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Open Burning Restrictions in Effect in Loudoun February 15 – April 30

February 23, 2012

THE LOUDOUN COUNTY FIRE MARSHAL’S Office is reminding everyone that open burning is restricted in Loudoun County between February 15 and April 30. The regulations, which prohibit open air fires between the hours of midnight and 4:00 p.m., are enforced by the Virginia Department of Forestry and the Loudoun County Fire Marshal. Known as the “4:00 p.m. law,” these restrictions are in place due to the potential for rapid fire spread across woodland and grassland areas that is the result of dry outdoor fuels, high winds and temperature increases that are normally present in the late winter and early spring season. During this period, residents may conduct open burning...

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Open Burning Ban Effective In Loudoun

August 31, 2011

NEW OPEN BURNING REGULATIONS will take effect in Loudoun County May 1, 2011. All open burning will be prohibited within all areas of Loudoun County between May 1, 2011, and September 30, 2011. The regulation on open burning is based upon air quality standards developed by the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) and is enforced locally by the Loudoun County Fire Marshal’s Office. The DEQ recently changed regulations which apply to several Virginia regions, including Northern Virginia, extending the open burning ban through May and September. These changes...

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Apple’s Stock Sputters After 10% Falloff

August 22, 2011

STILL ONE OF THE STRONGEST PERFORMING stocks on the market, Apple (AAPL) has sputtered up and down and around the $358 mark for a week or so now. After soaring over the $400 mark just before the exchanges around the world began tumbling on the news of Europe’s banking crisis, Apple has been trapped in that investor’s uncertainty box once again. What is ironic, but then what is more ironic than the stock market, Apple’s stock had just been projected to reach $540 on the strength of its continued...

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Apple’s Competition Stiffens, Others Die Off

August 22, 2011

NEWS FROM THE PAD SECTOR. Hewlett-Packard has taken a dump. After a mere seven weeks on retail shelves, HP has thrown in the towel, pulling its WebOS TouchPad off the shelves in a brutal corporate defeat. Apple just has too much juice oozing from its iPad to suffer wannabes lightly. Heres’ the latest line. Apple’s iOS tablet software accounted for 61.3 percent of the tablet market in the second quarter, more than double the 30.1 percent share held by Google’s Android, its nearest competitor. Microsoft held a paltry 4.6...

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Lovettsville Town Limits

August 22, 2011
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