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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…
By Emma Barnes Extra, extra! Read all about it! Blanche Farthingale’s priceless necklace stolen in mysterious hotel caper. With over ten suspects, who could have committed this heinous crime? Welcome to Heritage High School’s Whodunnit. Whodunnit, written by a local playwright, examines the actions taken in the Clybourne Arms Hotel anteroom for the 24 hours…
The annual Loudoun County Arbor Day tree photo contest is underway. The theme of this year’s contest is “Trees That Make Me Feel Happy.” Entries are being accepted through Friday April 9, 2021, in advance of this year’s virtual Loudoun County Arbor Day Celebration, which will be posted on the Loudoun County website at loudoun.gov/trees to coincide…
It’s a story that would send a panic through any mother … as well as great relief. Imagine, this. You are taking a nice country walk with your sister and over the ridge you see what appears to be a cow, standing deep in a raven. Something seems wrong. What’s that cow doing there?, you…