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The contractor for the new Loudoun County Courthouse is planning to pour concrete slabs for the building’s basement. Due to the size and complexity of these pours, extended work hours are required. Construction will start before, and potentially end after, the contractor’s current allowable work hours of 7 a.m. to 9 p.m., Monday through Friday.…
The holidays are full of excitement, good food and fun times with family. As preparations for the busy holiday season are underway, the Loudoun County Combined Fire and Rescue System encourages residents to follow safe cooking practices. Cooking is the leading cause of residential fires during the Thanksgiving holiday and throughout the year. Take a…
Besides fresh Christmas trees, few florae exemplify the holiday spirit like poinsettias—and local growers are ready for the season. Poinsettias are cultivated in all 50 states and are one of the top-selling plants in the nation. The 2018 U.S. Department of Agriculture Floriculture Crops Summary showed potted poinsettias accounted for $149 million in U.S. floriculture sales that…
By Laura Longley Do you remember Snowmageddon? The 2010 storm when Mother Nature dumped 32.4 inches of the white stuff on Dulles Airport—the heaviest single-storm snowfall ever recorded in the region? Ten years later that record still stands. Back then, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s current generation of satellites were still in development. Now,…
This was another spectacular year for the Piedmont Environmental Photo Contest. The public decided the winners by popular vote, and for PEC staff, that’s a welcome process: They confess it would have been too difficult for them to choose. All of the 25 photos submitted were taken in one of the Virginia Piedmont counties represented…
The Purcellville Arts Council is featuring photography by Mark V. Walker through Dec. 31, in Purcellville’s Town Hall. Meet the artist virtually with a video recording of an interview and discussion of the photographs that are on display at Purcellville Town Hall. Watch the interview online on the Purcellville Arts Council page of the Town website. The…
Since last March when COVID-19 first brought schooling in Loudoun to a full stop, the community has wrestled with continuum of learning, child care, food insecurity, mental health, access to technology, and many more significant issues—not to mention a few more marginal ones (e.g., “Can we go into the school and clean out my kid’s…
On Nov 20, Virginia Attorney General Mark Herring announced that the state Division of Human Rights had found “reasonable cause” to believe the Loudoun County Public Schools system discriminated against students of color who applied for gifted and talented programs. The decision concluded a 13-month investigation by the Human Rights division that was prompted by…
To the sharp crack of musket fire, the Ketoctin Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution paid tribute to patriots Charles and Elizabeth “Betty” Lewis Carter with a celebration marking their restored graves at North Hill Estate, Berryville, on October 31. The event marked the culmination of two years of historical research, fundraising, and…
Maple Cottage Pottery in Bluemont, will hold a studio sale on Dec.12, from 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Also in attendance will be the varied works of LoCo Potters, a collective of Loudoun County potters. Offerings include functional works for the home and as gifts, as well as one of a kind art pieces. Maple Cottage…