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By Valerie Cury A year after he first proposed to the Town Council that Purcellville annex his 118.81-acre property on Purcellville Road, owner Chuck Kuhn held a briefing with community members to review his plans for the parcel. The meeting, held at Patrick Henry College on Jan. 26, was attended by some 50 people. Formerly…
By Laura Longley COVID has left many a Loudoun teacher with little or no time to pull together a Black History Month program. If you know someone in that pickle, you can do them a good turn by pointing them to the Black History Committee of Friends of Thomas Balch Library and its website (balchfriends.org/black-history-committee).…
The Town of Middleburg has awarded a construction contract to Cooper Building Services, LLC, of Frederick, Maryland, for the site development and construction of its new Town Hall in the amount of $10.7 million. After a ten-month design and engineering process, which included approvals and input by multiple citizen-led advisory committees and commissions, the Town…
Due to a forecast of inclement weather and out of an abundance of caution, Loudoun County is canceling the COVID-19 testing event scheduled for Friday, Jan. 21, at Philip A. Bolen Memorial Park. The National Weather Service says “dangerously low wind chills that may lead to frostbite or hypothermia when outside for extended periods of…
A 17-year-old from Leesburg has been charged with five counts of Attempted Murder after he discharged a firearm multiple times at an occupied vehicle on Saturday. LCSO Deputies initially responded to the area of Boxwood Place in Ashburn shortly after 1 a.m. on Jan. 15 after a resident reported hearing gunfire in the area. …
The Loudoun County Board of Supervisors has approved a disposable plastic bag tax of five cents per plastic bag that will be effective July 1. The new tax will be collected on purchases made at grocery stores, convenience stores and drugstores countywide, including those within the county’s incorporated towns. The measure is intended to reduce…
The fifth annual Purcellville Cabin Fever Film Festival, co-hosted by the Town of Purcellville Arts Council and the Franklin Park Visual and Performing Arts Center, kicks off Jan. 28-29 with a slate of 13 films that highlight Loudoun filmmakers. This festival highlights local tales and talent films, student productions, and vintage home movies, with emphasis on films…
Chuck Kuhn, owner of Purcellville Road, LLC (formerly known as Warner Brook), is holding a community briefing on a proposed annexation into the Town of Purcellville at 6 p.m., Wednesday, Jan. 26 in the Library Study Center at Patrick Henry College located at 10 Patrick Henry Circle in Purcellville. The property, which is located in…
After his swearing in on Jan. 15, Gov. Glenn Youngkin gathered with his chosen cabinet and others at the historic governor’s office on the third floor of the Virginia Capitol building. “I am very excited that we are all together right now, going to work on Day One, in this office,” he said. Youngkin signed…
Governor Glenn Youngkin on Jan 15, signed nine Executive Orders and two Executive Directives at the Virginia State Capitol, acting on several of his Day One promises to Virginians. The actions include an executive order ending the use of inherently divisive concepts – including Critical Race Theory – in public education, an executive order affirming…