Government
By Audrey Carpenter Just after midnight, election results confirmed Democrats won 51 seats in the Virginia House of Delegates – enough to give them a narrow one-seat majority in the 100-seat chamber. Republicans formerly held the majority in the state House while Democrats have held a majority in the 40-seat state Senate since 2020. Every…
Read more...By Audrey Carpenter In an election seen as critical for Loudouners, volunteers came out in force to stand outside polling precincts today across the County to welcome, thank and encourage people to vote. The 2023 race has legislative and judicial implications, as well as educational impact with all nine school board seats up for vote.…
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Hunt McMahon, 54, of Purcellville attentively listens to Virginia Governor Glenn Youngkin speak Nov. 6 at the Spirit of Virginia Get out the Vote campaign rally held at Segra Field in Leesburg. McMahon is a general contractor who builds houses and owns his own business. His wife is a middle school teacher. “The two biggest…
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Betsy Smith is the new director of the Loudoun County Department of Building and Development, announced County Administrator Tim Hemstreet. Smith, whose appointment was effective Oct. 26, was selected after a nationwide recruitment. She has been serving as acting director of the department following the retirement of former director Alan Brewer in July. Prior to…
Read more...Loudoun County’s annual grant application process for community nonprofit organizations is now open with the Fiscal Year 2025 (FY 2025) Human Services Nonprofit Grant Application available at loudoun.gov/nonprofitgrants. Nonprofits certified as 501(c)3 organizations that provide human services to Loudoun County residents in the areas of need identified and approved by the Board of Supervisors for FY…
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By Audrey Carpenter As is tradition in Leesburg, military veterans and the public are invited to participate in the George C. Marshall International Center Veterans Day Commemoration Nov. 11th at 10:30 a.m. on the grounds of Dodona Manor. Dodona Manor is Marshall’s former home at 312 E. Market Street, built in the early 1800s. Marshall…
Read more...Loudoun County Adjusts Courthouse Shuttle Operations With Opening of New General District Courthouse
The new Loudoun County General District Courthouse is now open to the public as of Tuesday, October 31, 2023, which was announced last week. Also effective October 31 are updates to the operation of the courtesy shuttle that runs between the courthouse buildings and the designated parking areas for the Loudoun County Courthouse Complex. The courtesy…
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By Valerie Cury At the Town of Purcellville Town Council Meeting on Oct. 10, council voted to approve the subdivision plat for the Clark property located at 331 E G Street. The property is a 1.01-acre lot. The owners are subdividing the lot into one lot consisting of the original home and an additional lot…
Read more...At a recent meeting of the Loudoun County Board of Supervisors Finance, Government Operations and Economic Development Committee, staff, serving the Committee, recommended a contract increase for the Rt.7/287 interchange improvements. Located in the Town of Purcellville, the increase recommendation is for $80,232.94, bringing the overall total amount to $2,616,687.24. Volkert, a planning, engineering, and…
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On Wednesday, Oct. 18, Virginia Governor Glenn Youngkin spoke at the 2023 Energy Freedom Summit in Tysons, hosted by the Virginia Hispanic Chamber of Commerce as well as the Maryland Hispanic Chamber of Commerce.
Youngkin began his speech by addressing what “the future of the energy and power industry is all about. It’s about innovation. And that is at the heart of accelerating to the future.”
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