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Moderate turnout for Rail to Dulles public information session

Fri., May. 25 | 10:48 AM - Community members displayed mixed reactions about the Dulles Corridor Metrorail Project at the county's first public outreach session May 24.

World War II survivor and Boy Scout Julian Kulski spoke to Loudoun County scouts and others at Tuscarora Mill High School earlier this month. The event was organized with the help of Virginia Del. Randy Minchew, shown here presenting Kulski with a broad-brimmed Scout Hat. Times-Mirror photo/Beverly Denny

A lesson in freedom

Fri., May. 25 | 08:30 AM - Freedom is never free, Julian Kulski tells a crowd of more than 200 people at Tuscarora Mill High School in mid-May.

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A patio adjacent to 868 Estate Vineyards and Grandale Farm Restaurant is available for visitors to savor their wine, meal or bring a picnic on the grounds of the historic farm in Neersville. Times-Mirror Staff Photo/Beverly Denny

New vineyard opens doors, partners with gourmet restaurant

Fri., May. 25 | 06:00 AM - Loudoun County has added one more vineyard to its ever expanding number of excellent winemakers with the opening of 868 Estate Vineyard in Purcellville.

Mays named acting director of Loudoun County finance department

Thu., May. 24 | 02:15 PM - Loudoun County deputy chief financial officer Ben Mays was appointed today as the acting director of the county's Department of Management and Financial Services.

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Patti Maslinoff, who has struggled with debilitating depression and anxiety for decades, talks about her experiences, treatments and methods of coping with mental illness for the “In Our Own Voices” session for Mental Health Awareness Month at Cascades Library May 17. The talk was in partnership with Loudoun County Mental Health, Substance Abuse and Developmental Services, and Friends of Loudoun Mental Health.

While thousands struggle in silence, two women lend their voices to mental health

Thu., May. 24 | 02:00 PM - Patti Maslinoff's voice is one of thousands. The Leesburg resident speaks openly about her decades-long struggle with depression, obsessive-compulsive disorder and hoarding.

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Loudoun County Grand Jury hands out indictments

Thu., May. 24 | 11:30 AM - Three Loudoun County residents have been indicted by a grand jury for their crimes.

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Ziemba remembered for strong heart for community

Thu., May. 24 | 09:58 AM - Joan K. Ziemba, director of corporate and community relations at The George Washington University Virginia Science and Technology Campus in Ashburn since 2003, died after a long battle with ovarian cancer May 17. She was 65.

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Metrorail local funding talks begin in earnest

Wed., May. 23 | 12:30 PM - The Loudoun County Board of Supervisors heard from county staff Tuesday the options before them to pay for the most substantial transportation and economic development project in Loudoun County's 255 year history.

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DUI crash leaves thousands without power

Wed., May. 23 | 12:02 PM - A Sterling man was charged Tuesday with driving under the influence after he struck a utility pole on Potomac View Road and left thousands without power for several hours.

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School Board pushes Valley renovations to bid

Wed., May. 23 | 11:14 AM - The debate over artificial versus grass turf at Loudoun Valley High School in Purcellville seemed to be growing at the Loudoun County School Board's May 22 meeting. The board passed 7-2 to put the Valley’s original renovation plans, including artificial turf, into bid and the motion will now move forward to the county and the town of Purcellville.

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Marine Staff Sgt. Timothy Brown claps by tapping his prosthetic arm against a chair during the groundbreaking ceremony for the Boulder Crest Retreat for Wounded Warriors in Bluemont May 18. Brown lost both legs and an arm in an IED blast in Afghanistan in February 2011. He says he is looking forward to taking a vacation from his rehab at Walter Reed at the retreat after its opening, which is scheduled for May 2013.

Wounded Warrior retreat offers solace after war

Wed., May. 23 | 09:14 AM - Ken Faulke asked those who have served or currently serving in the audience to stand.

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Dulles Town Center gets state-of-the-art theater

Wed., May. 23 | 08:00 AM - Dulles Town Center is about to get a massive new tenant to add to its complex.

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Accused serial stabber convicted of first-degree murder in Michigan

Tue., May. 22 | 08:58 PM - A former Leesburg resident accused of a stabbing spree through three states was convicted May 22 of first-degree murder in Genesee County, Mich. where he’s accused of killing three people.

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Loudoun County Fire and Rescue use emergency boats to search the drainage pond for the victim. Courtesy Photo/Theresa Crowder

UPDATE: Missing Leesburg man drowns in drainage pond

Tue., May. 22 | 03:00 PM - The Leesburg Police Department found the body of a missing Leesburg man May 22 in a drainage pond off the Leesburg Bypass and Battlefield Parkway near the Exeter neighborhood.

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Metro to Loudoun public sessions begin May 24

Tue., May. 22 | 09:18 AM - The Loudoun County Board of Supervisors has scheduled four public outreach sessions regarding the Dulles Corridor Metrorail Project -- the first of which is May 24 -- providing the public an opportunity to comment on the approximately $5.5. billion Metro extension.

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A Loudoun County senior looks confused at her new Heritage High School senior classmates, as Dwight Pendleton dashes to his new assigned seat in his new school for the class period. Times-Mirror Staff Photo/ Laura Peters

Leesburg high schools switch things around

Mon., May. 21 | 12:00 PM - It took about three weeks to make the spreadsheet, collect the students, switch the parking passes and hand out the school maps.

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Wine tasting and silent auction to benefit Loudoun Museum

Mon., May. 21 | 05:49 AM - If you're looking for a way to spend a Saturday afternoon in style, the Loudoun Museum is pulling community members together to offer the “Best of Loudoun” Wine Tasting and Silent Auction on Saturday, June 9, at the Historic Glenfiddich House in Leesburg.

McDonnell signs into law voter ID legislation

Sun., May. 20 | 12:07 PM - Republican Gov. Bob McDonnell has signed off on hotly-debated voter identification bills.

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Whitbeck to chair 10th District GOP Committee

Sun., May. 20 | 06:05 AM - Leesburg attorney John Whitbeck was elected chairman of the 10th Congressional District Republicans during the committee's convention Saturday.

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As of 10:30 p.m. Route 7 was still closed as emergency crews were on scene near CountrySide and Dulles Town Center where a pedestrian was struck while attempting to cross the intersection.

Updated: Thirteen-year-old pedestrian hit crossing Route 7 near Dulles Town Center

Sat., May. 19 | 09:57 PM - A section of eastbound Route 7 near CountrySide and Dulles Town Center was still closed at 10:30 p.m. after a 13-year-old girl was struck while attempting to cross the intersection. Multiple cruisers were still on scene.

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Local artist Dave White painted a series of murals for the Mobile Hope Donation Center, which will soon be opened at the Village of Leesburg and will accept donations for underprivileged children.

In darkness, there is hope

Sat., May. 19 | 08:00 AM - Leesburg artist creates mural to benefit Loudoun's homeless children

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Dulles in preliminary plans to expand cargo hub

Thu., Apr. 26 | 01:00 PM - With easily over 400 acres of free space currently slated for the development of cargo facilities, Dulles Airport is looking to join the ranks of John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York City and Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport in Atlanta as major cargo hubs on the eastern seaboard.

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Towns gear up for council elections

Thu., Apr. 26 | 08:00 AM - Two weeks after a special election in Leesburg, voters in Loudoun's towns and villages will go to the polls on May 1 to select mayors and populate the town councils for Hamilton, Lovettsville, Middleburg, Purcellville and Round Hill.

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Leesburg goes to vote April 17

Thu., Apr. 5 | 08:00 AM - Special election to replace Ken Reid on Town Council will occur April 17.

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Music in Our Schools month

Wed., Mar. 28 | 09:00 AM - The month of March has officially been designated by the National Association for Music Education as Music in Our Schools Month - when music education becomes the focus of schools nationwide. This year’s theme is “Music Lasts a Lifetime.”

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Lexmark purchases local data provider

Fri., Mar. 16 | 02:26 PM - Major printing and imaging mogul Lexmark International has acquired Ashburn-based Brainware for $148 million.

Sandy Spring CSA still ‘growing’

Sat., Feb. 18 | 12:00 PM - Since its inception in 2002, the Sandy Spring Community Supported Agriculture has offered high quality, organic produce to residents in the D.C. metro area.

Welsh to serve in General District Court

Fri., May. 18 | 03:06 PM - Loudoun County attorney Deborah C. Welsh will replace retiring judge Julia Cannon on the 20th Judicial District of the General District Court.

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Two Loudoun County residents involved in $1.5 million mortgage scheme

Fri., May. 18 | 12:37 PM - Five individuals, including two Loudoun County residents, pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court this week to conspiring to secure more than $1.5 million in a mortgage fraud scheme involving a home in Gainesville.

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Lt. Lawrence Lippincott of the Loudoun County Department of Fire, Rescue and Emergency Management shows Corinne Baker of the International Association of Fire Chiefs how to put out a small flammable liquids fire with a fire extinguisher during a training day for IAFC staff May 11.

Fire and rescue training

Fri., May. 18 | 12:24 PM - The Loudoun County Department of Fire, Rescue and Emergency Management held a training session May 11 for around 40 staff members from the International Association of Fire Chiefs.

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VDOT shows Leesburg Sycolin Road overpass

Fri., May. 18 | 12:01 PM - The Virginia Department of Transportation held an impromptu public meeting May 17 to allow citizens of Leesburg the opportunity to ask questions, give comments and provide suggestions to the proposed plan of the Sycolin Road Overpass of the Route 7 and Route 15 Bypass slated to be construction next year.

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Loudoun inmate dies after suffering massive stroke in prison

Fri., May. 18 | 11:13 AM - An Ashburn man indicted April 9 in connection with a January stabbing at a Sterling shopping center died Tuesday at Inova Fairfax Hospital after suffering a massive stroke at the Loudoun County Adult Detention Center.

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Ayla Coles, 15, walking with her date Omar Contreras, 17, looks back at friends getting out of their limo in front of the National Conference Center for the Loudoun Valley High School prom May 12. Times-Mirror Staff Photo/Beverly Denny

Fifty years of magic

Fri., May. 18 | 08:59 AM - Looking back on five decades of proms at Loudoun Valley

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Loudoun Democrats criticize GOP over vote against gay judge

Fri., May. 18 | 08:44 AM - Loudoun County Democrats condemned the actions of local Delegates David Ramadan (R-87) and Tag Greason (R-32) Wednesday after gay judicial nominee Tracy Thorne-Begland fell 18 votes short of the 51-vote majority necessary to be appointed as a general district judge.

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Post clerk Robert Edwards helps a customer who came to the Downtown Leesburg Post Office to purchase stamps. Times-Mirror Photo/Laura Peters

Leesburg Post Office to remain open – for now

Thu., May. 17 | 01:00 PM - Robert Edwards smiles and laughs as he greets customers at the Downtown Leesburg Post Office. Edwards, who's been the postal clerk there for more than 25 years, is always smiling and welcoming to each person who passes through the post offices' door. The smile almost completely disappeared when the news of the Post Office's possible closure was announced in July 2011.

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Teen avoids carjacking in Sterling

Thu., May. 17 | 11:39 AM - The Loudoun County Sheriff's Office is investigating an attempted May 15 carjacking in Sterling.

Crime down in Loudoun in 2011

Thu., May. 17 | 08:26 AM - As a whole, crime was down in Loudoun County in 2011, according to a Virginia State Police report, but residents still saw an uptick in violent crimes and thefts.

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MWAA ripped in U.S. Department of Transportation IG report

Wed., May. 16 | 03:03 PM - MWAA in past years has had to answer questions relating to its internal operations, financial disclosures and bidding practices; this publicity has heightened of late considering the authority is in charge of overseeing construction of the approximately $5.5 billion Dulles Corridor Metrorail Project, which will bring Metro's Silver Line to the Dulles International Airport and into Loudoun County.

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Pending Governor’s signature, commonwealth finally has a budget

Wed., May. 16 | 01:02 PM - Two months later than expected, the Virginia General Assembly has agreed on two-year spending plan for the commonwealth.

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Raspberry Falls well operational again

Wed., May. 16 | 10:05 AM - A well in Raspberry Falls shut down in August 2011 is back in service, Loudoun Water officials announced May 15.

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Stone Bridge named Top 10 school by U.S. News

Wed., May. 16 | 09:33 AM - With high state scores, performance average and advanced placement test scores, Stone Bridge High School was named the No. 10 best high school in the state of Virginia by U.S News and World Reports. This is the first year a Loudoun County Public School reached the top 10 for best high school in Virginia.

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Supervisors approve $7.9 million increase for schools

Tue., May. 15 | 07:21 PM - Loudoun County Public Schools will see an additional $7.9 million for its fiscal 2013 budget from the county's Board of Supervisors contingent on Gov. Bob McDonnell signing off on the two-year state budget approved by the General Assembly May 14.

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Delgaudio says Obama “assaulting” traditional marriage

Tue., May. 15 | 02:14 PM - Loudoun County Supervisor Eugene Delgaudio (R-Sterling), in response to President Barack Obama's announcement in support of gay marriage, says the president's “evolution comment gives evolutionists” a bad name.

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Danny Hurdle, owner of Carolina Brothers Barbecue, often sees to it himself his pork and beef is smoked just right. Times-Mirror Photo/Trevor Baratko

A taste of Carolina in Loudoun

Tue., May. 15 | 09:04 AM - For barbecue aficionados, Danny Hurdle is deserving of celebrity status. Being a transient locale, Northern Virginia is dense with residents either from the Carolinas, or those who have passed through at various stints in their careers. Finding authentic Carolina barbecue can be a trying practice.

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Government

Moderate turnout for Rail to Dulles public information session

Fri., May. 25 | 10:48 AM

UPDATE: Decision on courthouse holiday displays coming in June

Fri., May. 25 | 09:20 AM

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Mays named acting director of Loudoun County finance department

Thu., May. 24 | 02:15 PM

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Metrorail local funding talks begin in earnest

Wed., May. 23 | 12:30 PM