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21st Anniversary of the Purcellville Tag Sale—Oct. 12 rain or shine

September 4, 2024

Save the date—it’s that time of year again for the Purcellville Tag Sale. On Saturday, Oct.12 join the community for a day of fun, shopping, and deals. Oh, and treasures, too. Sign-up will end Tuesday, Sept. 24. The Tag Sale will take place rain or shine. The Purcellville Tag sale is perfect for the hunter, collector, picker, and hoarder in us…

Kerley makes the calls for Junior Little League World Series 

September 4, 2024

By Liz Tenney Jarvis Last month, August 4-11, the Junior Little League World Series was held in Taylor, Michigan. Upper Loudoun Little League’s Umpire-in-Chief, Chris Kerley, was chosen from hundreds of umpires nationwide to be in one of the seven World Series events.   Kerley began to play baseball “late in life” at age 13.  This was…

Loudoun County, Prevention Alliance of Loudoun Host Recovery Festival September 7

August 31, 2024

Loudoun County, in partnership with the Prevention Alliance of Loudoun and Loudoun Serenity House, will celebrate Recovery Month by hosting the fourth annual Loudoun Recovery Festival on Saturday, Sept. 7, from 12 to 4 p.m. at the Douglass Community Center, 407 E. Market St. in Leesburg. The Loudoun Recovery Festival is free and open to…

Support Loudoun Firefighters as they Fill-the-Boot for Muscular Dystrophy

August 31, 2024

This upcoming Labor Day weekend, members of the Loudoun County Combined Fire and Rescue System and the Loudoun Career Fire Fighters Association Local 3756 will join the Muscular Dystrophy Association to collect donations for the 2024 “Fill-the-Boot” campaign. Firefighters will be collecting donations between Aug. 30 – Sept. 2, to support the MDA’s mission and…

Registration now open for Heritage Dulles Presentation

August 31, 2024

Gibran Parvez will present Heritage Dulles, an interactive map that explores the area within and around Dulles Airport over multiple time periods, on Sunday Sept. 8, beginning at 3 p.m. at Thomas Balch Library.  Participants will travel through time using an online interactive map-based museum, which is the culmination of research from a litany of sources,…

Sterling Park Recycling Center closing permanently Sept. 30

August 31, 2024

Loudoun County is closing the Sterling Park Recycling Center located at Park View High School, 400 W. Laurel Avenue, Sterling, effective Monday, Sept. 30. The last day the public will have access to the center is Sunday, Sept. 29. Due to the Park View High School replacement project, the closure of the recycling center is permanent. Loudoun…

Troop 711 honors three new Eagle Scouts

August 31, 2024

On April 6 BSA Troop 711 held a Court of Honor at the Trillium Gathering Building in Purcellville and presented three scouts with their Eagle Scout awards. Only five percent of scouts achieve this top honor. Over the last 20 years 106 scouts from troop 711 have received this award, including these latest three –…

Town of Middleburg hosts Oktoberfest Celebration on Sept. 21

August 31, 2024

Visit the Town of Middleburg on Sept. 21 from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. for the town’s Oktoberfest celebration. The festivities will take place on South Madison Street and Federal Street, which will be closed to vehicular traffic. This fun-filled event will feature two biergartens, German food, a stein holding contest, live music, interactive activities for…

Wheatland Concert Series at Shiloh Manor Farm Sept. 28

August 31, 2024

As Autumn leaves start to fall, come lift your spirits with the hauntingly beautiful music of Bach, Corelli and Couperin’s concerto for two harpsichords. Sign up for the Wheatland Concert Series Autumn 2024 recital and French wine dinner on Sept. 28.  Details and tickets at www.shiloh-manor.com. No instrument better defines the Baroque period than the harpsichord.  The plucked…

Restaurant week set for Sept. 4-8 in the Town of Purcellville

August 27, 2024

Purcellville is set to sizzle this September with the launch of its Inaugural Purcellville Restaurant Week. Sponsored by Silas Redd, owner of Mister on Main and Nostalgia Boutique, this highly anticipated eventpromises to showcase the vibrant and diverse culinary scene of this charming small town. There is a need for more restaurants to sign up…