is the place to be. | 0 comments - ›› more ...
Students put finishing touches on fall plays
The stage in the auditorium of Loudoun County High School buzzes with a muted excitement as the cast of Shakespeare’s "A Midsummer Night's Dream" gathers on the stage to listen to drama teacher John Wells give instructions before the start of rehearsal. | 0 comments - ›› more ...
This week's events
Events around Loudoun County this weekend and into next week include a variety of theatrical performances, a Barkfest and Oatlands' Fall Teas. | 1 comment - ›› more ...
Turkey turns table on officers
This is a good time of year for all smart turkeys to stay in hiding. Route 7 during morning rush hour Nov. 12 … not the best place to hide. | 5 comments - ›› more ...
Leesburg OKs alcohol at events in town facilities
Folks who rent certain town facilities in Leesburg for private events can now serve alcohol. | 0 comments - ›› more ...
Power line hearing to include move to dismiss project
The Nov. 19 State Corporation Commission Public Hearing in Lovettsville is still on the calendar, and its scope grew Nov. 10 when the commission’s staff added to the agenda arguments on motions to dismiss the entire application, and to change the hearing schedule. | 0 comments - ›› more ...
Veterans Day observed throughout county
Ceremonies honored veterans throughout Loudoun County Nov. 11. | 0 comments - ›› more ...
Students celebrate veterans
Students at Loudoun Country Day School in Leesburg opened their classrooms to veterans Nov. 11 in honor of Veterans Day. | 0 comments - ›› more ...
Loudoun delegates reveal 2010 Richmond agendas
After the foundations of Loudoun politics got shaken on Election Day, attention quickly turned from campaigning and glad-handing to governing and addressing serious issues. | 0 comments - ›› more ...
Reporter's Notebook: Gunman shot through hearts of many
When I first saw reports of another shooting last week, I was gripped with sadness for the victims and their families. When my eye traveled down the page and I saw the word "mosque," I felt sick. Oh, no. It's a Muslim. | 0 comments - ›› more ...
Western Loudoun welcomes Inova Urgent Care in Purcellville
Patients from Lovettsville, said nurse Julie Vaughan, have been particularly happy to bring their scratches, cuts, coughs and sprains to Inova’s just-opened Urgent Care Center in Purcellville rather than trekking to Leesburg. | 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 ...
PATH files for delays in two states, opposition cries ‘foul’
The path to PATH is getting rockier by the day. | 1 comment - ›› more ...
Accused murderer questions legality of search
A 40-year-old Ashburn man charged with first-degree murder will have to wait nearly a month to find out if Loudoun County Sheriff's Office deputies illegally searched his residence earlier this year. | 0 comments - ›› more ...
Local 'Project Runway' finalist teams up with Patsy Cline nonprofit
Next spring, Loudoun's claim to fame in the fashion world will unveil a dress made to honor a local country music legend. | 0 comments - ›› more ...
Former Sterling supervisor dead at 64
Andrew Bird, a member of Loudoun's Board of Supervisors representing Sterling from 1983-87, died on Oct. 29. He was 64. | 0 comments - ›› more ...
PATH asks West Virginia for seven-month delay
American Electric Power and Allegheny Energy, partners in the proposed 280-mile 765,000-volt electric transmission line from Putnam County, W.Va., to a new substation in Maryland, have asked the West Virginia Public Service Commission to put the application on hold for 217 days. | 1 comment - ›› more ...
Greason, LeMunyon score GOP upsets
Republicans ruled the ballot Nov. 3 for seats in Virginia's House of Delegates. The Loudoun delegate race reflected the Republican sweep that also took the races for governor, lieutenant governor and attorney general. | 3 comments - ›› more ...
Two men try to rob pizza man in Sterling
A pizza deliveryman said he was robbed at gunpoint by two men Nov. 3 in Sterling. | 0 comments - ›› more ...
Republicans take back Virginia, Loudoun
For the first time in eight years, Virginia has a Republican governor. | 0 comments - ›› more ...
A package opened
Members of the Loudoun County Board of Supervisors and the management team of the new Leesburg Wegmans gathered for a ribbon cutting Nov. 3. Wegmans will open Sunday, Nov. 8. | 0 comments - ›› more ...
Demolition granted for Leesburg firehouse
The firehouse in downtown Leesburg was issued a demolition permit this week. And it's exactly what fire department officials wanted. | 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 ...
UPDATE: McDonnell wins
Virginia's voters went to the polls Nov. 3 and elected Bob McDonnell as the state's next governor. | 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 ...
McDonnell wins mock election in schools
Students in several Loudoun County Public Schools held a mock governor's election last week, and the winner was Republican candidate Bob McDonnell with close to 53 percent of the vote. | 0 comments - ›› more ...
West Virginia joins in call to dismiss PATH plans
The path to PATH developed several significant roadblocks in the last week. West Virginia joined Virginia in a move to dismiss the application for the power line until its fate in Maryland is clear. And the No To PATH citizens organization rejected an offer to hold a meeting in Lovettsville Nov. 16. | 0 comments - ›› more ...
ROTC comes to Loudoun County High
Inside the red brick annex at Loudoun County High School, students sit up straight in pressed white shirts, paying close attention to the presentation in front of them. | 0 comments - ›› more ...
Donate candy for the troops
Rotten teeth don't look good on little trick-or-treaters. | 0 comments - ›› more ...