Words, music, images and more from Jim Barnes
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
Brooke Wivagg, a student at Briar Woods High School in Ashburn, has organized a tornado relief effort to benefit Briarwood Elementary, which was ravaged by a tornado in Moore, Okla.
Washington Post, May 28, 2013
An interfaith Babe Ruth League baseball team that emphasizes practicing good values was rewarded with what the parent of one player called the “experience of a lifetime” — playing at Nationals Park in the District.
Washington Post, May 28, 2013
The two busloads of seventh- and eighth-graders from Sterling who arrived at the Naval Surface Warfare Center in Bethesda were on a mission. They had come to test the underwater robots they built and to see which teams could maneuver their robots most effectively in a simulated oil-spill scenario.
The students were participants in a Naval research program to interest children in science and technology.
Washington Post, May 22, 2013
Wider sidewalks — and, potentially, sidewalk dining — will be coming to King Street in Leesburg’s downtown historic district.
Washington Post, May 20, 2013
The Leesburg Town Council is divided on a proposal to create a flex lane along two blocks of King Street. If approved, the lane could be converted as needed from parking spaces to an expanded sidewalk for outdoor dining in the downtown area.
Washington Post, May 13, 2013
Inova Loudoun Hospital is opening the first phase of a $39.2 million renovation and expansion of its facility on Cornwall Street in Leesburg.
Washington Post, May 1, 2013