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Save the date – it’s that time of year again for the Purcellville Tag Sale. On Saturday, Oct. 9 join the community for a day of fun, shopping, and deals. Oh, and treasures, too. Sign-up began on Monday, Aug. 2. The Purcellville Tag sale is perfect for the hunter, collector, picker, and hoarder in us all. The event starts bright and early…
The 51st Annual Bluemont Fair, canceled last year due to the pandemic, is back this year – Sept. 18-19 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. The Bluemont Fair is a family-friendly old fashioned “Green” Country Fair featuring traditional crafts (juried), local art and authors, craft and farming demonstrations. There will be colonial re-enactors with special…
By Valerie Cury As part of the Purcellville’s July 13 Town Council meeting, a public hearing was held on the allocation of the first distribution of Federal Fiscal Recovery Funds from the American Rescue Plan Act. The first distribution to the Town is big, over $5 million, $5, 279,922 to be exact. The total allotted…
The Loudoun County Design Cabinet, a volunteer group of architects, engineers, planners, and designers dedicated to supporting quality design in Loudoun County, presented the 2021 “Signatures of Loudoun” design awards in a ceremony on June 29. The Signatures program, now in its 17th year, recognizes businesses and community organizations that choose superior design standards in…
By Valerie Cury The Purcellville Town Council has voted 4-2 to reduce building heights in the Town’s C-4 District (historic downtown). Mayor Kwasi Fraser, and Council Members Stan Milan, Chris Bertaut, and Tip Stinnette voted in favor of the new limits with Vice Mayor Mary Jane Williams and Council Member Joel Grewe voting against.The vote…
By Andrea Gaines Diane Painter is a member of an organization called VSTE – Virginia Society for Technology in Education, and a member of Makersmiths organization. She was recently nominated as a 2021 Outstanding Educator by Repowering Schools for her innovative approach to education. Painter helps lead an effort called KidWind, an official “Makerspace STEM…
By Valerie Cury The Town of Purcellville’s Historic Corridor Overlay District, which was created in 2005, is made up of parts of Main Street, North 21st Street, North 23rd Street and South 32nd Street. This District is meant to protect the Town’s architectural and historical character, protect and preserve buildings, and ensure that new development…
On June 18, 2021, the Town of Hillsboro celebrated the completion of its ReThink9 road and infrastructure improvement project with a ribbon-cutting ceremony attended by hundreds. “We are gathered here today to usher in a new era in Hillsboro’s history and to recognize and thank our partners who contributed to this transformative project and worked…
By Laura Longley You made it. After 12 years of working hard and putting your heart into the life of your schools, you’re leaving high school with memories you’ll share not only with your classmates but also with students around the world. There have been the months without sports, band concerts conducted on Zoom, plays…
Green grows the Aberdeen property of Purcellville Who said money doesn’t grow on trees? It soon will in Purcellville. And we’re not talking pocket change. In May, the Town wrapped up three weeks of planting 110,000 trees on what’s known as the Aberdeen property—190 acres that belongs to Purcellville—at 16385 Short Hill Road. Over the…