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Police are searching for the public’s help in a kidnapping and car theft incident that took place in the 7500 block of Murillo Street on Sunday, October 23 around 4 p.m. A 2006 Honda Pilot left with its engine running and a sleeping two-year-old boy in the back seat, was stolen while his mother briefly [...]
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George Mason University will celebrate the opening of the new Mason Enterprise Center with a ribbon cutting at 5:00 pm on Wednesday, October 26, 2011. The grand opening marks the end of a four-year collaborative effort within the business community to bring a business incubator to Leesburg. “George Mason University, through its Mason Enterprise Center, [...]
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During the evening hours of Oct. 13 and early hours of Oct. 14, Front Royal Police investigated a string a vandalisms encompassing the entire southern portion of the town. An initial call of shots fired into a residence in the 100 blk of Washington Street was received at approx. 1830 hours. From that point, police [...]
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This week, a team of inspectors is climbing the spires as part of a scheduled report on the health of the structure.The inspection is not a result of the recent earthquake but is instead a standard operational procedure. The engineering firm that helped build the Air Force Memorial conducts inspections every five years to evaluate [...]
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A Purcellville, Virginia man has been charged with embezzling approximately $50,000 from a Loudoun County based youth football league.Raymond J. Taylor, 44, was arrested Thursday, October 6, 2011, by members of the Loudoun County Sheriff’s Office Financial Crimes Unit on six counts of felony embezzlement. Taylor is accused of embezzling the monies between February and [...]
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Governor McDonnell has proclaimed October as Virginia Wine Month for 2011. He will kick off Virginia Wine Month this evening at a reception in Richmond for Virginia winemakers, grape growers, wine purchasers and supporters. Virginia Wine Month is in its 23rd year as a major state initiative to highlight Virginia’s beautiful vineyards and wineries, world [...]
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(RHODES POINT, MD) – Maryland State Police, Natural Resources Police, and US Coast Guard resources were on the scene of the crash of a small plane in the waters of the Chesapeake Bay off Smith Island last night and investigators are interviewing the pilot who swam ashore from the wreckage. Shortly before 4:30 p.m. Sunday, [...]
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Governor Bob McDonnell today announced that Ace Hardware Corp., the largest hardware franchise company in the world, will invest $14 million to establish an East Coast import re-distribution center in the City of Suffolk. The company selected a 336,000-square-foot build-to-suit location at the CenterPoint Intermodal Center in Suffolk. This project will create 75 new jobs [...]
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The Arlington County Police Department is investigating a hit and run accident that occurred Friday morning near the North Rhodes Street ramp on eastbound Route 50. At approximately 3 a.m. on September 16, 2011, police responded for a pedestrian lying in the roadway A man was walking on Route 50 when he was struck by [...]
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WASHINGTON, Sept. 20, 2011 – President Barack Obama today issued a statement on the repeal of the “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” law that had barred gay men and lesbians from serving openly in the military. The repeal took effect at midnight. Here is the president’s statement: Today, the discriminatory law known as ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t [...]