WASHINGTON, April 29, 2010 – Navy officials today announced they are moving ahead with plans to integrate women onto submarines beginning in late 2011 or early 2012. The decision became public after Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates notified Congress in February of the Navy’s desire to add women to submarines. With a congressional review period [...]
Wineries Unlimited trade show will relocate from Pennsylvania to Richmond, Virginia in 2011. This prestigious event is the second largest vineyard and winery trade show in North America. Organizers estimate that the 2011 event will bring over 2,000 visitors and $1.5 million in revenue to Virginia drawing attendees from 30 states as well as Washington, [...]
Osama El-Atari, 31, of Ashburn, Va., pleaded guilty today to operating a fraud scheme that stole more than $53 million from banks throughout the United States. Neil H. MacBride, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia; Steven M. Dettelbach, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio; Shawn Henry, Assistant Director in [...]
The Loudoun County School Board has designated Monday, November 22nd, and Tuesday, November 23rd, as furlough days for Loudoun County Public Schools (LCPS) employees. All LCPS schools will be closed on those two days and no school activities will be scheduled. The vote to designate November 22nd and 23rd as the furlough days was 8-1 [...]
The Leesburg Police Department, assisted by members of The Northern Virginia Gang Task Force executed three search warrants and made three arrests in follow-up of a malicious wounding incident on April 26, 2010. All three search warrants were executed in Leesburg. One adult and two juveniles were charged with Malicious Wounding by Mob and Prohibited [...]
A new web-based suite of services will provide Arlington Transit (ART) riders real-time, on demand ART bus arrival information at their fingertips. ART RealTime makes using public transit even easier by allowing riders to plan their commute from the comfort of their home with a computer, on the go using a smart phone, or even [...]
BOTOX® Cosmetic Injections at AestheticaAesthetica Cosmetic Surgery & Laser Center cosmetic surgeon Dr. Phillip Chang performs a BOTOX® injectable procedure, describing what the process is like and what results his patients can expect. via BOTOX Injections Leesburg.
Verizon Wireless, owner and operator of the nation’s largest and most reliable 3G network, is opening a new Verizon Wireless Evolution Store located at 1612 Village Market Blvd., SE, in Leesburg, Virginia, next to the new Wegmans. The store features an interactive retail design inviting consumers to experience wireless voice, data, music and video services [...]
Entrepreneurial exuberance proved inadequate to power the relaunch of the Main Street Bistro in downtown Berryville. The restaurant deal has fallen through and the fate of the space is being revisited. Darrell Jones of Harrisonburg, Virginia entered a contract to purchase the establishment and had plans to reopen on Monday, April 5th. Those plans seemed [...]
CHESTERFIELD COUNTY, VA – Chesterfield County Police continue their investigation into the April 21 shooting that killed one man and injured a 17-year-old male in the 6800 block of Amster Road in the Cloverleaf Lake apartments. Police have arrested and charged Garry Harrison Jr., 21, of the 2000 block of Dawson Road in Richmond, with [...]