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By Audrey Carpenter The Leesburg Police Department continues to investigate an overnight burglary at Loudoun Guns (302 Industrial Court SE, #F, Leesburg) that occurred Jan 4. Officers initially responded to the area at shortly before 4 a.m. for a report of a loud noise, believed to be a vehicle striking a building. Once on scene,…
By Reed Carver Negotiations between representatives of Aldie, the Piedmont Environmental Council, and Loudoun County reached their conclusion on Dec. 6. A purchase agreement was given from the County to PEC. In the coming months, they will sell the approximately 6.42 acres, three different parcels known as the “Aldie Assemblage,” to PEC for $600,000. A…
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By Audrey Carpenter Almost a year to the day it opened, Metro’s Silver Line extension could already be facing interruption to service, according to the Washington Area Metro Transit Authority (WMATA). WMATA, which manages Metro, opened six new stops on the Silver Line extension, a 23-mile expansion program, on Nov. 15, 2022. They include Reston…
By Valerie Cury At the Nov. 14 Purcellville Town Council meeting, during a vote to approve an easement for the Mayfair community, council members expressed a sense of urgency to amend both the Town’s Transportation Plan and Comprehensive Plan. This amendment would eliminate the Northern Collector Road and the extension of O Street from both…
By Audrey Carpenter The Evergreen Mills Road widening project is advancing, with the design phase expected to be completed and land acquisition to begin this winter. The widening will encompass approximately 1.3 miles of Evergreen Mill Road from the Heritage High School entrance, south of Battlefield Parkway, to South King Street/Route 15. The existing two-lane…
By Audrey Carpenter It was standing room only Nov. 30 at the Old Stone School in Hillsboro at the Transmission Line meeting hosted by the Piedmont Environmental Council. About 200 people crowded into the auditorium to look at the maps of where proposed transmission lines could be built to supply more electricity to the burgeoning…
By Audrey Carpenter A group composed of more than 20 environmental, conservation, historic preservation, and climate advocacy groups, as well as community representatives and neighborhoods across the state, have formed a coalition calling for industry-wide data center reform. The Virginia Data Center Reform Coalition will hold its first press conference Friday, Dec. 1 at 11…
By Audrey Carpenter Digging has started at the Compass Creek retail center in Leesburg for what will become over the next two years two data centers located between the Ion International Training Center and the existing Microsoft campus. One 387,300-square-foot data center and a second building with 222,000 square feet for data center and office…
By Audrey Carpenter Only three days after being elected to the Loudoun County School Board, it was made public that Leesburg resident Anne Donohue (At-Large) resigned from her Department of Justice job after the U.S. Office of Special Counsel (OSC) found her to be in breach of the Hatch Act. She resigned Oct. 10 and…