Towns
Ignoring Planning Commissioners, split Town Council – Names Dooley Purcellville Zoning Administrator
By Valerie Cury At the March 9 Purcellville Town Council meeting, Don Dooley Purcellville’s newly-hired Planning and Economic Director was voted in as Zoning Administrator. The Council voted 4-3, with Vice Mayor Mary Jane Williams, and Council Members Joel Grewe, Ted Greenly, and Tip Stinnette voting yes. Purcellville Mayor Kwasi Fraser, and Council Members Stan…
Creative construction approach allows cancellation of approved 30-day full road closure, progress permits return to two-way traffic patterns during final utility phase—two months ahead of schedule. The Town of Hillsboro announced today that its ReThink9 Traffic-Calming and Pedestrian Safety Project no longer requires a planned springtime 30-day full road closure and that limited two-way traffic…
Loudoun County is hosting an online public information meeting for the Village of Waterford Traffic Calming and Byway Assessment Study. The purpose of this meeting is to seek feedback from the public on the study. The meeting will be held Thursday, April 15, from 6 – 7 p.m. Members of the public are invited to…
The Town of Leesburg Parks and Recreation Department, with support from the Department of Public Works, will be performing annual maintenance inside the Olde Izaak Walton Dog Park beginning Monday, March 8. As a result, the dog park will be closed for four days. It will reopen on Friday, March 12. Maintenance will include the…
The Town of Middleburg will hold a public outreach session on the New Town Hall Project on Monday, March 15, beginning at 6 p.m. at the American Legion Hall. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the outreach session will be held virtually, with a limited number of in-person seats available. This session will include a review…
The Leesburg Parks and Recreation Department will host its 29th Annual Easter Egg Hunt on Saturday, March 27 from 12 p.m. to 3 p.m. at Ida Lee Park. This year, the Easter Bunny will be hiding over 12,000 eggs, for children ages one through six, to find in a modified format. Each child will search for…
The Hillsboro Town Council has recently appointed a new Town Treasurer and Planning Commissioner. Mike McCabe, who became a Town resident in 2020, will be the new Town Treasurer. McCabe, a Chartered Financial Analyst with a 40-year career in housing finance, is the Vice President of Capital Markets at the Housing Partnership Network, where he…
By Valerie Cury In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Virginia General Assembly last year passed a bill which extends the approval date of site plans. But the bill didn’t take effect until March 1, 2021. It appears that developers had lobbied for this change, which was introduced by Lynwood W. Lewis, Jr. (D-6) in bill…
The group known as Artists in Middleburg is hosting a Bird, Birds, Birds juried art exhibit from Saturday, March 13 through Sunday, April 11. The show will feature a $200 Anita Baarns Award for Best-in-Show. Baarns is an acclaimed author and artist. AiM President and Executive Director Sandy Danielson said the organization is extremely…
When word got out last February that 34-year Hamilton resident Sue Phillips was planning to sell the Natural Mercantile, the town’s beloved, 1970s organic food store, faithful health food patrons across the region took the news with much trepidation. What if an “outsider” were to buy it and turn it into, say, a ritzy restaurant? …