A new program being piloted in Loudoun County is aimed at making solar power more affordable for residents of Northern Virginia.
Washington Post, November 10, 2014
Tag: Loudoun County
Supervisors nix pay raises
A proposal to increase the salaries of the Loudoun County Board of Supervisors apparently died with barely a whisper.
Washington Post, November 10, 2014
Tom Jackman of the Post weighs in.
Committee favors pay raises
The Loudoun County Board of Supervisors’ Finance, Government Services and Operations Committee recently voted, 3 to 2, to recommend pay increases for board members.
Washington Post, October 29, 2014
The Post’s Tom Jackman comments.
Sycolin Road reopens
Officials from Leesburg, Loudoun County and the Virginia General Assembly gathered in the rain to celebrate the reopening of Sycolin Road.
Washington Post, August 13, 2014
HealthWorks making progress
HealthWorks for Northern Virginia, the financially troubled nonprofit health service provider charged by the Loudoun County Board of Supervisors with improving its productivity before it could receive additional county funding, is making progress toward its goals.
Washington Post, August 11, 2014
Dulles South deputy
Deputy Roy Ortutay has been appointed to serve as the first community resource deputy permanently assigned to the Dulles South Station area.
Washington Post, August 11, 2014
Office in a box
Publisher Hulya Aksu says that when she launched her magazine, I Am Modern, in the basement of her Broadlands home eight years ago, it was profitable “from day one,” but she thinks it would have grown faster if she had moved her business out of the basement sooner.
With that experience in mind, Aksu recently opened Posh Seven Studios in Ashburn and is making it available as a shared workspace for female entrepreneurs.
Washington Post, August 6, 2014
Supervisors mull pay raises
The Loudoun County Board of Supervisors has begun mulling a pay increase for the supervisors in 2016.
Washington Post, July 15, 2014
Law camp ends with mock trial
Two juries agreed: Washington Senators starting quarterback Robert Triffy IV was not guilty of malicious wounding and assault and battery. Triffy had been charged with the crimes after his errant pass struck receiver LeSean Trackson in the face as Trackson chatted with a cheerleader on the sideline. Trackson suffered a broken nose and was eventually traded to another team.
The fictitious scenario — inspired by players for another Washington football team — played out simultaneously in four Loudoun County courtrooms June 20. The teams of attorneys on both sides were actually high school students participating in mock trials, the culmination of the 14th annual Thomas D. Horne Leadership in the Law summer camp.
Washington Post, June 29, 2014
Superintendent Hatrick retires
Outgoing Loudoun County Schools Superintendent Edgar B. Hatrick III left all of this year’s high school graduates with a request that they become life-long advocates for public education.
Washington Post Metro Section, June 29, 2014
By Michael Alison Chandler, with a contribution by Jim Barnes