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Shannon Sollinger
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- Lincoln private school plan advances over protests
- Lucketts merchants open for holiday shoppers
- Time for flu shots
- Purcellville police share Thanksgiving bounty
- Round Hill all day holiday
- Purcellville holidays, green tree
- Planning Commission approves Broadlands hospital
- Planning Commission approves Broadlands hospital
- Supervisors expected to rule on hospital early next year
- Christmas Open House and Bazaar
- Sterling foundation supports former foster youth
- Broadlands residents: Board doesn't speak for us
- Going cold turkey
- On the front lines of health care in Iraq
- City children spend a day in race-horse country
- Settlement puts new high school back on track
- Western high school hits new snags
- Hamilton news
- What's up in Purcellville
- Inova debuts new pediatric wing
- Supreme Court to Purcellville: No rehearing
- Ad error prompts second hospital public hearing
- Master Gardener volunteer training on deck
- Supreme Court will not hear Waterford historic challenge
- Round Hill lawsuit back in court in 2009
- County will inspect new sewage systems, ban others
- Turkey Trot 2008
- Veterans Day
- Woodgrove High School moves closer to 'Now!'
- Voting officials brace for record turnout
- Lovettsville powerline plan
- Purcellville news
- Hamilton happenings
- Round Hill happenings
- Hospital redux: Error prompts second Broadlands public hearing
- Councilman's lawsuit gets court time
- Inova offers free mammograms
- New zoning may save Hamilton trailer homes
- CVS takes retail approach to health care
- Purcellville considers annexation to gain control
- Woodgrove now?
- Hospital public hearing draws overflow crowd
- Loudoun pumpkins go green
- Bringing the past into the future
- Purcellville poises to annex remaining acres south of town
- Lawsuits put brakes on western high school
- Anti-hospital group seeks to postpone public hearing
- Anti-hospital group seeks to postpone public hearing
- Lawsuits put brakes on western high school
- HOA's hospital endorsement challenged
- Solar shed heats water, saves money
- Board steps back from sewage system ban
- Laurels for putting affordable housing on Middleburg's map
- No agreement, no high school
- Hiddencroft Vineyards takes top award at Capitol reception
- Bikes for the world
- Students speak: Build western high school now
- Advertising glitch derails hospital public hearing
- Supreme Court refuses down-zoning appeal
- Purcellville will ask Supreme Court to rehear planning cases
- Hospital public hearing may be delayed
- Purcellville will ask Supreme Court to rehear planning cases
- Emancipation Day at Carver
- Inova: Rival hospital OK on U.S. 50
- High court nixes joint planning in Purcellville
- Supreme Court rules on Purcellville high school
- Zoning enforcement raises hackles in Hamilton
- Supreme Court ruling on high school expected
- Cat down a life or two needs help again
- The doctor is 'in' the virtual ICU
- Horse camp helps Equine Rescue League
- On-site sewage disposal systems face maintenance requirement
- Morals and Moot Court
- Rural economy flexes its muscles under new zoning
- Great wines from great grapes: North Gate wines take top prizes at state fair
- Good Taste! brings tourists
- Rescued dachshunds need homes
- Hospital grows into West Wing addition
- The go-to place for baked goods
- Twilight farm tour, dinner
- Safe driver clinic
- Local lettuce stars on 'Emeril Green'
- Authorities looking for dog that bit girl in Leesburg
- Agricultural traditions clash with new homes at goat fence
- Power line proposal draws mild response
- HealthSouth gets OK for rehab hospital
- Leesburg winemakers launch first vintage
- FAA crew pitches in for troops
- Goose Creek Historic District lawsuit settled
- Youth advocate moves from YMCA to schools
- Tree quarantine aims to ward off destructive beetle
- Waterford property rights case may go to Va. Supreme Court
- Learn about Lyme disease tonight
- History shares its secrets in Waterford
- Kiss-A-Pig finalists drive to the finish
- Broadlands citizens sound off on hospital plan
- Purcellville volunteers
- Marriage vows strong after 62 years
- Take me out to the fair!
- 'Remember when' means a lot at 102
- Challenges await Round Hill's new leader
- Round Hill firefighter takes on MS Challenge Walk
- Challenges await Round Hill's new leader
- Western landowners' zoning cases go to trial on one count
- Kiss-A-Pig candidates stump for votes
- Kiss-A-Pig candidates stump for votes
- Western landowners' zoning cases go to trial on one count
- Inova Loudoun Hospital gets high marks for value
- Hams ride the waves at radio club Field Day
- State says OK to higher electric bills
- Willowcroft, Notaviva bring home the gold
- Tasters delve into beef flavors at local farm
- Hungering for local foods: Fuel prices and recalls have farmers and businesses working together
- Willowcroft, Notaviva bring home the gold
- Inova funds HCA opposition
- Rural zoning challenge stretches on
- Willowcroft, Notaviva bring home the gold
- Builder sues Hamilton over utility fees
- State wants more data on 500-kilovolt line
- Purcellville youth football complex nears approval
- Frustration mounts over high school impasse
- Summer camp gets interdenominational boost
- Paws for your heart
- Radio Field Day reaches out
- Farm becomes outdoor classroom for Ag Day
- Locks for life
- Paws for your heart
- Banneker celebrates 60th
- State regulators OK W&OD underground power
- High school plan goes to Va. Supreme Court
- First landing at Hamilton helipad
- What's coming, what's not: schools in the west
- Age no bar to beauty and talent
- Dominion buys into saving Dry Mill Road farms
- Making a career out of 'be all you can be'
- A strawberry odyssey
- Broadlands hospital fight draws national attention
- Easements made easy: Lexington firm works with Northern Virginia land owners
- Walking For Water at Morven Park
- Public can speak on Dominion rate increase
- Puppy mill owner convicted
- 'Long Rider' comes to town
- Banneker celebrates 60th
- Honors and accolades
- Youth and school events
- Youth and school news
- Youth and school honors
- Write-in vote brings native sons to Hamilton council
- FTC moves to block Inova merger
- Rural use vs. historic district lawsuit starts, no end in sight
- Youth and school honors
- Youth and school
- Wineries back in business with help of new law
- Youth doings
- Parents oppose cuts at Middleburg school
- State OKs plan to put power station on farm
- Human rights – on film and in discussion
- Nursing center celebrates seniors
- Court denies request to withdraw from ag district
- Hands-on learning
- Hello Mom, "Bye, Bye, Birdie"
- Cat neutering clinic
- A real choice in Purcellville
- Digging into history
- Health center hits milestone
- Dry Mill Road power plan sparks plea for relief
- Middleburg, Aldie parents fighting for small schools
- 'Silent Sentinel' gets do-over for anniversary
- May endorses Lazaro
- VIP medicine comes to Loudoun
- Human rights – on film and in discussion
- Historic corridor public meetings
- The race is on for Kiss-A-Pig
- Cat neutering clinic
- Five named for teaching award
- Campaign targets opponent's business with town
- Honors and kudos
- Farmwell goes green
- Earth Day honors at REHAU
- Purcellville parade brings home 100 years of community
- Foxcroft celebrates headmaster's-20th-year
- Student brings history alive
- School and youth events
- Loudoun students take 1, 2 in State Geography Bee
- Spring cleanup at Ball's Bluff
- Conservation easements explained
- Real cross country
- Animal shelter awards
- Fighting hunger
- Conservation easements explained
- HCA backs local nursing program
- It's not easy staying green
- Broadlands hospital starts second try for approval
- Fighting hunger
- Nature up close and personal at Banshee Reeks
- School Board cuts $49 million from budget
- HCA submits Broadlands hospital request
- Cold War on a hot stage
- Time to speak out on school budget cuts
- Irish pub to host fundraiser for autism program
- Neighbors unite with power line plan
- Cattlemen talk hay
- Eccentrics! thrive at Cool Spring
- Dominion student aims to lead Pakistan
- Spring cleaning -- leaders needed
- Calling all Hokies
- Academy Day for service academy hopefuls
- Serious science solves everyday problems
- Forum highlights new farm products, customers
- Youth and school news and events
- Youth Honors and Kudos
- Lawsuit dies, Broadlands hospital lives
- Underground power lines a mixed victory
- UPDATE: Lawsuit dies, Broadlands hospital lives
- Honors and kudos
- Youth honors and kudos
- Youth and student news
- Academy Day for service academy hopefuls
- Wolf convenes cyber safety forum
- Stone Bridge senior gives 110 percent
- Reclaiming Catoctin Creek
- Town celebrates a century
- Keep-Loudoun-Beautiful
- Girls can take charge
- Hospice grows in Purcellville
- Leap Day brothers share birthday
- Have recipe, will travel
- Senate OKs underground power line in Loudoun
- With approval of aboveground, May still fighting for underground
- For sailor's family, justice
- Head-to-toe beauty at Monroe
- Leesburg high school gets green light
- Honors and Achievements
- Power play
- Aurora School to move to Paxton in Leesburg
- High ideals for new school
- Old wines, new owners
- Wine Showcase draws thousands
- Valentine's brunch a la farmers market
- High school 'Journey' camp deadline nears
- Public officials and private lives – court rules
- Flowers for Valentine's Day
- Adams joins equine center faculty
- Special athletes train with Dominion High School club
- Supervisors give nod to Arcola-area hospital plans
- Get your hands on the past
- Loudoun FOIA case: Judge to rule what's public and private
- Emerick unveils new playground
- Christmas in January
- Phillips heads Purcellville slate
- Nominations open for teacher award
- Adams joins equine center faculty
- Academic Honors
- Partners celebrate with winter dance
- Partners celebrate with winter dance
- Businessman, winemaker endows science award
- Not too late to get a flu shot
- 'Extreme' Journey expands to high school
- Vendors invited to tack sale and auction
- Smart's Mill teacher is tops
- Planning the school year
- MADD calls for contest entries
- Planning the school year
- Equine hospital hosts Pony Club
- Sit down, face forward, buckle up
- Wineries back in business -- virtually
- Got water?
- Vendors invited to tack sale and auction
- Eight schools get Governor's Award
- Calling contestants for Rotary Speech Contest
- School Board sets needs at $794.4 million
- Tests, yes. No Child Left Behind, no.
- Broad Run Farms citizens apply for EPA grant
- No budget yet for schools
- Farm lauded for water conservation
- Youth and school news
- Academic Honors
- School Board elects officers, works on budget
- Hello, world! First baby debuts at Loudoun's hospital
- Honors in the schools
- The Russians return to Unison
- Seniors, preschoolers, needed for reading readiness
- Calling young musicians
- Aurora School gets Argon ST grant
- 4-H'ers get into holiday cooking
- Tops in volunteering
- Focus on poetry at Foxcroft
- Focus on poetry at Foxcroft
- Tops in volunteering
- 4-H'ers get into holiday cooking
- Learning to eat: Inova researcher says education is key to solving childhood obesity
- All P.C. wants for Christmas – help with a vet bill
- Corn syrups need not apply: The Healthy Snacks School
- Time short, lines long for holiday Wii hunters
- Update: Court nixes Purcellville's taking of county land
- Inova unveils new Leesburg Medical Center; Council will consider traffic
- Woman suspected of survey tampering
- State board denies petition to delist Waterford:More lawsuits coming
- Eve Fout, 78, leaves acres of undisturbed land
- State board denies petition to delist Waterford; More lawsuits coming
- Court upholds rural zoning; More legal challenges coming
- Students 'Walk To Play'
- Holiday help for pets
- Lovettsville students support the troops
- Waterford's Virts speaks for small farms
- Court nixes Purcellville's taking of county land
- Growth costs: School spending request increases $111 million
- No pit bull adoptions yet
- A ray of hope in high school impasse
- Lovettsville students collecting items for the troops
- Holiday cheer at Monroe Center
- Holiday cheer at Monroe Center
- Growth costs: School-spending request increases $111 million
- Court rules all e-mails are public; county to appeal
- Pit bull adoption policy on hold
- Court: Town can suspend Fields Farm lawsuit
- State historic board will rule on Waterford's fate
- Belmont Station Elementary thanks its friends
- Rescued pups learn a new life at shelter
- Virginia Supreme Court to hear PUGAMP cases
- Eric Stewart is top principal
- Growing pains: 20 more schools needed in next six years
- Loudoun County Public Schools 2008-09 calendar
- America through its music
- Schools toast academic champs
- Honors
- Youth happenings
- Independent Bergel wins Catoctin seat
- Voters nix money for Broadlands project
- Jump-start the holidays
- Honors
- Youth
- Grim reaper visits Douglass
- EPA talks, Broad Run Farms listens
- Local executive steps up for volunteer farm
- FOIA cases spotlight law, modern technology
- EPA talks, Broad Run Farms listens
- Leesburg toddler featured on bus crossing country
- Team 'Shunami' collects shoes for Afghanistan
- Three vie for Sugarland Run School Board seat
- Farming past roars to life at Temple Hall Farm
- Grubb school plan dies; board grapples with crowding in western schools
- Youth and schools news
- LWC needs volunteers
- Honors
- Court rules on supervisors' e-mails
- One-party scuffle divides School Board race
- Pit bull policy prompts confrontation
- Evergreen Mills trail ride
- Leesburg arts festival winners
- Free movie for youngsters
- Walk for food relief
- Inova goes smoke free
- Mann vs. Burton, board, et al., partially decided
- Party for the smallest babies
- Dulles looks back to the future
- Student volunteer looks homeward
- County OKs hospital expansion
- School numbers top expectations
- Youth
- Honors
- Loudoun's preteen queen heads to Hollywood
- Pit bull policy rouses confrontation
- Mann vs. Burton and the board partially decided
- School numbers top expectations
- Pot pies recalled in salmonella outbreak
- Community reaches out to family of VT victim
- A Christian day in the country
- Loudoun's pre-teen queen heads for Hollywood
- Duke accepts service award
- Ag Department is counting horses and their owners
- Youth
- Student volunteer looks homeward
- Party endorsements -- good for School Board candidates?
- Middleton steps down
- Interfaith Relief celebrates
- Douglass readers support Habitat For Humanity
- All farming is local at Fields of Athenry
- Lowry's Crab Shack lives
- Youth
- Honors
- Pony Club open house in Herndon
- Sunrise seniors thank Fire and Rescue
- Bikes meet their Destiny
- Sunrise seniors thank Fire and Rescue
- A message from the front lines: Get a mammogram
- Walk in my shoes -- a month in the State of Poverty
- Broad Run Farms water woes get federal attention
- Teen rockers plan road trip to 'Fame'
- Loudoun Series off and running
- Health-care planners look at Dulles
- Youth
- Philomont girl tops state equitation finals
- Madison v. Waterford continues
- School Board looks at education law
- Pit bull policy evolving
- Youth
- Honors
- A tale of two budgets: Johnson takes over volunteer financial counseling
- Loudoun drought gets federal relief
- Loudoun drought gets federal relief
- Backpacks carry faith, dreams and books
- The long arm of the game warden
- Harvest starts at Willowcroft
- Park Service stands by Waterford
- Four new schools to open as scheduled
- Colorcraft gives inside scoop on printing
- 'No Child' rules rate 12 schools failing
- More take SAT tests, scores flat
- State board to review Waterford's historic status
- Honors and youth news
- Teens dig into volunteer work
- Splendor in the orchards
- Murder mysteries and wine in Middleburg
- Feds help police the geese at Belmont Country Club
- Honors
- Youth
- Anthem Health Care must remain in state
- Purcellville namesake celebrates 99th
- Supreme Court will hear Fields Farm appeals separately
- Race for School Board endorsements heats up
- School menus – kid friendly and heart healthy?
- Race for endorsements heats up
- Supreme Court will hear Fields Farm appeals separately
- Birdless poultry club puts on a good show
- Autumn Hill asks to build a regional sewer plant
- Birdless poultry club puts on a good show
- Lovettsville high school site gets first look
- Goats on center stage at the fair
- Monroe-grad firefighter takes state, national honors
- Greason back in race, with blessing of Republicans
- Goats on center stage at the fair
- Harry Potter, the final volume, draws thousands to bookstores
- Schools still finding teachers for classrooms
- Fun, food and thrills for all at the Loudoun County Fair
- Botulism recall expanded to 92 brands
- Harry Potter, the final volume, draws thousands to bookstores -- Click on photo galleries for more pictures
- Schools seek 99 more new teachers
- Front-porch politicking in Hamilton
- Used sewage peat with nowhere to go
- Shakespeare in the summer for Leesburg lad
- DEQ approved peat systems, not disposal
- Planners cast cold eye on Grubb farm schools
- Delma Holmes marks her 101st
- Volunteer green time from Dulles firm
- Fair brings food, fun, frolic and 4-H
- Day camp showcases Monroe Technology Center
- Mohler retires: 43 years, 38 new schools delivered on time
- Lovettsville farm available to schools if price is right
- Day camp showcases Monroe Technology Center
- Greason off ballot, weighs write-in campaign
- School Board gives raises all around
- Community cooking blends new neighbors
- Class of '57 visits Loudoun County High School
- Hams camp out, get ready for disasters
- Take responsibility: Johnson to County grads
- Valley grads hear one of their own
- Dominion diploma caps a long journey
- Freedom's first graduates take diplomas
- The new 21st Street in Purcellville
- County OKs Fields Farm school
- Happy birthday, West Loudoun Cafe
- Tech-ed/Monroe partnership works for Smart's Mill
- Wal-Mart taps Round Hill teacher