Words, music, images and more from Jim Barnes
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
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
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
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
Cuts to the Loudoun County Public Schools’ budget could result in lost benefits for school bus drivers.
Washington Post, April 1, 2013
As supervisor of testing services for Loudoun County public schools, John Panettieri has been responsible for making sure the process of testing students runs smoothly. He is retiring this year after 33 years with the school system.
Washington Post, March 25, 2013
After years of instability, abandonment, abuse and homelessness, Kieu-thu Kim Tran’s life hit bottom during her junior year at Dominion High School in Sterling. Living with the latest in a series of unstable relatives had become unbearable, she said, so she took her belongings and walked out, not knowing where she would go.
A year later, Tran is thriving, thanks to a high school community that rallied around her.
Washington Post, March 16, 2013
As director of family services for Loudoun County, Ellen Grunewald oversees programs that provide assistance with food, housing, finances and other needs to people who are living in poverty.
Washington Post, March 11, 2013
Civic leaders and library boosters helped break ground Feb. 21 on a construction project that will double the size of the Middleburg Library.
Washington Post, March 7, 2013
Rachel Harris, an 8-year-old South Riding girl, has started a nonprofit to help children’s whose parents don’t have enough money to get them the things they want.
Washington Post, March 4, 2013