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Tuesday, May 21, 2019 by Loudoun Now

County supervisors look into supplementing VDOT's mowing; Leesburg's local laws could be changing.

Students and parents speak out in favor of continuing to send students to Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology; the school system hires its first equity director.

A wrongful termination lawsuit against Sheriff Michael Chapman is again dismissed; the Dulles Greenway opens a new exit to get to a new Walmart.

Waterford residents are upset about Dominion cutting back trees in the village; a Stone Bridge High school student is arrested for making online threats to a school in Broward County, FL.

Visit Loudoun recognizes one of the best haunted houses and one of the first farm-to-table restaurants in the country; a man faces 20 years in federal prison after a woman is poisoned with a date rape drug.

County supervisors push on data center sprawl and housing prices in suburban Loudoun; it could soon be against school system rules to vape on the job.

Drug Court gets its first participant; the Riverside High School Marching Rams have notched two state championships in the four years since they formed.

Plans for a new Aldie fire house hit a stumbling block, but the county government presses ahead; Telos Corporation donates $25,000 to help vulnerable children and their families.

Sterling Volunteer Rescue is looking for new recruits; a man drowns working on a dam on Goose Creek.

Döner Bistro is on the move; Loudoun United FC plays their first (sort-of) home game.

County supervisors start work on the county's first-ever Urban Policy Area; the School Board debates whether to stop sending Loudoun students to Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology in Fairfax.

Sugarland Run Elementary goes from a focus school to a model school in five years; Loudoun County Public Library visits Awesome Con.

A new Civil War historic park opens near Middleburg; the Loudoun County Combined Fire/Rescue System finally gets Kirkpatrick Fire and Rescue Station.

Leesburg Town Council members see an eroding relationship with the county government as free government software goes away; two Loudoun 8th graders head to a national chemistry challenge.

Leesburg residents ask the town council to stop spraying the Town Branch with an herbicide called glyphosate; the Loudoun Education Foundation is once again raising money to help feed hungry students.

Supervisors get a ranking of the worst intersections without stoplights in Loudoun; the Loudoun Museum looks for ideas.

Step Up Loudoun has a tie for first place; the Town of Purcellville is down to three breweries.

The Loudoun Chamber's Valor Awards recognize some of the heroes of the past year; Rockwool opponents travel to Denmark to meet the shareholders and CEO personally.