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By Valerie Cury For the eight years Purcellville Mayor Kwasi Fraser has served as mayor, he has been asking, without effect, management to direct the Town’s utility consultants to base their water and sewer rate predictions on innovation such as the selling of nutrient credits, stream water credits, and available grants. Every year the utility…
Casey Chapman wasn’t happy to hear Purcellville Mayor Kwasi Fraser’s comments questioning Stantec’s model for a projected Town of Purcellville utility rate increase. Fraser encouraged the company to fix their model, instead of basing it on building more homes in the Town. In citizen comments addressing the mayor at the Purcellville Town Council Work Session…
Loudoun photographer Philip Ulanowsky will present an introduction to black-and-white film photography at the Purcellville Library on Saturday, July 16, from 2 to 3:30 p.m. The program is titled “Film Photography Rebounds: An Introduction to the Art and Craft of the Silver Print.” Prompted by the significant resurgence of film photography over recent years, he…
On Monday, June 20, U.S. Senator Tim Kaine, a former civil rights lawyer, attended the NAACP Loudoun Branch’s Juneteenth March & Celebration in Leesburg, where he delivered the keynote speech. He first marched from the Leesburg County Courthouse to the Orion Anderson Memorial, which honors a 14-year old boy from nearby Hamilton who was lynched…
The Virginia Department of Transportation will hold a virtual design public hearing Thursday, June 23, on planned safety improvements along Rt. 15 (James Monroe Highway) in the Village of Lucketts. The improvements include: Adding new sidewalks Enhancing the pedestrian crossing adjacent to the northern Lucketts Elementary School entrance Striping a new crosswalk with pedestrian signals at the…
Hit the right note with a Story & Clark piano, which is one of the many items featured in the current Loudoun County surplus auction. The auction also includes children’s wooden lockers, a pirate ship playhouse, a foosball table, fire extinguishers, computers, office furniture, and other miscellaneous items. The auction will close at 9:30 a.m.,…
In partnership with Crossroads Jobs, Inc. and Rabbi Neil Tow of Congregation Sha’are Shalom, the Leesburg Diversity Commission is hosting an employment fair in the lower-level banquet hall at Ida Lee Park Recreation Center on Sunday, June 26. The fair will run from 1 to 4 p.m. The fair is aimed at entry-level job seekers…
For the second consecutive year, peregrine falcon chicks have successfully fledged and are learning to fly at Harpers Ferry National Historical Park (NHP), Maryland. Out of four hatchlings, three chicks survived the vulnerable nestling phase and have entered the fledgling phase after they developed feathers enabling them to fly. Monitoring program volunteers and park staff have…
By Laura Longley In the age of Twitter and TikTok, it’s hard to imagine news taking two years and eight months to reach the African Americans of Galveston whose lives literally depended on it. Not until Union General Gordon Grainer arrived in that Texas town did the Black residents learn they were no longer enslaved.…
Field Trip Photography by Christi Porter By Laura Longley It’s fair to say it’s been a rough couple of years for Loudoun County Public Schools and the parents who want more of a say in their children’s educations. We share this story of a 5th grade field trip as a case study in how parents,…