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Loudoun County will host a large-scale, drive thru testing event, Wednesday, Feb. 24, from 10 a.m. until 1 p.m. at Philip A. Bolen Memorial Park, 42405 Claudia Drive in Leesburg. (Those attending the testing must enter Philip A. Bolen Memorial Park from Sycolin Road onto Crosstrail Boulevard.) Smaller Weekly COVID-19 Testing Events Loudoun County will continue…
On Feb. 16, Senate Bill 1259, introduced by Senator John Bell passed in the House of Delegates. Senate Bill 1259 has now passed in both chambers of the General Assembly, and will be heading to Governor Northam’s desk to be signed into law. This is contingent upon Delegate Subramanyam’s identical bill H.B.1832 passing through the Senate…
Update: On Saturday, Feb. 13, Deputy First Class Camron Gentry, a three-year veteran of the Loudoun County Sheriff’s Office was released from the Reston Hospital Center. He was greeted by a crowd of well over 100 police, fire and rescue, members of the Loudoun County Board of Supervisors, and citizens. Gentry made his way back…
On Feb. 10, Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam, Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan, and Washington, D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser sent a letter to the leaders of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and the Federal Emergency Management Agency requesting increased federal support in administering the COVID-19 vaccines to essential federal employees. “The federal Office of…
On Feb. 8 the #FigureItOutRally was held from 5 to 6 p.m. in front of the Loudoun County Government center, in support of Loudoun County Public Schools opening. The rally was held prior to the Feb. 8 joint meeting of the Loudoun County Board of Supervisors and School Board Committee which was held to discuss…
Tangled in real estate deals between Loudoun County and developers, the fates of two small rural villages—St. Louis and Aldie—are now in the hands of the County’s five-member finance committee. From Supervisors’ comments at the Board’s Jan. 13 public hearing on the developers’ proposal, it’s not unreasonable to ask whether Aldie will have a fair…
By Valerie Cury At the Jan. 12 Purcellville Town Council meeting, the council voted 7-0 to start the process of selling the Pullen House – by sealed bid at a base bid of $330,000. The Pullen house is located at 301 S. 20th Street, across from the Bush Tabernacle. The Town, under the Lazaro administration,…
Great Country Farms, one of the iconic family farm businesses in the County, met with various state, and local officials Jan. 25 to discuss the establishment of a campground with cabins and RV parks on its 400-acre farm in Bluemont. But Raymond Taylor, one of the applicants, told the Blue Ridge Leader just three days later that they do not intend to pursue the…
Due to the forecasted inclement weather, Loudoun County facilities will be closed on Sunday, Jan. 31. The National Weather Service has issued a Winter Storm Warning that includes Loudoun County, in effect beginning early Sunday morning. The forecasted snow accumulations in Loudoun range from 3 to 12 inches. County Facilities – Sunday, Jan. 31 The…
Current weather forecasts call for six to eight inches of snow and/or sleet and freezing rain to fall in Leesburg beginning early Sunday morning and continuing through Tuesday. In preparation for snow removal operations, Town officials will put snow emergency route restrictions into effect on Sunday, Jan. 31, at 12:01 a.m. When snow emergency route…