Here, Richard Cabellos receives the 2008 Fairfax County Outstanding Performance Award from the Fairfax County executive for building partnerships in the Latino community and establishing the Park Authority as a credible partner in the countywide network of human services providers.

Photo: Courtesy of Richard Cabellos

Tagged: immigration, South Riding

Richard Cabellos (walking toward the camera, with the VCU sweatshirt on) helped organize a fall clean-up event in Herndon with the day laborer community. Here, he is shown with some of the workers, clearing the parkland behind Hutchinson Elementary School of trash and debris.

Photo: Courtesy of Richard Cabellos

Tagged: immigration, South Riding, Up Close

Ting-Yi Oei, an assistant principal at Freedom High School, was cleared of charges of possession of child pornography.

Photo: Courtesy of Diane Curling

Tagged: courts, Freedom High School , schools, South Riding

A composite sketch of a possible suspect in a residential burglary that occurred last Friday in South Riding. Last week's burglary is possibly related to a series of residential burglaries that have occurred throughout Loudoun County since December.

Photo: Loudoun County Sheriff's Office

Tagged: Burglary, crime, Franklin Sherman Elementary, Loudoun, Loudoun Sheriff's Office, South Riding

An owl wears a white winter hat in South Riding.

Photo: Steve Schoenly

Tagged: snow, South Riding, user photo, weather

A hill of rocks in South Riding received a heavy blanket of snow.

Photo: Steve Schoenly

Tagged: snow, South Riding, user photo, weather

The thistles are covered in snow in South Riding.

Photo: Steve Schoenly

Tagged: snow, South Riding, user photo, weather

A solitary sparrow rests in the South Riding snow.

Photo: Steve Schoenly

Tagged: snow, South Riding, user photo, weather

Members of the South Riding Dance Academy entertain the crowd as they make their way along Washington Street during Middleburg's Annual Christmas Parade on Saturday, Dec. 6.

Photo: Nikki Kahn, Washington Post

Tagged: 2008 Holiday Season, holiday, Middleburg, parade, South Riding

During a family ceremony in May, the Balasubramanian family had painted a "kolam" - an intricate pattern - on their driveway, for which their homeowners association issued them a citation. Shown here are Ram (right), his two sons, Arun (left) and Mukundh (third from left), and his wife, Bharati.

Photo: Rich Lipski, Washington Post

Tagged: homeowners association, religion, South Riding

A video shot of the suspect in an attempted robbery of an ATM in South Riding that took place on Monday.

Photo: Courtesy of the Loudoun County Sheriff's Office

Tagged: Loudoun Sheriff's Office, police, South Riding

A line of voters forms outside Freedom High School in South Riding early this morning.

Photo: Val Cavalheri

Tagged: elections, Freedom High School , November 2008 Elections, South Riding

Peter Johannes Cathcart Vold, 19, was found dead in the parking lot of Little River Elementary School in South Riding in June. Two teens have been charged in the case of his death.

Photo: Family Photo

Tagged: alcohol, Little River Elementary School, South Riding

Kids at Camp Woody, founded by Maddie Sugg of South Riding, display their LoudounExtra.com cups.

Photo: Maddie Sugg / Photo courtesy of Maddie Sugg

Tagged: children, South Riding, user photo

Meggan Walker of South Riding drinks a mimosa after completing South Riding's first triathlon. (Lead photo by Apple Pie Photography)

Photo: Charity Corkey

Tagged: South Riding

The entry hall of Liberty Elementary, which opened yesterday in South Riding, is a swarm of activity.

Photo: Dayna Smith, Washington Post

Tagged: Liberty Elementary School, Loudoun County Public Schools, schools, South Riding

Eric and Kari Doffermyre wave to their daughter, Deanna, 5 at Liberty Elementary School in South Riding. Many parents put their children on the bus then drove to the school to greet them.

Photo: Dayna Smith, Washington Post

Tagged: Liberty Elementary School, Loudoun County Public Schools, schools, South Riding

Yooky and Dae C. Song greet their children, Michelle, 9 and Matthew, 7, who have just stepped off their bus at Liberty Elementary School in South Riding. Liberty is one of three new schools that opened in Loudoun yesterday.

Photo: Dayna Smith, Washington Post

Tagged: Liberty Elementary School, Loudoun County Public Schools, schools, South Riding

Principal Angela Gwynne-Atwater, of Liberty Elementary, one of three new schools that opened yesterday, prepares cards listing the color of the bus the kids will ride.

Photo: Dayna Smith, Washington Post

Tagged: Liberty Elementary School, Loudoun County Public Schools, schools, South Riding

Liberty Elementary, one of three new schools that opened yesterday in Loudoun County. The Delean siblings - Camy, 8; Brigham, 7; Baylie, 10; and Parker, 6 - pose outside the school for their mother, Jen Delean.

Photo: Dayna Smith, Washington Post

Tagged: Liberty Elementary School, Loudoun County Public Schools, schools, South Riding

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