Barb Guagliardi is one of several volunteers who play music to comfort patients, their friends and family members, and the hospital staff members who pass through the atrium.
Washington Post, April 11, 2013
Tag: Loudoun County
School readiness drill
Faculty and staff members at Loudoun Valley High School in Purcellville practiced for a frightening scenario Monday with a drill at the school: What would they do if an armed intruder entered the school and started shooting?
Washington Post, April 3, 2013
Bus drivers’ benefits at risk
Cuts to the Loudoun County Public Schools’ budget could result in lost benefits for school bus drivers.
Washington Post, April 1, 2013
Testing supervisor to retire
As supervisor of testing services for Loudoun County public schools, John Panettieri has been responsible for making sure the process of testing students runs smoothly. He is retiring this year after 33 years with the school system.
Washington Post, March 25, 2013
School community rallies to help student
After years of instability, abandonment, abuse and homelessness, Kieu-thu Kim Tran’s life hit bottom during her junior year at Dominion High School in Sterling. Living with the latest in a series of unstable relatives had become unbearable, she said, so she took her belongings and walked out, not knowing where she would go.
A year later, Tran is thriving, thanks to a high school community that rallied around her.
Washington Post, March 16, 2013
Ellen Grunewald Q & A
As director of family services for Loudoun County, Ellen Grunewald oversees programs that provide assistance with food, housing, finances and other needs to people who are living in poverty.
Washington Post, March 11, 2013
Middleburg Library groundbreaking
Civic leaders and library boosters helped break ground Feb. 21 on a construction project that will double the size of the Middleburg Library.
Washington Post, March 7, 2013
South Riding girl starts nonprofit
Rachel Harris, an 8-year-old South Riding girl, has started a nonprofit to help children’s whose parents don’t have enough money to get them the things they want.
Washington Post, March 4, 2013
“Inside Loudoun County” ends run
“Inside Loudoun County,” the county government’s long-running cable TV public affairs series, is signing off after 20 years.
Leesburg Patch, July 19, 2012
Book sale back on track
The Loudoun Library Foundation has secured the space it needs to collect books and other materials for its annual book sale.
Washington Post, February 25, 2013