Government
Purcellville Chief of Police Cynthia McAlister announced she will retire on May 1, after nearly nine years of service to the Town of Purcellville, and over 42 years of law enforcement service to the Northern Virginia community. Chief McAlister has led the Purcellville Police Department since June 2015. During that time, she has expanded the…
The proposed Fiscal Year 2025 Budget and Six-Year Capital Improvements Program was presented to the Town Council Tuesday night. The proposed General Fund budget totals $81.6 million. The entire proposed budget, including the General Fund, the Capital Projects Fund, and the Utilities Fund, is $157.8 million. The proposed budget does not recommend an increase in…
Loudoun County Government is issuing a correction to a factually incorrect report by WJLA-TV and Channel 7 reporter Nick Minock published Feb. 12, 2024, to ensure the taxpayers of Loudoun have correct information regarding the county’s regular legislative program. The report incorrectly claimed that Loudon County hired a lobbyist at a cost of $156,000 to defeat Senate…
Gov. Glenn Youngkin, First Lady Suzanne S. Youngkin, and the Virginia Council on Women are holding the 13th Annual Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, Mathematics, and Healthcare essay contest and encourage female high school students to enter. “These scholarships are important investments into the futures of women seeking a career in science, technology, engineering, arts, mathematics…
Representatives from Kendig Keast Collaborative, the consultants leading the comprehensive rewrite of the Leesburg Zoning Ordinance, will host two open house-style meetings to present their proposed changes to the first half of the Zoning Ordinance on Wednesday, Feb. 14, and Thursday, Feb. 15. A third meeting covering the same topics, led by Town staff, has…
Loudoun County’s Employee Energy Challenge has been recognized by the Association of Energy Engineers (AEE) as the 2023 Innovative Energy Project of the Year in the mid-Atlantic and Southeast region of the United States. Every month, Loudoun County employees have the opportunity to pledge to take action to help save energy. The actions are simple,…
By Valerie Cury For a third time since the council vote on Nov. 14, 2023, Council Member Chris Bertaut tried to get the majority of town council’s approval to remove the Northern Collector Road from the 2009 Purcellville Town Wide Transportation Plan. At the Jan. 23 Town Council Work Session, the new majority on council…
By Reed Carver The Board of Supervisors, at their Jan. 10 public hearing, deferred a decision for a zoning Special Exception for a new fire station in the rural historic village of Philomont. Earlier that night, the board considered a proposal for a new 18,800 sq. ft. Philomont Fire Station to be built on the…
By Valerie Cury On Jan. 4, while working on updating the zoning ordinance, the Purcellville Planning Commission said they have asked several times for legal opinions on three items. The commission has asked, through staff, for the town attorney to render the legal status of the Vineyard Square project, “and we have not heard a…
By Valerie Cury It is customary to appoint a new vice mayor every year for the Purcellville Town Council. At the Jan. 9 Purcellville Town Council Meeting Council Member Erin Rayner was appointed Vice Mayor for the year. The vote was 6-1 with then Vice Mayor Chris Bertaut voting no. “I just want to remind…