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Enjoy great food and drink at the Purcellville Wine and Food Festival on Saturday, July 16, in the historic Dillon’s Woods at the Fireman’s Field Complex. Local wineries and vineyards will be sampling a wide array of varietals, helping you taste and learn about each one. Bring your family and friends to enjoy the beautiful…
The Town of Purcellville will receive a $1,000 award for a program called “Read! Plant! Grow!” which will be implemented in partnership with the Purcellville Library. It is one of 30 grants awarded throughout Virginia in June as part of Keep Virginia Beautiful’s 12th Annual “Green Grants” Program. Every year, government, nonprofit, civic, and service…
Loudoun County invites members of the public to attend a groundbreaking ceremony for the start of construction of the Ashburn Recreation and Community Center on Thursday, June 16, at 11 a.m. The event will take place on the future site of the facility near the intersection of Carolina Wren Drive and Coopers Hawk Drive in Ashburn. Members of…
By Laura Longley In the age of Twitter and TikTok, it’s hard to imagine news taking two years and eight months to reach the African Americans of Galveston whose lives literally depended on it. Not until Union General Gordon Grainer arrived in that Texas town did the Black residents learn they were no longer enslaved.…
A new exhibit from Loudoun County Clerk of the Circuit Court Historic Records and Deed Research Division, “Back to School: Education in Loudoun’s Past,” is available for viewing at Thomas Balch Library. This exhibit features facsimiles of historic court records on the early and primitive free education system that existed in Loudoun County from 1789-1861.…
In observance of May as Foster Care Month, Loudoun County is celebrating and recognizing local foster parents for their service. Loudoun County’s foster parents were among those lauded at a recognition event May 19, 2022, hosted by the Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments (COG). At the event, Richard and Ashley Harper were named as Loudoun…
On the weekend of June 10-12, The Hillsboro Players will debut as a new resident community theater company in the historic Old Stone School in Hillsboro. With a mission to bring thought-provoking, uplifting entertainment to western Loudoun County, the new theater group aims to support local talent, while celebrating great works and inciting meaningful conversations. The…
The Town of Leesburg is seeking design submissions for the installation of mural on the exterior of Maverick Bikes, located at 32-C Catoctin Circle SE in Virginia Village Shopping Center. This call for submissions is the next step of the Private Property Mural Pilot Program, which was approved by the Leesburg Town Council on March 8. The…
Join the Purcellville Parks and Recreation Advisory Board and the Tree and Environment Sustainability Committee for a nature walk about spring wildflowers at the Chapman DeMary Trail on Sunday, May 29, at 1 p.m. The guide for this walk is Carol Ivory, a Loudoun County Master Gardener and Loudoun County Tree Steward. As she guides…
Through superhuman strength and just a touch of magic, Rust Library (380 Old Waterford Road NW, Leesburg) is being transformed into the Marvel Universe for Avengers Night on Saturday, May 21, from 7 to 10 p.m. Adults 18 and older are invited to an evening of cosplay, trivia, photo ops, a costume contest, maker demonstrations,…