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News Photos

On Jan. 28, the Prince of Wales and the Duchess of Cornwall received Mr. and Mrs. Manuel H. Johnson of Upperville, Va., and Mr. and Mrs. F. Turner Reuter, Jr., of Aldie, Va., at Clarence House in London, England. Manuel H. Johnson serves as Chairman of the Board and F. Turner Reuter, Jr., as Curator of Fine Arts of the National Sporting Library in Middleburg.

Seven year-old Tommy Rupp, of Lovettsville, reads "Bingo's Birthday" to the Saint Bernard, Gus, during the "Paws to Read" program Jan. 17.

During a "Paws to Read" session at the Lovettsville Library, Klara Potter, 6, of Lovettsville, reads "Puppy to Love" to the Golden Retriever and trained therapy dog, Annie.

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News Stories

Library to Return With Eye on New Readers

Rust Branch to Reopen After 2-Year Renovation

Saturday, July 4, 2009

Loudoun County will have a new chill spot where teenagers can socialize and play video games: Rust Library. Read story and 2 comments »

Letter to the Editor: Library Cuts Would Erode Quality of Life

Thursday, Feb. 26, 2009

Sadly, Loudoun County library trustees are being forced to consider a variety of unsavory options for dealing with a tightening county budget: closing libraries, firing librarians, reducing hours, eliminating special services and events, and delaying the construction of new libraries and the purchase of new books for older facilities. Read story »

Don’t Let Budget Ax Fall on Public Libraries

Sunday, Feb. 8, 2009

I am concerned that the county's financial problems will fall very heavily on its public library system. Although I agree that in these austere times, the county must move wisely to better match expenditures to revenues, I'm fearful that the library will fall victim to very unwise economies because it is an easy target for the uninformed, and unlikely to be the subject of special pleading that defends other expenditures. Read story and 1 comment »

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