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By Audrey Carpenter Developer Chuck Kuhn has plans to potentially build a data center at the former Westpark conference and hotel site. The 7.58-acre parcel of land is currently zoned B-3, which allows for retail and commercial use. Kuhn is seeking to change the zoning to PEC Planned Employment Community District for the purpose of…
By Audrey Carpenter Former Loudoun County Superintendent of Schools Dr. Scott Ziegler is set to be sentenced Thursday, Jan. 11, in Loudoun County Circuit Court for unlawfully firing a special education teacher, but the Blue Ridge Leader has learned that Ziegler’s attorney has filed a motion to set aside that verdict. “The court will entertain…
Ceremonial Swearing-In of the Loudoun County Board of Supervisors and the Loudoun County School Board on Saturday, Jan. 6 at the Holiday Inn, Dulles.
Loudoun County Encourages Public Participation in Jan. 9 Hearing on Proposed Greenway Toll Increases
Loudoun County officials encourage residents and businesses who wish to offer comment on the Dulles Greenway’s proposed rate hike to attend the State Corporation Commission (SCC) public hearing, Tuesday, January 9, 2024, 6:00 – 10:00 p.m. at Freedom High School, 25450 Riding Center Drive in South Riding. Toll Road Investors Partnership II, LP (“TRIP II”), the company…
Heritage students participating in the Plant the Moon Challenge will have an opportunity to speak with an astronaut aboard the International Space Station. The Earth-to-space call will air live on Tuesday, Jan. 9, from approximately 1:05 – 1:25 p.m. The event can be viewed in real-time on NASA Television, the NASA app, and the NASA website. Students’ questions…
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…
All nine seats replaced
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…