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The Town Council is asking for interested residents of the community who wish to serve in an interim capacity as a Town Council member, until the upcoming special election is held on Nov. 5, 2024, to complete and submit an online application form . To be considered for the vacancy, we must receive your application, letter of…
By Audrey Carpenter In an unprecedented vote that ignored homeowners, business owners, farmers, legal counsel, politicians, a voluminous amount of conservation groups and even other utility industry peers, PJM Interconnection’s Board of Managers voted Dec. 11 to approve electrical transmission lines and a substation to be built through sensitive historic and environmental areas of Western…
By Madeline Skinner, President, Philomont Village Foundation The week of Dec. 4, the Village of Philomont was approved by the National Park Service for the National Register of Historic Places in national recognition for its role in Loudoun County’s agricultural and commercial industry through the 19th and early 20th centuries. The Application was sponsored by the…
By Audrey Carpenter The last homeowners who would have delayed the road improvement project for Morven Park in Leesburg last week acquiesced and decided to give their blessing to the project. Out of 28 owners who would be affected by the Morven Park Road upgrade, only one couple,David and Renee Pillor, had not yet signed…
The Maryland Office of People’s Counsel requests PJM to defer vote at Dec. 11 meeting By Audrey Carpenter The Maryland Office of People’s Counsel sent a Dec. 8 letter to the PJM Interconnection Board of Managers asking them to delay its vote on a controversial electric transmission line proposal known as Proposal 2022-W3-853 which would…
By Audrey Carpenter Loudoun County Assistant Commonwealth’s Attorney Joseph Gesley on Nov. 29 dropped multiple criminal charges involving a Round Hill animal cruelty case that garnered extensive media attention since last February. Gesley dropped seven counts of animal cruelty, two counts of importing an animal without a certificate, and single counts of obstruction and other…
Ready for a hometown parade Dec. 9? The Purcellville Parade starts at noon. Don’t leave right after, as there are many festivities afterwards, as well as shopping at your favorite stores and eating at your favorite places! The Loudoun Valley Community Center, located at 320 W School Street in Purcellville, is offering an ornament workshop…
On Nov. 1, Students from Cool Spring Elementary School have won Leesburg’s “Paint the Plow” art contest. Their plow, “A Place for All Downtown,” received 1,139 votes. It depicts different locations that can be found around Leesburg including the Rust Library, Leesburg Police Department, and Mom’s Apple Pie. The winner was selected by the public using…
As part of his commitment to increased engagement and transparency, Loudoun County Public School Superintendent Dr. Aaron Spence hosted a Community Listening Session at Tuscarora High School in Leesburg Oct. 26.
By Laura Longley “When 56 individuals sign up to speak at a Board of Supervisors meeting, it’s clear something important to many people’s lives and futures is on the agenda,” Board Chair Phyllis J. Randall (D) said on July 26 at the first public hearing on the draft Loudoun County Zoning Ordinance Rewrite. No question.…