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
Interfaith baseball team
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
Hooking kids on robotics
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
Council votes to widen sidewalks
Wider sidewalks — and, potentially, sidewalk dining — will be coming to King Street in Leesburg’s downtown historic district.
Washington Post, May 20, 2013
Council divided on King Street
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
New emergency department
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
Convertible lane for King Street?
The Leesburg Town Council is preparing to take another look at a plan to stimulate night life in the downtown area. The council is considering a proposal to add sidewalk space for pedestrian traffic and outdoor dining along a two-block stretch of King Street, between Cornwall and Loudoun streets.
A convertible sidewalk lane is one way that might happen.
Washington Post, April 22, 2013
Leesburg’s HUBZone
Small businesses have been moving to an area in central Leesburg that recently qualified for incentives under a federal program intended to attract business and add jobs in disadvantaged areas.
Washington Post, April 17, 2013
Music volunteers at hospital
Barb Guagliardi is one of several volunteers who play music to comfort patients, their friends and family members, and the hospital staff members who pass through the atrium.
Washington Post, April 11, 2013
School readiness drill
Faculty and staff members at Loudoun Valley High School in Purcellville practiced for a frightening scenario Monday with a drill at the school: What would they do if an armed intruder entered the school and started shooting?
Washington Post, April 3, 2013