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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…
The National League of Cities welcomes Purcellville to their Unmanned Air Mobility Integration Advisory Forum of cities and towns to advise the federal government on efforts to integrate unmanned aerial vehicles, or drones, into the United States airspace. Mayor Kwasi Fraser will represent the town on this newly formed working group, which will provide strategic…
At the Dec. 8, 2020 Purcellville Town Council Meeting, the Council unanimously passed a resolution in support of a western Loudoun Aquatic and Recreation Center. The resolution in part states: “Purcellville is committed to partnering with Loudoun County to bring a greatly needed recreation and aquatic center to western Loudoun County; and on December 8,…
Due to icy road conditions, all trash and recycling collections in the Town of Leesburg have been canceled for Feb. 1. Trash and recycling will be collected for residential customers in Northwest Leesburg and Northeast Leesburg inside the bypass on Tuesday, Feb. 2. Curbside commercial collections will also resume on Tuesday, Feb. 2.
The Leesburg Department of Economic Development will introduce a new program beginning Feb. 4. “Locally Leesburg” is a new promotion highlighting the Town of Leesburg as a business location and a visitor and shopping destination. The initial phase of the program, Locally Leesburg Business Spotlight, will highlight a different business each week, while sharing the services they…
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…
01/22/21 11:40a.m. 100 Block of N. 16th Street Runaway A father called police because he learned that his 16-year-old daughter, who had been staying with a friend and her family in West Virginia, had not been logging into school for distance learning. He called and told her to return home, but she refused. The investigating officer…
When the Town of Hillsboro crafted bid documents for ReThink9, its major multi-faceted traffic-calming and infrastructure project, it included requirements for the prime contractor to seek out and utilize to the extent possible local subcontractors, vendors and businesses. According to Mayor Roger Vance, who also manages the project for the Town, “The policy has been…
The Purcellville Arts Council unanimously selected Elizabeth Bracey, Managing Director of the Franklin Park Visual and Performing Arts Center, as the recipient of the third annual Jim “Doc” Wiley Leadership in the Arts Award. At the Jan. 26, Town Council meeting, Mayor Kwasi Fraser presented the award to Bracey. “Elizabeth is dedicated to bringing visual…