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Loudoun County’s annual grant application process for community nonprofit organizations is now open with the Fiscal Year 2026 (FY 2026) 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 2026…
Loudoun County advises anyone planning to use the Loudoun County Government Center parking garage during evening hours of upcoming repair and maintenance work began Nov. 4. The work willtemporarily impact some visitor parking places and stairwells between the hours of 10 p.m. and 6 a.m. Vehicles in the impacted parking spaces must be moved by 10…
The Loudoun County Hypothermia Prevention Shelter will open Friday, Nov.15, for single adults aged 18 and older in the community who are experiencing a housing crisis resulting in homelessness. This temporary shelter, which provides a warm indoor sleeping environment and meals, will be open from 5 p.m. to 8:30 a.m., seven nights a week through March 31,…
By Katie Northcott Fourteen concerned citizens commented on the state of Loudoun County’s rural roads at the Board of Supervisors Public Hearing on Oct. 9. Most of the meeting’s discussion centered around Old Wheatland Road (OWR). Pam Austrich, who lives two doors down from OWR, read a statement on behalf of her 92-year-old neighbor, Betty…
Earl Dubin, project coordinator for the Town of Hamilton, spoke at the Oct. 16 Board of Supervisors Business meeting seeking funding from the Board for three Capital Improvement Projects. The first is for help with sewer relining of older clay lines in the Town. Dubin said the Town completed Phase 1 of the relining process…
By Lloyd Harting At the Mayfair Community Association Board of Directors meeting on Oct. 21, the Mayfair Community Association Board of Directors voted against a signed petition submitted by Mayfair homeowners. The petition asked the Board of Directors to send a letter to the Purcellville Town Council requesting that the Town legally terminate its existing…
By Valerie Cury On Oct. 7, the Blue Ridge Leader held their second candidate forum at the Franklin Park Art Center for eight Town of Purcellville Town Council candidates. The Sept. 16 forum was changed from a mayor and town council forum, to just mayor, based on the request from the Milan team. The date…
By Valerie Cury In the race for Purcellville Mayor and Town Council, there are two distinct clear sides from which the two opposing teams are receiving donations. Stan Milan, who is running for reelection for Purcellville Mayor as of the Oct. 15 filing date, received two donations. A donation of $2,000 came in on Aug.…
By Katie Northcott In their meeting on Sept. 17, the Loudoun County Board of Supervisors approved a plan to review rural zoning ordinances in Western Loudoun. The Board of Supervisors wishes to facilitate communication between themselves, the Transportation and Land Use Committee (TLUC), and stakeholders in the community. The Board of Supervisors is seeking to…
Gov. Glenn Youngkin released the following statement after a federal judge ruled to reinstate self-identified noncitizens back onto the voter rolls: “Let’s be clear about what just happened: only eleven days before a Presidential election, a federal judge ordered Virginia to reinstate over 1,500 individuals—who self-identified themselves as noncitizens–back onto the voter rolls. Almost all…