Community
To kick off the growing season, the JK Community Farm is seeking teams of volunteers from companies, civic groups, and sponsors as well as individuals of all ages to participate in its 3rd annual Plant-A-Thon. All together, the Planta-a-Thon will need 400 volunteers to help get this season’s crop in the ground. This year’s theme is “Help Something…
By Andrea Gaines Everyone knows they are down there. And, as temperatures climb, they will be climbing out. Are you ready for them? We are. With cicada fashion advice. Arming ourselves with everything from old wedding veils, to 99-cent hairnets, to the piled up old sheets and tablecloths we were about to throw away, we are ready. All…
Then it may be time invest in the knowledge and skills of an expert landscape designer. Ah, were those dollar signs flashing before your eyes? Take a deep breath. While many nurseries and landscape firms focus on big contracts—corporate campuses, government facilities, large private estates—there are companies that can refer you to designers who are…
Have you ever wondered why your car has so much bird droppings by the side mirrors? According to Joe Coleman of the Loudoun Wildlife Conservancy, “cardinals are notorious for pecking at their image in windows and car side mirrors – as they think the reflection is a rival. “Their hormones are raging, and they will…
The pain of losing her young son is clearly still raw for this mother, Sandra Sierra, even seven years later. Sierra’s 17-year-old son, Christian Sierra, was shot dead by Purcellville Police Officer Timothy Hood in May 2014. We reconnected with Sandra Sierra a few weeks ago. We wanted to know how she and her family…
On Saturday, May 8, the Loudoun County Department of Parks, Recreation and Community Services will host a live, virtual concert to provide an opportunity for middle and high school teens to experience playing on a professional platform. The event will be livestreamed from the Franklin Park Performing and Visual Arts Center in Purcellville and available for…
The National Honor Society has announced that Arya Tadepalli and Julie Willis, seniors at Loudoun Valley High School and members of NHS, have been selected NHS Scholarship semifinalists. Tadepalli and Willis were chosen from nearly 10,000 applicants and will each receive a $3,200 scholarship toward higher education. Since 1946, more than $19 million in scholarships…
Deadline for submissions is July 15 The Leesburg Commission on Public Art and Friends of Leesburg Public Art are seeking design submissions for three murals that will be installed along the exterior of the Town Hall Parking Garage fronting Lassiter Way. The alley provides an ingress and egress to the Town Hall as well as…
The Purcellville Police Department will be hosting Cupcake with a Cop event on Monday, April 12, from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. at Sweet Rose Bakeshop located at 201 N. 23rd Street, Purcellville. Based on the traditional “Coffee with a Cop” events, which encourage community members to engage in conversations with police officers in an informal, neutral…