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Buried 784 pages deep in Loudoun’s proposed budget for fiscal year 2015 is a $500,000 expenditure that has caused grumbling in the county’s rural business community. The expenditure represents Loudoun’s payment to the Washington NFL football team as part of an unusual eight-year marketing partnership.
February 26, 2014
One of the leading church organists in the Washington area, the Leesburg native recently returned to his home town to take a job as organist and choir director at Leesburg Presbyterian Church.
Washington Post, February 10, 2014
Loudoun County area hospitals have joined a statewide lobbying effort launched by the hospital industry to urge the Virginia General Assembly to expand Medicaid eligibility in Virginia.
Washington Post, February 5, 2014
By most measures, Loudoun County is booming. Housing sales, property values and building permits are up. Unemployment is relatively low, at about 4.4 percent, and Loudoun recently topped the U.S. Census Bureau’s list of the wealthiest county in the nation. But one key economic indicator is down, and the corresponding shortfall in tax revenue has county officials trying to figure out how to cover the cost of some economic development programs.
Washington Post, January 22, 2014
Loudoun residents have high expectations for the superintendent who will assume control of the county public schools July 1, according to a survey conducted by the executive search firm that is managing the recruitment process.
Washington Post, January 8, 2014
Loudoun County public schools honored 276 exceptional scholars at the county’s 31st annual Excellence in Education banquet Sunday.
Washington Post, December 18, 2013
When the 2013-2014 school year starts, Loudoun County will have two new elementary schools: Discovery Elementary and Moorefield Station Elementary, both in Ashburn.
Washington Post, September 3, 2013
More than four years after Loudoun County embarked on a major upgrade of its aging financial management systems, the price tag for the overhaul has swelled by about 65 percent more than the amount initially budgeted for the project.
The Post’s Tom Jackman also comments on the story.
Washington Post, December 16, 2013
Inova Loudoun Hospital’s breast nurse navigators are specialists who provide information and support to patients from the time they first receive an irregular mammogram reading and, if cancer is diagnosed, continue through the entire treatment process.
Washington Post, December 2, 2013
After three hours of impassioned testimony from the public and nearly two hours of deliberation, the Leesburg Town Council again approved a downtown revitalization plan that would replace some street parking along King Street with wider sidewalks.
Washington Post, October 12, 2013