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• Jumpstart Your 2010 DC and Northern Virginia Business Goals - KME Internet Marketing and Media Workshop - Jan 29th

  Learn Integrated Online Marketing/Advertising, Branding, Web Design, SEO, Social Media, Analytics and Internet Video - in Northern Virginia, DC metro area.
  
  As 2009 draws to a close, it’s become very apparent that 2010 will continue to be an extremely challenging year for businesses seeking new customers, and [...]
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  Posted: December 13, 2009, 12:00pm EST
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• Loudoun, Dulles District Budget Community Meeting

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  Announcement from Stevens Miller, Dulles District Supervisor, Loudoun County
  
  FY 2011 Budget Community Meeting Tomorrow Night
  
  Don’t forget! 12/09/2009 (Wednesday night) is the first district community meeting about the budget at Legacy Elementary School. It will be an interactive, town hall type meeting. I hope you are [...]
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  Posted: December 09, 2009, 11:56am EST
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• Vintage 51 South Riding - Loudoun/Dulles South's Premier Brewpub and Local Music Scene

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  Vintage 51 Restaurant, Brew Lounge and Live Local Music
  
  
  
  The past 12 years here in the Rt. 50 Corridor/Dulles South exurbia area of Northern Virginia's Loudoun County have been an exercise in waiting - waiting for a real local music scene, waiting for [...]
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  Posted: November 26, 2009, 10:41am EST
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• Northern Virginia Business News, and a Thanksgiving Carpet/Upholstery Cleaning Special

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  Happy Thanksgiving 2009! Hopefully your travels, entertaining and family events are safe and healthy this year. We're looking forward to a little downtime and giving thanks for the highlights of what's otherwise been a difficult year for many businesses. While hiring and long-term business investing' [...]
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  Posted: November 22, 2009, 3:27pm EST
  by Kelly and Friends

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  Posted: November 14, 2009, 11:41am EST
  by Kelly and Friends

• Loudoun Dulles District Update from Stevens Miller - Plus Commentary

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  November 10, 2009 Dulles District Newsletter‏
  
  Proposed Site for HS-7
  There is good news for everyone who has been waiting anxiously for information concerning the location of a new high school in Dulles South. On Tuesday, October 27th, the School Board voted to approve the purchase of 101 [...]
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  Posted: November 11, 2009, 6:39am EST
  by Kelly and Friends

• Loudoun County Marketing and Business Retention - Awash in Unrealized Opportunity

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  This week's Loudoun County Marketing and Business Retention Committee meeting (the MBRC is a part of the Loudoun County Department of Economic Development, or DED) was quite interesting, with many discussions revolving around the status of Loudoun's marketing efforts to attract "heads in beds" as well as new business [...]
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  Posted: November 05, 2009, 6:52am EST
  by Kelly and Friends

• Loudoun H1N1 Update and Pediatric Advice...

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  Here's some good H1N1 advice from the Pediatrics at Nite folks (at Dulles Town Center):
  
  (edited for readability)
  
  "Dear Friends:
  
  We closed the week with yet another very busy week. We keep trying to keep working with you and for you.
  
  This weekend we heard'" [...]
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  Posted: October 26, 2009, 8:35am EDT
  by Kelly and Friends

• Loudoun County HyperLocal News Online – What’s Next in Loudoun Social Media and Blogs in Suburban Washington DC

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  Quite a lot of news, analysis and conferencing has been going on lately about the challenges of the traditional news community, both online and in print. The advances of “citizen journalism” catalyzed by Internet social media tools like Twitter and real-time search are contributing to far-reaching outcomes - from the [...]
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  Posted: October 25, 2009, 9:10pm EDT
  by Kelly and Friends

• Real-time Loudoun County News, Business and Information on Twitter

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  Are you using Twitter? Think of it as another channel on your TV - turn it on every once in a while (or simply stare at the feed all day long on your blackberry, as we do!), and scan what's happening. Follow your favorite "tweeple", meet some new ones, and' [...]
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  Posted: October 24, 2009, 9:54am EDT
  by Kelly and Friends

• Northern Virginia Sedation Dentistry - Remove the Bleah, Stoke the Happy

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  Most of us have memories extending to childhood of visits to the dentist. They’re not always very happy memories, though your regular early dental care went far towards the great smile you’ve got today (especially if you lived through the agony of braces and retainers). Visits to the dentist today [...]
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  Posted: October 14, 2009, 8:28pm EDT
  by Kelly and Friends

• #fail Washingtonian - Why You Should Love This School - Thomas Jefferson

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  Our blog title is actually a carefully chosen phrase, since we're prone to using Internet Marketing and Search Engine Optimization techniques around here in Northern Virginia. This latest issue of The Washingtonian features a really good, insightful and factual writeup of the very best high school in America, Thomas Jefferson.' [...]
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  Posted: October 10, 2009, 8:35am EDT
  by Kelly and Friends

• JMU Alumni MetroDukes Celebration - 2009 Family Crab Feast in Centreville!

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  What a perfect way to spend a beautiful Saturday Fall afternoon in Bull Run Park, Centreville - chowing fresh Chesapeake Blue Crabs, tasty selections from Starr Hill Brewery of Charlottesville (find them next at Northern Virginia's spectacular Fall Brewfest, Oct. 24-25!), the' [...]
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  Posted: October 04, 2009, 11:50am EDT
  by Kelly and Friends

• Middleburg Seven Loaves Charity Concert - SGGL Kicks off VA Fall Races and Polo in Upperville

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  We spent a fantastic evening last night at the historic Blackthorne Inn & Restaurant in Upperville VA, a hunt-country getaway at the foot of the Blue Ridge Mountains and historic Ashby Gap once owned by George Washington, reliving UVA Charlottesville concerts in the ampitheatre by (various combinations of) [...]
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  Posted: October 03, 2009, 8:27am EDT
  by Kelly and Friends

• Northern Virginia Brew Fest - Harvest Time is Here in DC’s Beer Country

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  Fall in Northern Virginia is filled with countless harvest festivals and seasonal entertainment, mixed in among the demanding schedules of school academic and athletic events. It’s hard not only to find a spare moment to relax and enjoy the Oktoberfest-influenced, pre-holiday season, but to also choose among the myriad offerings [...]
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  Posted: September 28, 2009, 7:45pm EDT
  by Kelly and Friends

• Should your Northern Virginia or Loudoun Business Tweet?

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  Here's a bit of advice via the KME Internet Marketing of Loudoun expert community, regarding your decision as a business owner to tweet or not to tweet. We're finding this is a pervasive question among most small to medium-sized businesses; the answers align with existing online marketing and communication [...]
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  Posted: September 23, 2009, 6:44am EDT
  by Kelly and Friends

• 2009 Online Loudoun County Business Marketing Challenge - 3rd Quarter Update

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  Here's a quick update to our "2009 Online Loudoun County Promotion Business Challenge", started to help stimulate business investment in the county.
  
  The keyword phrase we researched that best illustrates the joint goals of promoting Loudoun as a great place for business investment, along with promoting Loudoun as' [...]
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  Posted: September 20, 2009, 9:41am EDT
  by Kelly and Friends

• WAPO disconnected from Social Media and Online Advertisers in Loudoun

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  Today's piece on "Loudoun to Media Outlets: How Local Can You Go?" ([ff.im]) is a report flawed by traditional journalistic perspective - i.e. disconnected from the actual realities and energies being executed through social media channels and online advertising, just those things that are only just developing as part' [...]
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  Posted: September 19, 2009, 9:36am EDT
  by Kelly and Friends

• The Fulcrumpoint for CAHMs - Save 50% on Groceries

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  Here's a quick note on grocery savings in Northern Virginia from the Fulcrumpoint, our blog focused on Career-at-Home-Moms (CAHMs) - navigating the work-family balance while rebuilding your professional career at home. Now's the time to save over 50% on a regular basis, through smart management of coupons combined [...]
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  Posted: September 17, 2009, 7:48am EDT
  by Kelly and Friends

• Loudoun Posterous

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  Just a little Loudoun Posterous Test to
  [www.dullessouthonline.com] !

  
  See and download the full gallery on posterous

  Posted via email from loudoun's' [...]

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  Posted: September 14, 2009, 6:10pm EDT
  by Kelly and Friends

• How Can Loudoun County VA Get Out of Debt?

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  Gateway to Loudoun County is pleased to begin providing a series of occasional "Guest Blogs" written by those very familiar with Loudoun, Dulles and the Northern Virginia region and associated topics consistent with our "business and the community" themes.
  
  The following is provided by Mr. Rob Noyes, who manages [...]
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  Posted: September 08, 2009, 8:54pm EDT
  by Kelly and Friends

• Virginia Women in Business - Gubernatorial Candidate Responds

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  Heading into Labor Day weekend, it seemed appropriate to query the Virginia Gubernatorial candidates (Creigh Deeds (D) and Robert McDonnell (R)) about their views concerning Virginia women in business. In disclosure, "Gateway to Loudoun County" (this blog) is maintained by KME Internet Marketing, a woman-owned small business [...]
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  Posted: September 07, 2009, 5:56pm EDT
  by Kelly and Friends

• Potomac Nationals - Great Late Season Minor League Baseball in Prince William County!

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  We caught one of the last season games (against Lynchburg last Thursday) of your hometown Potomac Nationals (Class A affiliate of the Washington Nationals), just down the road on Prince William County Parkway in Woodbridge...there were probably about 50 people in attendance, dollar beers, oodles of foul balls, errors, [...]
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  Posted: September 06, 2009, 8:33pm EDT
  by Kelly and Friends

• NOVA Loudoun Insurance Group Adds Employee - Some Economic Upticks?

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  While the national unemployment numbers continue to increase, though with some significant slowdowns, local and regional employment may be percolating a bit in the right direction (though the Northern VA/DC/Loudoun area's not fared too badly compared with the rest of the country). This is evident in some of the more' [...]
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  Posted: September 05, 2009, 10:32am EDT
  by Kelly and Friends

• Organic Loudoun Meat at Vintage 50/51 via Fields of Athenry Farm

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  We've just returned from a very tasty and organic lunch at the new Vintage 51 in South Riding, VA - where the manager's told us that "Fields of Athenry Farm" Loudoun organic meat is used, and soon will be delivering.
  
  Vintage 51, an offshoot of the very popular [...]
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  Posted: September 04, 2009, 3:30pm EDT
  by Kelly and Friends

• Unique and Comprehensive Loudoun Twitter Feed

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  Check out our blog's new Twitter RSS Feed - relaying news, information and updates real-time from our very unique collection of Twitterers....only the very best and most informed of Northern Virginia, Loudoun, Fairfax and Prince William twitterati, journalism outlets and other online news sources.
  
  It includes a very unique' [...]
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  Posted: September 04, 2009, 10:39am EDT
  by Kelly and Friends

• Dulles Toll Road Rate Increase Public Meetings - Aug 24 (Ashburn), Sept. 3 and 9

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  Dulles Toll Road Rate Increase Public Meetings
  (per NVTA.org)
  
  The Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority (MWAA) will hold three public meetings in open house format to inform and solicit comments from the community regarding proposed toll rate increases in 2010, 2011, and 2012 to support the Dulles Metrorail Project [...]
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  Posted: August 21, 2009, 10:16am EDT
  by Kelly and Friends

• Free Business Press Releases - Loudoun County and Northern Virginia

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  Do you have a business/commercial press release you'd like to get out in this area, and have the information ripple through social media channels as well as show up well in the search engines?
  
  Your information will show up here in our blog, plus in all the places around' [...]
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  Posted: August 21, 2009, 10:08am EDT
  by Kelly and Friends

• Loudoun Insurance - Don't Float Your Boat - Until You Know It's Protected

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  Here's a great and timely summertime article about boat insurance from your South Riding/Loudoun Insurance agent over at Allstate, Khalid Umerani...probably not relevant for our "fleet" of pathetic canoes and rowboats; but certainly applicable to all those Northern Virginians who keep their "real" boats over in Annapolis, Solomons Island/PAX' [...]
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  Posted: August 20, 2009, 7:26pm EDT
  by Kelly and Friends

• HCA Abandons Broadlands, Seeks Loudoun Hospital in Dulles South Corridor on Rt. 50

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  Yesterday, August 19, 2009, HCA announced it is proposing to build a hospital on their Route 50 property! More information available at most local news sources, including WTOP News. In addition, see HCA's website for more information about the Dulles South Hospital and proposed Stonespring Medical Center.
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  Posted: August 20, 2009, 6:14pm EDT
  by Kelly and Friends

• Loudoun Online Advertising Stays Local - Hyperlocal SEO Outpaces Traditional Regional Media?

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  Over at the DullesDistrict.com sports blog, there's a recent entry concerning the evidently well-founded information that LoudounExtra.com will shortly "take the old horse behind the barn", so to speak.
  
  We've seen this coming for a while....many signs were evident, though of course it's always easier to see these' [...]
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  Posted: August 17, 2009, 4:24pm EDT
  by Kelly and Friends

• Melanie Alnwick - Washington DC WTTG Fox5 TV Financial Reporter and TV Anchor

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  Melanie Alnwick, Washinton DC's premier broadcast TV financial news reporter and co-anchor (WTTG Fox 5 News) was recently highlighted in Northern Virginia's I Am Modern Magazine for Women and Moms.
  
  
  Melanie is an award-winning investigative reporter and news co-anchor in Washington DC [...]
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  Posted: August 09, 2009, 11:45am EDT
  by Kelly and Friends

• VA Farmer's Market Week, Aug 2-8

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  From NOVA Magazine - "As decreed by Gov. Tim Kaine, August 2-8 is officially Farmers Market Week here in the Old Dominion." Read further for information regarding local area farmer's markets, in particular, Loudoun County farmer's markets...VA, by the way, certainly doesn't hold exclusivity in the great farmer's [...]
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  Posted: August 06, 2009, 9:41am EDT
  by Kelly and Friends

• Henry Hudson Quadricentennial (400!) Birthday in NY - Saugerties Bed and Breakfast Awaits

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  First there were Maryland's 375th Birthday Celebration activities to visit this year (poking our head out of land-locked Loudoun); now there's the 400th anniversary of Henry Hudson's famous voyages up in NY, and the resulting NY birthday events in great tourist destinations such as Saugerties, NY, in Ulster County. [...]
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  Posted: July 28, 2009, 11:56am EDT
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• Loudoun Easterner is Shuttered

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  The Loudoun Easterner's last issue was July 22, according to this article by John Geddie, a former employee now at the Loudoun Independent.
  
  We reached this conclusion many times over our years blogging in Loudoun that the communities, while fast-growing in terms of people, housing and traffic, [...]
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  Posted: July 24, 2009, 1:23pm EDT
  by Kelly and Friends

• Northern Virginia SEO Services - Professional Grade Engineering, Information-Sharing and Management

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  A quick word from our sponsors, promoting Northern Virginia Businesses, Organizations and the online information-sharing social media community in general...
  
  Northern Virginia SEO Services available to businesses and organizations are proliferating quite quickly, due primarily to the increased exposure of the business value of Internet Marketing to local [...]
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  Posted: July 23, 2009, 8:05am EDT
  by Kelly and Friends

• Happy 4th - Triathlon Training - Need a Road Bike!

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  Happy 4th of July! In preparation for several hours ruminating with the Dulles Regional Craft Brew Appraisers here in DC's beer country, it's time to get out and get some triathlon training in - for the upcoming South Riding Triathlon, September 6th.
  
  
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  Posted: July 03, 2009, 11:40am EDT
  by Kelly and Friends

• New Blog in Our Network! Achieving Professional Balance for Women and Moms

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  "The Fulcrumpoint" - Achieving Professional Balance for Women and Moms".
  
  

  
  
  Kelly McLaughlan is CEO of KME Internet Marketing, an online marketing and social media optimization firm - and a Career at Home Mom (CAHM) of 4 young children." [...]
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  Posted: June 27, 2009, 9:46am EDT
  by Kelly and Friends

• Loudoun YouthFest - Sat., June 27th, 3-9 PM, Belmont Country Club

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  Make plans now to attend Loudoun's YouthFest featuring Forever The Sickest Kids! on June 27th, from 3-9 pm at Belmont Country Club. Enjoy Live Music, Games, Food and Attractions, and more! Admission free. for more information, call 703-737-8335 or visit www.loudounteens.org [...]
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  Posted: June 26, 2009, 11:59am EDT
  by Kelly and Friends

• Loudoun Loses Another Blogger

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  Over at LoudounExtra.com, another key member of the blogging digerati has departed - Erica Garmen will no longer write for the "Living in Loco" blog, having handled affairs for about a year and a half following the originator, Tammi [...]
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  Posted: June 25, 2009, 11:10am EDT
  by Kelly and Friends

• Social Media Makes a Difference - Congratulations Moms for a Cure!

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  Congratulations are most definitely in order for the "Moms For a Cure" Team, headed by Ari Jones, named Saturday as the 2009 Leukemia & Lymphoma Society Woman of the Year for the National Capitol Area! Ari and her team managed to raise more contributions ($139,000) over the past few [...]
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  Posted: June 19, 2009, 9:11am EDT
  by Kelly and Friends

• Congratulations to Dulles South Youth Sports Track First Season!

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  The Dulles South Youth Sports Track Team successfully completed its first season at Freedom High yesterday, with a great turnout at the last meet of the Spring. Events included the 1600 (mile), 200, and 4x100 relays. Freedom track team members were on hand as the team wound down things [...]
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  Posted: June 15, 2009, 3:27pm EDT
  by Kelly and Friends

• Saturday Morning Fun in Arlington

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  Fantastic "Arlington Rap" - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4T1RMuoQnKo .
  
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  Posted: June 13, 2009, 7:13am EDT
  by Kelly and Friends

• Vote Democratic Primary Election (Governor/Lt. Governor) tomorrow, June 9, 2009

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  From the Loudoun County Website:
  
  The Virginia Democratic Primary Election will be held Tuesday, June 9, 2009, in which voters will select the Democratic nominees for the offices of governor and lieutenant governor, who will run in the General Election in November 2009.
  
  All registered voters [...]
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  Posted: June 08, 2009, 7:24am EDT
  by Kelly and Friends

• Summer Kids Art Classes at South Riding Multi-Purpose Center

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  Summer Children's Art Classes now available for signup!
  Provided by ArtSmart Studio - contact them here.
  
  Cartooning Camp
  South Riding Multipurpose Center June 30, July 1st, 2nd and 7th, 2:00 pm, 4 sessions/$80.00
  
  4 days/ 2 hours of cartooning using artist provided worksheets.
  For ages 8' [...]
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  Posted: May 26, 2009, 6:25pm EDT
  by Kelly and Friends

• For Parents, and Those Who Love and Care for Dogs and Children

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  Something for dog lovers everywhere, parents, and those who care for our children...
  
  
  
  For more information about the Paws4People Foundation out of Loudoun County, VA, visit [www.paws4people.org], or visit CharityRaffles.org to donate. [...]
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  Posted: May 14, 2009, 8:54pm EDT
  by Kelly and Friends

• DC - Northern Virginia Beer Festival/BrewFest - Bands and Music Announced!

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  This summer's Northern Virginia Brewfest|Beer Festival "A Celebration of American Beer" just announced their VA beer festival music/band lineup.
  
  This Loudoun County beerfest, June 27-28 in Morven Park, near Leesburg, VA, features an incredible lineup of local, regional and other US-based beers, breweries and even some' [...]
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  Posted: May 09, 2009, 4:43pm EDT
  by Kelly and Friends

• #Detox your mind, body, lifestyle and fish

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  "Detox" is all the rage these days (i.e. #detox tweets-aplenty) but not just from a personal digestion or "green-clean" industrial cleanup perspective. (We're personally looking forward to the next opportunity to "detoxify" our Loudoun Board of Supervisors, but that election's still a bit off...) Here's an interesting post' [...]
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  Posted: May 02, 2009, 1:28pm EDT
  by Kelly and Friends

• Chantilly-Based Nonprofit Federation Draws 21 From United Way - Loudoun Philanthropist Interviewed

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  Per the Washington Post article:
  
  "Twenty-one area nonprofit groups have suspended their memberships in the United Way and joined a fledgling competitor, citing years of frustration with a steady decline in workplace giving in the Washington region and lingering distrust of the local United Way since it" [...]
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  Posted: April 30, 2009, 4:48pm EDT
  by Kelly and Friends

• Paws4Reading at the Ashburn Library

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  Here's an update on our Paws4Reading friends at the Ashburn Library - Paws4People dogs helping local kids to read and adjust...
  
  Follow the Paws4People gang on twitter!' [...]
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  Posted: April 25, 2009, 8:25pm EDT
  by Kelly and Friends