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Meadowkirk, a 358-acre conference and retreat center near Middleburg, has been sold, according to officials of the National Capital Presbytery, the property’s previous owner. Loudoun County land records confirm that the property was sold July 15 to Delta Farm LLC for about $11.6 million.
Washington Post, July 28, 2013
Ideas and coffee were flowing freely last week, when more than a dozen entrepreneurs got together at the Mason Enterprise Center in Leesburg.
Washington Post, July 22, 2013
Parents of schoolchildren who live in and around the Exeter neighborhood in Leesburg are organizing to keep school buses running in their community.
Some Exeter residents say that new walking routes proposed for their neighborhood are dangerous and that parents who drive their children to school instead of allowing them to walk will add to congestion on North King Street near Tuscarora High School and Smarts Mill Middle School.
Washington Post, July 15, 2013
When the Loudoun County Board of Supervisors abandoned the county Master Gardeners program last year, its volunteers might have packed up their rakes and hoes and gone home.
Edye Clark, the group’s president, said that a few members did leave the organization but that most pulled together and worked harder to carry out the group’s mission to educate the public about organic gardening.
Washington Post, July 10, 2013
The Leesburg Town Council is considering a request by the owners of Lightfoot Restaurant to keep a passenger loading zone in front of their restaurant.
Washington Post, June 30, 2013
An on-again, off-again plan to widen sidewalks along King Street in downtown Leesburg appears to be heading back to the table after being approved last month.
Washington Post, June 24, 2013
Civil War reenactors will converge on Furr Farm near Aldie on Saturday to commemorate a battle that took place there nearly 150 years ago. Hundreds of Union and Confederate soldiers lost their lives at the Battle of Aldie, also known as the Battle of the Haystacks, on June 17, 1863.
Washington Post, June 12, 2013
It was billed as a “matchmaking event,” but it looked more like speed dating, as dozens of job seekers maneuvered around tables in a crowded room at the Leesburg Hampton Inn on Tuesday, angling for a few minutes of face time with representatives of businesses that are eager to hire local residents.
Washington Post, June 10, 2013
Geometry took on a whole new dimension for 25 students from Purcellville’s Mountain View Elementary School when their class traveled from western Loudoun to the Microsoft store at Tysons Corner Center to unveil their class projects.
Washington Post, June 3, 2013
Stephanie Foran, president of Friends of Loudoun mental Health, answers our questions about her organization and how it helps people with mental illness.
Washington Post, May 29, 2013