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On Feb. 9 at noon at the Evergreen Christian School on Evergreen Mills Road in Leesburg, the Blue Ridge Wildlife Center released a rehabilitated immature eagle that has been in its care for over two weeks. The young eagle who does not have a white head or tail yet was found unable to fly near…
Read more...On Nov. 1, Students from Cool Spring Elementary School have won Leesburg’s “Paint the Plow” art contest. Their plow, “A Place for All Downtown,” received 1,139 votes. It depicts different locations that can be found around Leesburg including the Rust Library, Leesburg Police Department, and Mom’s Apple Pie. The winner was selected by the public using…
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The journey towards becoming an Eagle Scout is marked by a dedication to leadership, community service, and personal growth. In a remarkable display of these qualities, Owen Ayotte, a dedicated young scout from Troop 961, took it upon himself to enhance the aesthetics and functionality of his former middle school, Blue Ridge Middle School by…
Read more...Dear Editor: When a taxpayer and long-term resident of Loudoun County sends a letter of concern to a County official about a proposed development in their neighborhood, is it common practice for that letter to be forwarded to the developer’s consulting engineer? It wouldn’t seem so, but this is what we experienced. Just up the…
Read more...Dear Editor: Laura Longley’s “Is Western Loudoun already gone?” certainly brings to mind Joni Mitchell’s lyric “they paved paradise … you don’t know what you’ve got ‘til it’s gone.” We live on a 36-acre farm just down the hill from the 47-acre property mentioned in the article, soon to be turned into a Cluster subdivision…
Read more...We are opposed to the Loudoun County Department of Transportation and Capital Infrastructure’s SPEX-2021-0025 application to provide lighting for Scott Jenkins Memorial Park. We strongly disagree with the applicant’s statement that “The development of the site will not negatively impact the area in any unusual or significant way above or beyond what is normal for…
Read more...By Charles Houston Every publication will have a lengthy year-end retrospective on COVID and on 2020. This is a different story. Bubba was my father’s first cousin, and hence my second. Bubba had no siblings, no wife, no children. As a bachelor, his closest relations were my two brothers and me. We were very close.…
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Donald Arewood Nesselrodte, aka, Smiling Donnie, 84, of Winchester, VA passed away Sunday, December 13, 2020, at his home. Donald was born in 1936 in Petersburg, WV, son of the late George and Beatrice Nesselrodte. He was a Lineman with Richardson-Wayland Electrical, from where he retired. After retirement Donald worked odd jobs as a mechanic…
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