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UPDATE: Decision on courthouse holiday displays coming in June

Fri., May. 25 | 09:20 AM - If Supervisor Shawn Williams' (R-Broad Run) late-night closing remarks May 15 are any indication, he won't be voting in favor of the Courthouse Grounds and Facility Committee's recommendation regarding the holiday displays on the courthouse lawn.

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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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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.

Dopilka to give Leesburg Town Council another run

Fri., May. 18 | 02:17 PM - Dwight Dopilka is the first candidate to file for the three Leesburg Town Council seats that will be up for election in November.

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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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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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Virginia ignores marijuana reform proposals

Sun., May. 13 | 06:55 AM - RICHMOND – After months of an undercover investigation in 2008, a Yorktown County police officer finally had enough evidence to charge Brandon Gomez, then 18, with intent to distribute marijuana.

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Loudoun senators at odds over voter ID bills

Fri., May. 11 | 02:18 PM - Throwing himself in the middle of a contentious Republican vs. Democrat debate, State Sen. Richard Black (R-13) is urging Republican Gov. Bob McDonnell to sign politically-charged voter identification legislation from the 2012 session.

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McDonnell announces Civil War site preservation in Middleburg

Wed., May. 9 | 08:44 AM - Gov. Bob McDonnell was in Middleburg this morning to announce a public-private partnership preserving Mount Defiance, a five-acre Civil War battlefield.

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Still no details on county assessor’s leave

Tue., May. 8 | 09:21 AM - Loudoun County remains hush on any details regarding County Assessor Todd Kaufman's placement on paid leave in April.

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New Metro report shows Loudoun losing $25 billion in gross product by 2040 without rail

Mon., May. 7 | 01:50 PM - The cost of Metrorail's extension into Loudoun County in relation to the payoff are miniscule, and no one is making a defensible argument for the benefit not being there, Dr. Stephen Fuller, director of George Mason University's Center for Regional Analysis.

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Virginia takes center stage in presidential campaign

Mon., May. 7 | 09:21 AM - President Barack Obama officially kicked off his re-election bid with a rally Saturday in Richmond, while presumptive Republican nominee and former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney campaigned in northern and southeastern Virginia on Wednesday and Thursday.

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Obama kicks off campaign with VCU rally

Sun., May. 6 | 09:00 AM - RICHMOND – President Barack Obama kicked off his re-election bid Saturday with a rally at Virginia Commonwealth University, calling the campaign a “make-or-break moment” for the middle class.

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Supervisor Clarke predicts the future

Fri., May. 4 | 10:17 AM - Supervisor's newsletter blurb declares outcome of Belmont Ridge Road decision before official vote.

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York grabs hold of Thursday’s Metrorail debate

Fri., May. 4 | 06:55 AM - Loudoun County Board of Supervisors Chairman Scott York (R-At Large) made one of his fiercest public pitches yet for extending Metrorail service into Loudoun County.

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Wolf lobbies for full-time inspector general at Airports Authority

Wed., May. 2 | 05:55 PM - Virginia U.S. Rep. Frank Wolf (R-10) has introduced legislation in the House of Representatives to create a permanent, full-time inspector general for the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority (MWAA), the organization charged with overseeing Metrorail's Silver Line extension into Loudoun County.

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Purcellville Mayor Bob Lazaro, who won reelection May 1, looks up to see who is walking toward Emerick Elementary School as the polls close while speaking with former Town Council member Lisa Payne. Lt. Jim Rust, right, who came by after work, says that Mayor Lazaro tells him that he’s good luck.

UPDATE: Town election results, Lazaro re-elected in Purcellville, new mayor for Lovettsville

Tue., May. 1 | 06:43 PM - Elections were held in five towns in Loudoun County May 1 and the results are in.

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Study recommends cutting Virginia taxes

Sun., Apr. 29 | 11:08 AM - RICHMOND – The rich may be rich and the poor may be poor, but a nonpartisan think tank says there’s a way to eliminate state income taxes on the poorest Virginians while providing as much as a 10 percent tax cut to everyone else.

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Gov. McDonnell signs Greason’s EpiPen law

Sat., Apr. 28 | 07:45 AM - RICHMOND – Gov. Bob McDonnell signed two bills Thursday requiring schools to stock and administer epinephrine, a drug that could save students having a severe allergic reaction.

Obama classmate to challenge Wolf for 10th District

Fri., Apr. 27 | 07:00 AM - Kristin Cabral, a McLean attorney, is the presumptive Democratic nominee for Virginia’s 10th Congressional District in the November 2012 election.

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Weighing seven pounds, Olivia Marguerite Holtzman – “all family names,” said Sen. Jill Holtzman Vogel – was delivered April 25 at 8:51 a.m. at Fauquier Hospital.

Sen. Vogel gives birth to baby girl

Thu., Apr. 26 | 03:24 PM - Virginia Sen. Jill Holtzman Vogel (R-27) gave birth to her fourth child, Olivia, April 25. “I feel great … very happy to have her here and happy for a healthy baby girl,” Vogel said Thursday.

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Obama, GOP 2012 campaigns on the ground in Virginia

Wed., Apr. 25 | 09:37 AM - With November's General Election six months away, President Barack Obama's re-election efforts in Virginia, targeted as a critical swing state in 2012, are becoming more and more visible.

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Virginia’s economy ranks 3rd in the U.S.

Sun., Apr. 22 | 07:00 AM - RICHMOND – Despite a long recession, Virginia ranks among the top five states with the best economic climates, according to a national lobbying organization.

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Beer Kitchen performance

Fri., Apr. 20 | 12:00 PM - MacDowell Brew Kitchen is hosting a music performance April 20 by Joey and the Waitress, a local alternative acoustic band.

Leesburg Town Council opens door for dance studios as home occupations

Fri., Apr. 20 | 08:00 AM - In addition to amending article 5 of the Leesburg Ordinance for Extended Family Residences April 10, Town Council also approved the ordinance to establish Dance studios as Home Occupations with a 5-2 vote and Council members Terry Titus and Katie Hammler dissenting.

Virginia Senate passes budget, Metro funding remains at $150 million

Wed., Apr. 18 | 03:51 PM - The Virginia Senate Wednesday passed an $85 billion state budget, the exact two-year spending plan that failed in the General Assembly's upper house a day earlier.

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Newly elected Leesburg Town Council member Kelly Burk, center, talks with supporter Debbie Piland at Palio Ristorante Italiano in Leesburg April 17.

Burk returns to Leesburg, wins Town Council special election

Tue., Apr. 17 | 06:52 PM - Kelly Burk, the former Loudoun County Board of Supervisors representative for Leesburg defeated challenger Dwight Dopilka in the April 17 Special Election with 53 percent of the vote.

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In partisan fashion, Senate again votes down state budget

Tue., Apr. 17 | 06:23 PM - Late Tuesday, the commonwealth remained without a two-year budget for fiscal years 2013 and 2014 as Senate Democrats again voted against an $85 billion spending proposal.

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Crime/Public Safety

Sterling man pleads guilty to producing child pornography

Fri., May. 25 | 02:55 PM

DUI crash leaves thousands without power

Wed., May. 23 | 12:02 PM

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Accused serial stabber convicted of first-degree murder in Michigan

Tue., May. 22 | 08:58 PM

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UPDATE: Missing Leesburg man drowns in drainage pond

Tue., May. 22 | 03:00 PM