Piedmont Child Care Center Second Annual Yard Sale
The second annual Yard Sale will be held on the front lawn of Piedmont Child Care Center (PCCC) located on Route 50 in Upperville, Va., Saturday, July 18, 2009 from 7:00 am to 1:00 pm. Tables are available to interested sellers, but space is limited, so reserve early. The sale begins at 7:00 am. In [...]

No Dulles Town Center fireworks this year
THERE ARE NO FIREWORKS AT THE DULLES TOWN CENTER THIS YEAR! There is a carnival by Cole Shows Amusement Company, Inc. at the Dulles Town Center this year. Check out the times and a downloadable coupon here:Carnival Link There are also a number of nearby fireworks displays you can see. Date Location Time Rain Date June 27 Brambleton 9:30 June 28 July 3 Sterling Park Golf , [...]

South Riding Summer Concert Series ? The Adrian Duke Projek
What better way to kick off a summer weekend than with family, friends, neighbors, and a picnic listening to great music under the stars. We?ve broadened the variety this year with very different bands - some laid back, some high energy. The one thing they all have in common is quality and a love for [...]

South Riding Summer Concert Series - E3
What better way to kick off a summer weekend than with family, friends, neighbors, and a picnic listening to great music under the stars. We?ve broadened the variety this year with very different bands - some laid back, some high energy. The one thing they all have in common is quality and a love for [...]

South Riding Summer Concert Series ? The Glass Onion
What better way to kick off a summer weekend than with family, friends, neighbors, and a picnic listening to great music under the stars. We?ve broadened the variety this year with very different bands - some laid back, some high energy. The one thing they all have in common is quality and a love for [...]

South Riding Summer Concert Series ? The Grandsons
What better way to kick off a summer weekend than with family, friends, neighbors, and a picnic listening to great music under the stars. We?ve broadened the variety this year with very different bands - some laid back, some high energy. The one thing they all have in common is quality and a love for [...]

Carnival at Dulles Town Center
Dates: June 25 - July 4, Friday, June 26, 6 PM - 11 PM Saturday, June 27, Noon - 11 PM Sun, June 28, Noon - 10 PM Mon - Thurs, June 28 - July 2, 6 PM - 10 PM Friday, July 3, 6 PM - 11 PM Saturday, July 4, Noon - 11 PM Unlimited Ride Specials Monday - Thursday [...]

Star Spangled South Riding
When: Friday, July 3rd, 6-10pm Where: South Riding Golf Club, Golf View Dr Let?s take it higher once again at The South Riding Golf Club. There is just a little more than a month to get creative for our 5th annual Star Spangled South Riding, a patriotic tribute celebrating our Country?s 233rd birthday. Decorate your bikes, trikes, [...]

Eastern Loudoun Independence Day Celebration
On Friday July 3rd, The Sterling Golf Swim and Tennis Club will once again host theEastern Loudoun Fireworks. The club will open the swimming pools free to the public from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. with music and moon bounce. ?The fireworks display begins at 9:15 p.m. When: July 3 (Rain Date: July 5) Where: The Sterling [...]

July 4th Summer Sale at Leesburg Corner Premium Outlets
Don’t miss the July 4th Summer Sale at Leesburg Corner Premium Outlets taking place July 2-6. Find incredible savings on designer and name brands including Ann Taylor, BCBG Max Azria, Coach, DKNY, J.Crew, Kate Spade, Lacoste, Pottery Barn, Saks Fifth Avenue Off 5th, Theory, William-Sonoma and many more. Where: Leesburg Corner Premium Outlets 241 Fort Evans [...]

Tractor-trailer accident closes Dulles Greenway
Part of the Dulles Greenway was shut down July 2nd after a  tractor-trailer, which was carrying construction waste, jackknifed and then overturned. Officials say the tractor-trailer had to be unloaded of the construction waste before it could be uprighted and removed from the scene. Read full story via  NewsChannel 8.

Repair Work Preceded Deadly Metro Crash, Investigators Say
Metro personnel replaced a signalling component in the tracks five days before last Monday’s deadly crash, federal investigators said today. After that work was done, the train control system circuitry that is designed to prevent crashes did not perform properly, investigators said….Read full story via  washingtonpost.com

Inova Health System files formal application for Loudoun County hospital
Inova Health System filed its formal certificate of public need with Virginia to erect an 80-bed hospital on Route 50 in Loudoun County. The Falls Church-based hospital system had said earlier this year it would seek the CON for the full-service hospital, which would include an emergency department, medical-surgical beds and up to eight operating rooms, among other technologies and services…. Read full story via Washington Business Journal

Plane Runs Off Runway at Leesburg Airport
The Leesburg Executive Airport was closed  Sunday for about an hour  after a private plane ran off the runway while attempting to take off.  No one was injured and no property was damaged during the incident. Read full story via Washington Post.

Route 50 Detours Planned Near Gilbert?s Corner
Beginning on July 1st, Route 50 drivers must take a detour around the intersection at Route 15 Gilbert’s Corner, as the Virginia Department of Transportation continues to build roundabouts along the two corridors. The change will last 10 to 12 weeks and is expected to add five minutes to non-rush-hour trips and up to 15 minutes during rush hour… Read full story via Washington Post.com

Authorities Investigate Plane Crash Near Manassas
Police say Robert Vachon began to experience problems after the fixed-wing aircraft took off shortly before 5 p.m. Friday from the Manassas Regional Airport. When he tried to return to the airport, the plane began to lose altitude and crashed into a nearby wooded area… Read full story via NewsChannel 8

Ban On Texting While Driving
Drivers used to getting some work done or making plans while in their cars will have to find another way to communicate beginning next week. A law championed by Loudoun representative Del. JoeT. May R-33 now will prohibit drivers from composing or sending electronic messages while in a moving vehicle… Read full story via Leesburg Today

Traffic Ticket Revenue Is Up 39%
With traffic congestion clogging Loudoun County’s major arteries, and large planned communities still cropping up, the sheriff’s office has reported a 39 percent increase in revenue from traffic fines and forfeitures over a two-year period. Through most of fiscal 2009, which ends Wednesday, the county had collected a little more than $2.1 million in revenue from fines and forfeitures, according to figures provided this month by the department through an open-records request…. Read full story via Washington Post.

Loudoun Country Day School opens state-of-the-art campus
Next school year, students at Loudoun Country Day School in Leesburg will start fresh at their brand-new campus outside town off Evergreen Mill Road. The 69-acre campus houses a $30 million, 100,000-square-foot school building that features 32 classrooms, a large library and several science and computer labs…Read full story via Loudoun Times.

Creditors accuse ex-restaurateur of taking millions
A group of creditors has filed an involuntary petition for Chapter 7 bankruptcy in the name of a former Loudoun restaurant owner they claim owes them more than $41.6 million. The petition was filed in U.S. Bankruptcy Court June 20 in reference to Osama M. El-Atari, of Ashburn…Read full story via Loudoun Times.

19 Loudoun bridges on state watch list
Although the state has identified 19 bridges in Loudoun as needing care, only two will receive federal stimulus funding. The county will receive about $1.5 million in federal funding for the Sand Branch bridge on Pleasant Valley Road near Round Hill and the Butchers Creek bridge on Airmont Road in southern Loudoun near the Prince William County line…Read full story via Loudoun Times.

Fees Likely to Double On Dulles Toll Road
The cost of driving on the Dulles Toll Road is likely to double over the next three years to help fund Metrorail’s $5 billion expansion in Northern Virginia, officials with the agency in charge of the road and the rail project announced yesterday. Under the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority proposal, tolls would go up incrementally, starting in January…Read full story via Washington Post

W&OD Trail Is Still Mostly Safe
As long as precautions are taken, the Washington & Old Dominion Trail remains a relatively safe place, despite two recent cases of men exposing themselves to women and a string of home invasions in nearby residences in the fall, Loudoun County authorities said. Being aware of one’s surroundings is important, authorities said, and wearing headphones can be a distraction…Read full story via Washington Post

Proposed Facade Grant Program Draws Mixed Reaction
A proposal by the Leesburg Economic Development Commission to create a Facade Grant Improvement Program for downtown commercial properties was met with mixed reviews by the Town Council Monday. The pilot program would allow commercial property owners in the Historic District to apply for town grants to make improvements to their properties… Read full story via Leesburg Today

Metrorail accident kills 9 people
The worst accident in 33-year history of Metrorail, Washington’s subway system, is under investigation by authorities trying to determine why a train plowed into the rear of another, killing at least nine people and injuring scores of others.  District of Columbia Fire Department Web site said rescue workers located three more bodies in the wreckage late Monday night. All three were declared dead at the scene. Read dull story via Richmond Times-Dispatch.

Leesburg Animal Park Welcomes Back Tortoise Pair
The Leesburg Animal Park has welcomed back Giant Aldabra Tortoises Jade and Jethro for a summer-long stay. The two have recently arrived from their winter home in Florida and will be on hand to meet visitors to the park. Read full story via Leesburg Today

Kincora To Get First Board Review June 22
The Board of Supervisors’ Transportation/Land Use Committee will discuss the proposal to bring a minor league baseball stadium to Rt. 28 for the first time tonight. While many baseball supporters came out to a public hearing earlier this month to express a positive stance on the idea of a sports stadium in Loudoun, some supervisors have expressed concern over the project…Read full story via Leesburg Today

The Future of This Old House Is in Supervisors? Hands
The last vestige of Lunette, which was a 40-person town in eastern Loudoun County at the turn of the 20th century, is a dilapidated farmhouse stuck in a modern housing development in Aldie. More than a century later, the issue of whether the house should be demolished or salvaged has landed in the laps of the Loudoun supervisors…Read full story via Washington Post.

Jobless rate doubles in Loudoun county
The number of Loudoun workers being served a pink slip has doubled in one year. The slumping economy, company bankruptcies and waves of layoffs have helped increase the number of unemployed workers in the county from 2.3 percent in April 2008 to 4.6 percent in the same month this year. Read full story via Loudoun Times.

Family remembers slaying victim
On June 13, police found what is believed to be Kayleigh Plamondon’s slain body in a vacant home in Lost River, W.Va. For several days, family, friends and concerned community members had searched for the 2005 Loudoun Valley High School graduate after she disappeared June 9 from a Clarke County home where she had been house sitting…Read full story via Loudoun Times.

Greenlea Tax District Established To Replace Bridge
The Board of Supervisors has given its final approval for the creation of a tax assessment district that will allow for residents of the Greenlea subdivision south of Leesburg to help pay for replacement of a bridge that was deemed impassable after being damaged by flood waters last year. The assessment totals $660,575, with all 19 property owners to have a $34,767 assessed on each of their properties, to be paid over the course of 15 years… Read full story via Leesburg Today

Tax Revenue Drops 9.3 Percent, Kaine Says
Virginia budget numbers continue to erode as tax revenue falls in the down economy. Gov. Timothy M. Kaine (D) announced yesterday that state revenue collections have dropped 9.3 percent this year, eclipsing an estimated drop of 7.3 percent…. Read story via Washington Post