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The Leesburg Police Department would like to congratulate Melissa “Missy” Krise on her retirement. Krise began her career as a dispatcher in February 1988 with the Loudoun County Sheriff’s Office, where she served for more than fifteen years. She later joined the Leesburg Police Department in February 2010, where she served until her retirement. During…

Emerick Elementary School celebrated Earth Day in a unique and eco-friendly way this year with its inaugural Trashion Fashion Show on April 22. The event showcased the creative talents of its students from kindergarten to fifth grade, who had been diligently working on their designs since February as part of the Emerick Computational Thinking Challenge.…

Save the date for Purcellville Public Safety Day on Saturday, May 18, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Activities will be held at the Purcellville Public Safety Center located at 500 North Maple Avenue. The Purcellville Public Safety Day is jointly hosted by the Purcellville Police Department, the Purcellville Parks and Recreation Division, Purcellville Parks…

The Loudoun Laurels Foundation has chosen J. Randall “Randy” Minchew and Stephen C. Price as its 2024 Loudoun Laureates, seeing in them the personification of qualities it seeks in all candidates for the annual honor: selflessness, integrity, creativity, wisdom, and courage. This year’s selections were drawn from a deep and diverse pool of worthy candidates.…

Thomas Balch Library will host Andrew Jampoler in a discussion on, “Hard Aground: The Wreck of the USS Tennessee and the Rise of the US Navy” on Sunday, May 5, beginning at 2 p.m.  “Hard Aground” brings together three intertwined stories documenting the US Navy’s strategic and matériel evolution from the end of the Civil…

The Loudoun County Art Advisory Committee will present a solo show by Pat Whittle titled Bigger Things, from May 3 – 31. The artwork will be displayed in Gallery One, located in the lobby of the Loudoun County Government Center, 1 Harrison Street SE in Leesburg.  In Bigger Things, Whittle explores the traditional floral still life in a surrealist manner. Using acrylic and alcohol inks, Whittle creates…

By Liz Tenney Jarvis For over forty years, Joey Snider’s plumbing business, J.R. Snider, Ltd. operated out of the Middleburg area. Having learned the trade from the age of 12 from his father, the late Ray Snider, Joey Snider took over the business after college and became a master plumber as well as a water treatment…

 By Liz Tenney Jarvis This year, Memorial Day is May 27. The federal holiday was established to mourn and to honor those who died while serving in the United States Armed Forces. To date, there is no actual memorial at Arlington National Cemetery dedicated to those who passed while performing their duties in the Army Security…