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A new exhibit from Loudoun Heritage Farm Museum, “The Nokes Family Farm Equipment,” is available for viewing at Thomas Balch Library through April. This exhibit includes photos, advertisements, and pieces of a 1930’s New Idea model manure spreader. This manure spreader was recovered from the Nokes farm property in Sterling only weeks before the historic…
Wall submissions are due by Friday, April 15 The Town of Leesburg is seeking private commercial property owners who are interested in participating in the Private Property Mural Pilot Program. Properties must be capable of accommodating a mural set to the proposed theme, “Celebrating Music in Leesburg.” Identifying a wall is the first step of the Private…
More than 600 attended the UkraineAid Concert in The Gap on April 2 and were joined by First Secretary of the Ukraine Embassy Kateryna Smagli, Ukraine-America Foundation President Nadia McConnell, U.S. Rep. Jennifer Wexton, five Loudoun County Supervisors, Town of Hillsboro officials, and Hillsboro Preservation Foundation board directors. According to Hillsboro Preservation Foundation President Amy…
The Loudoun County Board of Supervisors and the departments of Parks, Recreation and Community Services and Transportation and Capital Infrastructure celebrated the grand opening of the Lovettsville Community Park with a ribbon cutting Saturday, April 2, 2022. A crowd of residents, visitors, Lovettsville and Loudoun County officials joined in the celebration of the new community…
On Saturday, April 16, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., Morven Park will host the Loudoun Wildlife Conservancy Native Plant sale offering spring blooming flowers, shrubs, trees, vines, and ferns from Virginia Native Plant Society, Loudoun County Master Gardeners, and Virginia Master Naturalists. Experts will be on hand to help you choose the right plants…
The 32nd annual Flower and Garden Festival will take place Saturday, April 23 and Sunday, April 24 in historic downtown Leesburg. More than 125 vendors will fill the streets with seasonal blooms, herbs, gardening supplies, outdoor furniture, and more. In addition to the exhibits, festival goers can enjoy music, entertainment and activities for the kids, a…
Loudoun County will host two pit stops for participants of Bike to Work Day to be held on Friday, May 20. This annual event celebrates a healthy and fun way to get to work at 100 different pit stops throughout the Washington metropolitan region. Participants will ride to a pit stop, pick-up free t-shirts and…
The first Loudoun County Household Hazardous Waste collection event for 2022 is scheduled for Saturday, March 26, 8:30 a.m. – 2:30 p.m., at the Leesburg Park and Ride, 19730 Sycolin Road in Leesburg. Loudoun residents are welcome to bring HHW from their homes to the event, free of charge. What’s Accepted Typical HHW includes: fluorescent…
The United States Tennis Association Mid-Atlantic Section plans to build a state-of-the-art 36-court tennis campus along the Greenway near Leesburg, creating an unparalleled hub for year-round community health and wellness through tennis. The USTA MAS tennis campus will draw local, regional, and national level tennis events and feature daily tennis programming, allowing the nonprofit organization…