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Loudoun County school worker charged with assaulting student

A behavioral assistant with the Loudoun County, Virginia, Public Schools, has been charged with assaulting a student.

Julie Hancher, 55, of Leesburg, has been charged with two counts of assault, the Loudoun County Sheriff’s Office said in a statement.



School personnel at Lightridge High School, in Aldie, told the school resource officer there last week that Hancher had assaulted a student in a classroom on two occasions.

Montgomery Co. acquires White’s Ferry, presses Virginia to help get service restarted

Montgomery County has acquired White's Ferry and its operations on the Maryland side of Poolesville — and officials are encouraging its Virginia counterparts to help with getting the service that carried hundreds of vehicles daily across the Potomac River restarted. In a news conference Friday, owner Chuck Kuhn said he would donate the historic vessel and its operations to Montgomery County. At the same time, the county will purchase the land where the ferry docks on the Maryland side of the Potomac.
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