Amber and Alex Holbrook reward their dog Milo for sitting in his first puppy kindergarten class at Dog Day Afternoon training school in Leesburg

Photo: Catherine Cheney

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Amber and Alex Holbrook reward their dog Milo for sitting in his first puppy kindergarten class at Dog Day Afternoon training school in Leesburg.

Photo: Catherine Cheney

Tagged: dog, Leesburg, pets

The exterior of the Leesbug DMV, where an Ashburn woman crashed her car into on Friday, July 17.

Photo: Kafia A. Hosh, Washington Post

Tagged: car crash, crash, Leesburg

Loudoun County firefighters preparing the wood they plan to use to shore up the side of the building the car crashed into.

Photo: Kafia A. Hosh, Washington Post

Tagged: car crash, crash, Leesburg

An Ashburn woman crashed her Honda Civic into the stock room of the DMV in Leesburg.

Photo: Kafia A. Hosh, Washington Post

Tagged: car crash, crash, Leesburg

An Ashburn woman crashed her Honda Civic into the side of the DMV service center in Leesburg.

Photo: Kafia A. Hosh, Washington Post

Tagged: car crash, crash, Leesburg

David Theodore Schneider, 39, was arrested on July 7 for aggravated sexual battery of a child under 13 years of age.

Photo: Courtesy of the Leesburg Police Department

Tagged: crime, Leesburg, Leesburg Police Department, police, sex crimes

Library Director Alexandra S. Gressitt and Library Archives Specialist Stephanie Adams Hunter display a collection of papers, and hold up a personal item - Mary Harrison Williams's wedding slippers from 1871.

Photo: Rich Lipski, Washington Post

Tagged: history, Leesburg, Thomas Balch Library

A valentine item, from Harrison Williams to his wife, Pauline, from the early 20th century. The piece is from the Thomas Balch Library's collection of the Williams Family Papers.

Photo: Rich Lipski, Washington Post

Tagged: history, Leesburg, Thomas Balch Library

A photograph from the Thomas Balch Library of Harrison Williams Jr. dated 1917 with his brownie camera.

Photo: Rich Lipski, Washington Post

Tagged: history, Leesburg, Thomas Balch Library

Thomas Balch Library Director Alexandra S. Gressitt and Library Archives Specialist Stephanie Adams Hunter display a collection of papers and sift through a box of personal items and photographs.

Photo: Rich Lipski, Washington Post

Tagged: history, Leesburg, Thomas Balch Library

A condolence letter regarding the death of James C. Harrison 1882, from the office of Kissam, Whitney & Co., bankers and brokers.

Photo: Rich Lipski, Washington Post

Tagged: history, Leesburg, Thomas Balch Library

The Thomas Balch Library, a genealogy library in Leesburg, has prepared the Williams Family Papers for research. Library Director Alexandra S. Gressitt and Library Archives Specialist Stephanie Adams Hunter pull out a collection of papers and letters.

Photo: Rich Lipski, Washington Post

Tagged: history, Leesburg, Thomas Balch Library

Hugo Antonio Callejas, 42, was arrested on June 2 on charges soliciting a minor younger than 15 for sex or sodomy after approaching a 13-year-old girl at a lemonade stand in Leesburg.

Photo: Courtesy of the Loudoun County Sheriff's Office

Tagged: crime, Leesburg, Loudoun Sheriff's Office, sex crimes

Nellie Solange Sgtrong Hertz, widow of Gustav Hertz, at her home.

Photo: Eugene Scheel

Tagged: history, Leesburg, war

Gustav Crane Hertz and his wife, Nellie Solange Hertz with four of their five kids. The Hertz's song, Stephen Hertz, estimates that the photo was taken in about 1960. Not shown is the oldest son, Lawrence Crane. The children are: by height are Mary Christina, Gustav Strong, Stephen Andre and Lydia Logan. This photo was taken in the basement of Big Rock, where Nellie Solange Hertz still lives.

Photo: Provided by Stephen Hertz

Tagged: history, Leesburg

Officials from a variety of law enforcement and fire/rescue agencies were helping on May 22 with the clean up and investigation of the fire at Station Auto Wash.

Photo: Kafia A. Hosh, Washington Post

Tagged: Fire, Leesburg, Loudoun County Fire/Rescue

A member of the Loudoun County Fire Marshal's office walks with a department Labrador retriever around the scene of the fire at Station Auto Wash. The dogs are used during Fire Marshal investigations to sniff out any accelerants.

Photo: Kafia A. Hosh, Washington Post

Tagged: Fire, Leesburg, Loudoun County Fire/Rescue

A tractor clears charred debris from the Station Auto Wash in Leesburg, the day after a fire engulfed the carwash on Catoctin Circle.

Photo: Kafia A. Hosh, Washington Post

Tagged: Fire, Leesburg, Loudoun County Fire/Rescue

Debris is piled inside the Station Auto Wash in Leesburg, and the roof is caving in, after a fire at the carwash on May 21.

Photo: Kafia A. Hosh, Washington Post

Tagged: Fire, Leesburg, Loudoun County Fire/Rescue

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