Sandhya Somashekhar

Articles by Sandhya Somashekhar

Md., Va. Set Action Plans for Changes in Climate (August 28, 2008)

An Experiment in Science (August 28, 2008)

Reinventing the Mobile Home in a Changing Market (August 26, 2008)

Ex-Dominion Lawyer's Appointment Poses Conflict, Power Line Foes Say (August 19, 2008)

GMU Again Presses For Campus In Loudoun (August 17, 2008)

Herndon Could Tighten Screws On Day Laborers (August 15, 2008)

Roadwork Hits a Bumpy Patch (August 10, 2008)

Loudoun Building Boom Buckles Under Economic Strain, for Now (August 6, 2008)

Income Limit Could Force Tenants From Housing Complex in Fairfax (August 5, 2008)

Rezoning Fees Might Rise Sharply (August 3, 2008)

Controversial Plan for Cables in N.Va. Endorsed by State Official (July 29, 2008)

Habitat To Honor Student (July 27, 2008)

Sterling Residents Seek Help (July 24, 2008)

Fairfax To Consider Four-Day Workweek (July 22, 2008)

Board Votes to Send Crews to Fix Lawns (July 17, 2008)

Voters to Decide on Meals Tax, Bond Questions (July 16, 2008)

Loudoun Revisits Rules As Sinkholes Multiply (July 15, 2008)

Obama Brings Economic Message to N.Va. (July 11, 2008)

Two Clinics for the Poor To Consider Merging (July 10, 2008)

Backlash to Rapid Growth Extends To New Services and Infrastructure (July 5, 2008)

Ethiopian Community Finds Home In His Song (July 5, 2008)

Supervisors Kill Deal for Schools Site (July 3, 2008)

Loudoun Board Bars Use Of Builder Campaign Funds (July 2, 2008)

Va. Law Targets Teen Crashes (July 1, 2008)

Site of Sheriff's Substation to Be Revisited (June 29, 2008)

Fresh off the Farm: Va. Program Connects Schools to Homegrown Food (June 26, 2008)

Panel Sees No Way Around Surge in Va. Power Rates (June 25, 2008)

Loudoun Activists Find New Campaign (June 14, 2008)

Black Bears Make Presence Known in 'Burbs (June 13, 2008)

Real Estate Tax To Help Pay For Roads Seen As Possibility (June 12, 2008)

Wolf Warns Of Foreign Attacks on Computers (June 12, 2008)

3 Congressional Seats at Stake In Va. Primaries (June 10, 2008)

Plan Would Ban Houses Near Airport (June 8, 2008)

Democrats Hope to Gain House Seats With Crowded Pack of Contenders (June 8, 2008)

Parking On Lawns Faces Ban (June 1, 2008)

'This Is Really the Only Place I Could Be Today' (May 27, 2008)

A Vote Against a New School? (May 11, 2008)

Herndon Vote Shows Labor Site Anger Echoes (May 7, 2008)

For One Class of '08, A Presidential Visit (May 5, 2008)

Dulles Metro Extension Still Faces Hurdles (May 4, 2008)

Last Step for 175-Mile 'Journey' Historic Area (May 1, 2008)

School Debate Might Sway Bid for Mayor (May 1, 2008)

Her Career on Hold, Holton Adopts a Cause (April 25, 2008)

Small Va. Vintners See Hope Amid Marketing Drought (April 18, 2008)

County Joins Area Green Initiatives (April 17, 2008)

A Year After Massacre, Family Lives 'in Darkness' (April 12, 2008)

Loudoun Approves Jump in Tax Rate (April 2, 2008)

Dominion Gets Initial Approval For Coal Plant (April 1, 2008)

County Worker Fights To Win Back His Job (March 27, 2008)

Towering Issue Laid to Rest (March 20, 2008)

Bill Limits Greenway Tolls (March 16, 2008)

Va. to Start Ban on Phosphates in 2010 (March 11, 2008)

Time Runs Low for Va. Legislators (March 8, 2008)

Stricter Penalties Approved for Teen Drinking, Driving (March 7, 2008)

Va. Mental Health Bills Approved (March 5, 2008)

Government Takes Top Honors in Efficiency (March 4, 2008)

Local Officials Buoyed by Court Ruling (March 1, 2008)

House Panel Rejects Proposal to Revise Home Builder Fees (February 29, 2008)

Kaine Seeks Help for Borrowers Facing Foreclosure (February 27, 2008)

Tax-Relief, Transportation Proposals Essentially Killed This Year (February 26, 2008)

Va. Utility Faces Biggest Fight In Plan for 65-Mile Power Line (February 24, 2008)

Va. GOP Closes Its Reduced Ranks (February 23, 2008)

Kaine Wants To Ease Rules On Extending Polling Hours (February 22, 2008)

N.Va. Officials Fear Bills Could Hinder Road, Rail Projects (February 21, 2008)

Committees Diverge on Va. Budget (February 18, 2008)

Legislative Redistricting Bill Squelched in House (February 16, 2008)

Bill Targets Drafting Of Legislative Districts (February 15, 2008)

Clashes Looming On Immigration, Taxes, Lending (February 13, 2008)

Developers In Va. Offer Impact Fees Compromise (February 12, 2008)

Va. Senate Panel Rejects Tax-Relief Plan That Passed Last Year (February 9, 2008)

Passage of Smoking Ban Gets In Tobacco Country's Eyes (February 6, 2008)

Slow Start Creates Big Challenges For Va. Legislature (February 4, 2008)

Overhaul of Development Fees Advances in Senate (January 30, 2008)

Va. Senate Backs Phaseout of Trans Fats in School Food (January 30, 2008)

State Acts to Plug Gaps in Mental Health System (January 29, 2008)

Despite Va. Tech Passion, Gun Control Bill Fails (January 24, 2008)

Democrats Savor New Majority Status (January 23, 2008)

Memories Of Va. Tech Permeate Gun Debate (January 22, 2008)

Fairfax Lawmaker Aims to Close Slayer Statute Loophole (January 20, 2008)

Mental Health and Immigration Among Priorities (January 11, 2008)

Consultant Cites Need for New Power Line (January 10, 2008)

Allen Rejects Run Next Year For 2nd Term As Governor (January 9, 2008)

Kaine to Try Again to Pass Smoking Ban (January 8, 2008)

Loudoun Board Restores Key Powers to Supervisor (January 4, 2008)

Republicans Quietly Hand Over Control In Loudoun (December 24, 2007)

Morning Fog Trips Up Travelers at National Airport (December 24, 2007)

Facing Skepticism, Developer Pulls Housing Plans (December 19, 2007)

On Loudoun Board, Growth May Trump Immigration Issues (December 16, 2007)

Proposed School Budget Increase Adds to Shortfall (December 14, 2007)

Ridgewater Park Project Still Alive (December 13, 2007)

Loudoun Democrats Pick Tim Buchholz as Chairman (December 13, 2007)

Boyfriend Held After 3 Killed In House (December 10, 2007)

Project That Will Restore Slave Home Is Approved (December 9, 2007)

Supervisors Approve Arcola Center (December 5, 2007)

Parts of Sterling May Be Target Of Stiffer Zoning Enforcement (November 30, 2007)

GOP Blames Losses on Strife Within (November 29, 2007)

Doubts Linger Despite Board Action Over Homeless Site (November 25, 2007)

Loudoun To Run Daytime Shelter (November 21, 2007)

Supervisors Reject Ashburn Project (November 17, 2007)

Ousted Supervisors to Decide On a Host of Growth Proposals (November 15, 2007)

Once Again, the Winds of Change (November 11, 2007)

Train That Derailed and Fell Into River Was Not Properly Secured, CSX Says (November 11, 2007)

Once-Kindred Counties Go Separate Ways in Board Races (November 8, 2007)

Slow-Growth Board Candidates Win (November 7, 2007)

E-mails Appear to Back Prosecutor's Statements (November 4, 2007)

A Horde of New Voters, a Host of Uncertainty (November 4, 2007)

High-Stakes Battle To Fill Potts's Seat (November 1, 2007)

Charges Heat Up Race for Chairman (November 1, 2007)

Judgment Day for Loudoun Board (November 1, 2007)

Democrats Court GOP Moderates in Loudoun (November 1, 2007)

Developers' Donations Show Growth Still Key in Loudoun Races (October 28, 2007)

Election-Year Jitters Fill Out Agenda (October 25, 2007)

Board Chairman Quits Job With Developer (October 24, 2007)

Delegates Cast About for Ways to Better Split Funding Pie (October 21, 2007)

Legislative Candidates Face Off (October 21, 2007)

Fraud Charges Dropped Against Former Candidate (October 16, 2007)

Candidates Pledge to Bring Focus on West (October 14, 2007)

City Officials Take Blame for Va. Senate Contender's Tax Break (October 11, 2007)

Drawn to Politics, Latino Advocacy Group Chief Resigns (October 11, 2007)

Va. Candidate Got Improper Tax Break (October 10, 2007)

Heated Crossfire As Parties Angle For Power in Va. (October 9, 2007)

Sweet Revenge For Supervisor? Lawsuit Says Yes. (October 7, 2007)

Candidates Debate, Minus Snow (October 7, 2007)

Once Again, Growth Is the Hot-Button Issue in Loudoun Races (October 7, 2007)

Development Proves Key Issue at Forum (September 30, 2007)

2 Loudoun Candidates Pull Out Of Debates (September 30, 2007)

Firms May Have to Certify Workers' Status (September 23, 2007)

Chairman Goes After Incumbents (September 23, 2007)

Defense in Fraud Case Loses Bid to Subpoena Prosecutor (September 22, 2007)

Staff Seeks Delay in Hearing on Proposed Power Line (September 21, 2007)

Democrats for Supervisor Pledge Slower Growth to Help Schools (September 20, 2007)

Loudoun Board Votes to Hire a County Watchdog (September 19, 2007)

Candidates For Board Pledge to Aid Seniors (September 16, 2007)

As Workers Gather, Town Watches Eagle-Eyed (September 16, 2007)

Tolls Set To Rise On Dulles Greenway (September 13, 2007)

At Immigration Session, Much Ado for Naught (September 9, 2007)

Counties Sift Through Policies on Illegal Immigrants (September 5, 2007)

Loudoun's Plans to Cut Services To Immigrants Face Limitations (September 1, 2007)

The 'Toll Would Have Been Less' (August 31, 2007)

Bill Would Link Funds, Verification by Localities (August 25, 2007)

Reston Event Shows Clout of N.Va. Muslim Voters (August 24, 2007)

County Plans Early for Homeless Shelter (August 23, 2007)

Herndon Wrestles With Where Day Laborers Will Go (August 17, 2007)

Herndon To Keep Day-Labor Center (August 16, 2007)

Leesburg Gauges Illegal-Immigrant Policies (August 16, 2007)

Council Postpones Vote on Day-Labor Center (August 15, 2007)

Sterling Park's Identity Crisis (August 14, 2007)

Groups to Fight Crackdown on Immigrants (August 9, 2007)

Zoning Ordinance Overhaul Underway (August 5, 2007)

Loudoun Awaits Fate of Herndon Center (August 4, 2007)

Concert Lineup Angers Some Va. Tech Families (August 3, 2007)

State Official Endorses Greenway Toll Hike (July 29, 2007)

Hearing on Power Line Draws Vocal Crowd (July 27, 2007)

Va. Subsidizes High-Income Home Buyers (July 26, 2007)

Public Hearings Begin Today on Dominion's Power Line Proposal (July 26, 2007)

Board Votes To Ground Rezoning Near Airport (July 19, 2007)

Loudoun Approves Measure Targeting Illegal Immigrants (July 18, 2007)

Town Aims to Shield Fireman's Field From Development (July 12, 2007)

3 Candidates, Including Republican, Offer Wolf Rare Opposition (July 10, 2007)

Board Backs Retail Center On Route 50 (July 8, 2007)

Loudoun To Fight Va. Plan For Roads (July 4, 2007)

Loudoun Weighs Effects of People Living Near Planes (July 2, 2007)

Charities Seek To Set Up Shop At One Location (July 1, 2007)

Some Details Are Presented By Prosecution (June 26, 2007)

Board Chairman Accused of Ethics Lapse (June 24, 2007)

Officials Scrap Plan For Route 9 Bypass (June 21, 2007)

Loudoun Supervisors Back Metro Extension (June 20, 2007)

Clean Start for Scene of Va. Tech Horror (June 15, 2007)

Preservation Group Seeks To Shield East Coast Land (June 14, 2007)

Convention Over, GOP Takes Stock (June 14, 2007)

Democrat Smyth Beats Challenger; Herrity Victorious (June 13, 2007)

Loudoun Sheriff Loses Nomination (June 10, 2007)

Staunch Loudoun Republican Reconsiders Her Label (June 9, 2007)

Finance Case Muddies Race for District 27 Senate Seat (June 7, 2007)

Hopes Are High as County GOP Gears Up for Convention (June 7, 2007)

Feder Gets Early Start In 2nd Bid Against Wolf (June 5, 2007)

Blogger Says He Was Told of Indictments (June 2, 2007)

Energy Study Shows How State Could Save 10% (May 31, 2007)

Hughes Institute's Tax Break Targeted (May 27, 2007)

Candidate Indicted on Fraud Charges (May 23, 2007)

Phillips Wins GOP Primary (May 22, 2007)

A Tale Of Triumph, With A Catch (May 19, 2007)

Board Asks For Changes In Leesburg Development (May 17, 2007)

Judge Rules Against the Killer and the Insurer (May 16, 2007)

Firefighters, Deputies Are Under One Roof (May 13, 2007)

Fire Department Employee Found Fatally Shot in Chest (May 12, 2007)

Police Ask For Leads In Assault (May 6, 2007)

Sheriff Changes Course on Deportation Training (May 3, 2007)

Sheriff Slammed On Gang Front (April 29, 2007)

Power Companies' Reach May Expand (April 27, 2007)

Law Could Let U.S. Rule on Power Line (April 26, 2007)

Injuries Heal, but Mental Scars May Last Much Longer (April 22, 2007)

Building on a Dream (April 12, 2007)

Pages of History for All to See (April 12, 2007)

Two Teens Charged in House Fires; Passersby Alerted Family to Danger (April 12, 2007)

Sixth-Grader Wins Va. Geography Bee (April 8, 2007)

April in Washington: Baseball, Blossoms and . . . a Blizzard? (April 7, 2007)

Police Arrest 4 Teens In Gang Crackdown (April 5, 2007)

Supervisors Tweaking The Budget, Cent by Cent (April 1, 2007)

Airport Shuttle Rear-Ends Dump Truck, Injuring 5 (March 30, 2007)

Sterling Woman Is Charged In Thefts of Credit Information (March 29, 2007)

Kaine Vetoes Death Penalty Expansion (March 27, 2007)

Middleburg on Guard About New Resort Plan (March 25, 2007)

Soldier Sacrificed His Life For Others (March 24, 2007)

A Snowy Detour Ends in Tragedy (March 20, 2007)

For Carver School, 'A Rebirth' (March 18, 2007)

Woman at Home Struck, Killed by Stray Bullet (March 17, 2007)

Rights Activist Killed at N.J. Rest Stop (March 16, 2007)

Proposed Toll Hike Raises Drivers' Ire (March 14, 2007)

Grand-Thinking Va. Mayor Seeks Town's Energy Independence (March 12, 2007)

Supervisors to Study Animal Care Agency (March 8, 2007)

Snow May Snarl Commuters Day and Night (March 7, 2007)

Proposals Submitted For County Complex (March 4, 2007)

Columbia Union Graduate Killed by Roadside Bomb (March 3, 2007)

Rezoning Requests Processed Too Quickly, Some Say (February 15, 2007)

An Uphill Struggle For a Sewer Line (February 12, 2007)

Ashburn Man Convicted of Embezzlement (February 11, 2007)

Now Play Nice, Boys and Girls (February 11, 2007)

Loudoun Land Deals Subject of U.S. Probe (February 7, 2007)

Home Construction Hits 10-Year Low (February 4, 2007)

Leesburg Approves Homeless Shelters (January 28, 2007)

Dominion Virginia Has Inflated Power Needs, Some Experts Say (January 28, 2007)

Hearings Set on Greenway Toll Plan (January 25, 2007)

In Nod to Foes, Dominion to Revisit Route Options (January 24, 2007)

Montgomery County Teen Fatally Shot (January 20, 2007)

Developer's Proffers Help Sway Supervisors (January 18, 2007)

County Seeks to Own More, Lease Less (January 11, 2007)

Alternative Power Path Would Spare Most of Trail (January 7, 2007)

Silver Spring Teenager Dies in Bethesda Crash (January 6, 2007)

Warming Shelter Opens in Lucketts (January 4, 2007)

Cold Ground for a Summer Love (January 1, 2007)

Keeping Count of the Flocks (December 31, 2006)

Two Men Wounded in Shootings in Northeast (December 23, 2006)

Middleburg Takes Steps To Patch Up Its Budget (December 21, 2006)

Landowners Fear Ruin From Power Line Route (December 11, 2006)

In Loudoun, A Vote of Confidence in Paper Ballots (December 10, 2006)

Outcry Is Heard at Energy Forums (December 8, 2006)

With Perseverance, Coalition Sets Up Loudoun Shelter (December 3, 2006)

N.Va. Power Line Proposal Draws Resistance (November 28, 2006)

State Trooper Dies After Being Hit by Car (November 25, 2006)

Woman Suffers Life-Threatening Injuries in Apartment Fire (November 25, 2006)

Midshipman Killed, Driver Injured in Crash Near Academy (November 25, 2006)

Gerald Boyd, Former N.Y. Times Editor; Resigned Over Jayson Blair Controversy (November 24, 2006)

Creature Comforts (November 20, 2006)

Loudoun Excluded From Utility Route (November 16, 2006)

Two Shot After Officer Is Pinned by Vehicle (November 11, 2006)

Serving County's Underserved (November 9, 2006)

3 Public Hearings Set on Greenway Toll Increase (November 5, 2006)

Project Linked to Big Offer Is Canceled (October 31, 2006)

In Search for Warming Shelter, an Appeal for Goodwill (October 26, 2006)

On Loudoun's Horizon, a Taste of Opulence (October 24, 2006)

Tiny Harbingers of Halloween, Ladybugs Take Hitchcockian Turn (October 22, 2006)

Let the Games (and Lessons) Begin! (October 22, 2006)

Army Captain From Va. Killed in Iraq (October 14, 2006)

No Interim Quarters In Sight for Rust Library (October 12, 2006)

Hit by Truck, Boy Fights for Life (October 12, 2006)

Judge Criticized for Undercutting Jury Sentence (October 8, 2006)

Martha Euthanized After Injury (October 4, 2006)

A Dash of Local Color in Loudoun (October 3, 2006)

Martha Suffers Another Serious Injury (October 3, 2006)

Behind Glass and Steel, a World of Discovery (September 28, 2006)

Have Eagles Flown the Coop? (September 17, 2006)

Drivers Seeing Red Over Greenway Tolls (September 17, 2006)

Rep. Wolf Opposes Proposed Power Line (September 15, 2006)

Is Popular Eagle Pair Missing? (September 14, 2006)

Power Line Could Undo Open-Land Conservation (September 10, 2006)

Va. Soldier Killed by Explosive Device (September 9, 2006)

Building a School From the Inside Out (September 7, 2006)

Eminent Psychiatrist Found Slain In Bethesda (September 4, 2006)

Backpacks Filled With a Message (September 3, 2006)

Near-Capacity Loudoun Valley Answers an Addition Problem (August 31, 2006)

In School, The Silent Suppliers of Last Resort (August 31, 2006)

At Wilson Bridge, Out With the Old (August 30, 2006)

Water Main Break Slows Drivers, Closes Eateries (August 25, 2006)

Taking Safety Into Their Own Hands (August 20, 2006)

Haul That Glitters (August 20, 2006)

Town Makes More Waves In Dispute Over School (August 13, 2006)

I Spy A Butterfly (August 13, 2006)

Vast Stretches of Rivers Are Polluted, State Says (August 13, 2006)

20 Girl Scout Campers Advised to Get Shots (August 9, 2006)

A Little Campus With Lofty Goals (August 6, 2006)

Little Campus Has Lofty Goals (August 6, 2006)

Developer Cancels Offer Of $22 Million to Town (August 5, 2006)

A Penny-Wise Weekend in Va. (August 3, 2006)

A Mooving Tribute To a Stud of a Bull (July 27, 2006)

Cultures of a Continent Converge (July 23, 2006)

Another Toll Increase May Be Coming Down the Pike (July 23, 2006)

Woodbridge Man Falls Into Potomac, Drowns (July 22, 2006)

Upstart Peddles Pedicabs in D.C. (July 16, 2006)

Town Reaps Hard Cash for New Houses (July 16, 2006)

Sudan's 'Lost Boys' Find Old Friends at Conference (July 7, 2006)

Fierce Electrical Storm Leaves Widespread Outages (July 3, 2006)