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uch of Caulkin’s Jewelers’ carpet was soaked after Saturday’s fire that caused an estimated $500,000 in damage to the South King Street building, but owner Stanley Caulkins was relieved water damage was all he had to worry about. “If it burned this place down, there ain’t enough insurance out there to get the possessions and valuables back,” Caulkins said Monday morning of the building that’s housed his business since 1962. “It’s soaking wet, but I’m a happy camper.” The news got a little worse for Caulkins and his staff on Tuesday when the insurance company ruled that extensive repairs would require a prolonged closure. As of Tuesday, the Fire Marshal’s Office had not determined the cause of the blaze that displaced the residents of the second-and third-story apartments at 11 S. King St. and claimed the lives of three pets. The fire broke out at 9:20 p.m., a time when the downtown streets were still packed with vehicles and visitors were gathered for the Leesburg Classic Car
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he Nov. 3 election ballot in Loudoun County has been finalized, barring any last-minute problems with campaign filings. Seven o’clock Tuesday night was the deadline for political candidates to submit paper-
work to make sure their names appeared on voting ballots, and although there has been a lot of candidate-announcement excitement in recent weeks, the deadline brought no additional surprises. The county’s top job, chairman of the Board of Supervisors, pits incumbent Scott K. York, who’s running as an independent, against Republican Charles King, Democrat Phyllis Randall and independent Tom Bellanca.
“Scott York’s flip-flop is very disappointing,” Haynes said June 3. “Four years ago, Scott approached the Loudoun County Republican Committee, asking to return to the party after previously running as an independent. We welcomed him back and helped him in his successful run for chairman.” Then, two days later, most Republican county officeholders and nominees gathered on the steps of the Old Courthouse in Leesburg in a show of unity. They lambasted York and former Loudoun Sheriff Stephen O. Simpson, who last week filed to
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York was elected as a Republican in 2011, and he said in January that he would not seek a fifth term as chairman. Recently, though, he reversed course after supporters convinced him that he shouldn’t leave the job up to the winner among three candidates who hadn’t served as supervisors before. York has been elected chairman as an independent previously, but his latest exit from the GOP riled party officials and fellow Republicans. Loudoun Republican Committee Chairman Mike Haynes issued a statement blasting him last week.
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More than 70 firefighters responded to Saturday night’s fire in downtown Leesburg. Inset: A photo taken from the town parking garage shows Saturday’s apartment fire at its peak.
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