Archive for October, 2009

October 25, 2009
The accompanying map (click to view as a scalable PDF) shows the planned commercial development along and adjacent to the proposed Southern Collector Road.
The overview map on the left shows the eastern gateway of Purcellville. The map to the right is a detail view of the Business Route 7/Route 287 Intersection, (Main Street… »

October 24, 2009
Crooked Run Orchard owners Sam and Uta Brown have established a legal defense fund in anticipation of legal action against the town of Purcellville, according to a press release dated October 22.
The annexation of the Brown’s land, a step toward condemnation and construction of the “Southern Collector Road,” is expected on January 1,… »

October 23, 2009
One of the observations of American culture in recent decades is that we seem to have thrown common sense out the window.
The problem the Howells have encountered recently is a perfect example of the wrong people being in positions of power, since they seem incapable of understanding how rules and regulations should be… »

Oh crud, it’s Fall.  “How do I know?” you ask.  Is it the suicidal squirrels scattering themselves all over the roads?  The number of times I curse myself for forgetting the camera as I drive past gorgeous trees lit up with colors all but sure to blow away before I pass by again?  No, it’s… »

New year, new start. From what I gather, this seems to be the overall attitude of Loudoun Valley High School students. This year, however, students not only have a new set of seven or eight classes but a ten point grading scale to go with them.
Talk of a new grading scale… »

If you could place Australia’s Great Barrier Reef along the east coast of America, the thing would stretch from Maine to Florida. At twelve hundred miles long, the Great Barrier Reef (or GBR) is indeed great, the largest coral marine system on the planet and the only living entity able to be seen from… »

October 12, 2009
Welcome to the Blue Ridge Leader and Loudoun Today - your place for online news in Western Loudoun - striving to be the best in Loudoun County.
Under new ownership, we pledge to bring to you balanced reporting that fills the media void, providing the information that other local media has ignored. Our goal… »

When I was a little girl growing up in suburban Arlington, I read about country fairs in books. They always sounded richly mysterious — wonderful playgrounds where amazing things could happen at any moment. At a fair, a girl might turn a corner to find a pony ride, an enormous pig, a pie-eating… »