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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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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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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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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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Purcellville names new Town Attorney

Thu., May. 10 | 01:19 PM - Purcellville's Town Council has appointed a new full-time Town Attorney.

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Anti-rail group claims denied access to Metrorail forum

Wed., May. 9 | 04:29 PM - With the biggest financial decision for Loudoun County just around the corner, there was bound to be controversy stemming from the State of Rail to Loudoun meeting held May 9 at the Dulles International Airport Marriott.

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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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The Board of Supervisors-appointed Loudoun County Courthouse Grounds and Facilities Committee started off its meeting Tuesday with an executive session, one not listed on the May 8 agenda. Times-Mirror photo/Trevor Baratko

Locked doors at the Loudoun County courthouse grounds meeting

Tue., May. 8 | 04:58 PM - Loudoun citizens trying to attend the county's Courthouse Grounds and Facilities Committee meeting Tuesday needed the ability to pick locks in order to gain entry to the first half hour of the so-called public affair.

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UPDATE: Middleburg Fire Department claims $500,000 embezzled by former treasurer

Tue., May. 8 | 10:15 AM - A Middleburg attorney has confirmed that the late Paul Draisey, a well-known former radio personality in Loudoun County, was allegedly involved in an embezzlement scheme with the Middleburg Volunteer Fire Department that spanned at least three years.

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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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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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Loudoun County’s CFO heading to MWAA

Fri., May. 4 | 07:25 AM - Loudoun County's Chief Financial Officer Mark Adams will leave his role with the county to take a deputy CFO position with the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority (MWAA), according to Loudoun County Supervisor Ken Reid (R-Leesburg).

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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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Guest Opinion: Susan Allen encourages Northern Virginians to participate in Lyme 5K

Thu., May. 3 | 03:15 PM - Former First Lady of Virginia Susan Allen will run the Loudoun Lyme 5K Sunday. Here she talks about the importance of Lyme Disease awareness.

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Loudoun County’s ‘outstanding’ volunteers honored

Thu., May. 3 | 01:41 PM - During its May 1 meeting, the Loudoun County Board of Supervisors recognized the county's 2012 Outstanding Volunteers, honoring residents of all ages for their efforts to better the local community.

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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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UPDATE: Supervisors defer OpenBand discussion until June

Wed., May. 2 | 12:05 PM - Following a relatively brief executive session Wednesday morning, the Board of Supervisors unanimously agreed to defer action on telecommunications firm OpenBand's application for a renewed franchise agreement.

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Plan for Northstar Boulevard returns to six lanes, Supervisors determine

Wed., May. 2 | 10:22 AM - On Wednesday the Board of Supervisors approved an amendment to the Countywide Transportation Plan, one that provides for an ultimate condition of six lanes in a 150-foot right-of-way for Northstar Boulevard from the Prince William County line to Braddock Road.

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Supervisors hesitant to grant LCPS additional $7.9 million

Wed., May. 2 | 08:55 AM - The Loudoun County Board of Supervisors postponed its decision Wednesday morning to grant Loudoun County Public Schools an additional $7.9 million in funding, money expected to be funneled from the state.

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Times-Mirror Staff Photo/Beverly Denny
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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Open burning ban in Loudoun County effective May 1

Tue., May. 1 | 10:08 AM - Open burning is prohibited within all areas of Loudoun County effective May 1.

Ramadan among founders of statehouse Business Development Caucus

Mon., Apr. 30 | 03:02 PM - Virginia state Del. David Ramadan's first session in the General Assembly may have wrapped up earlier this month, but the Loudoun County representative says his work facilitating business growth and economic development across the state is just getting started.

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Far fewer children dying from accidents

Mon., Apr. 30 | 09:00 AM - RICHMOND – Fewer children are dying from accidents in Virginia and across the country, according to reports issued by state officials and the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

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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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Lyme forum

Fri., Apr. 27 | 10:11 AM - There will be a Lyme disease forum for the medical community May 1 at George Washington University's Loudoun Campus in Ashburn.

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