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PATH Gets More Heat

By Blue Ridge Leader

April 10, 2009
This week Allegheny Power met more resistance to the high voltage line they want to build through northern Loudoun County.
The River’s Edge Homeowner’s Association asked the Board of Supervisors to honor the easement the county holds on the River’s Edge property north of Lovettsville. Allegheny has asked the board to abandon the easement.
The… »

Agro-Depot Lends a Hand

By Blue Ridge Leader

March 27, 2009
By Mark Dewey
This morning’s news left me pondering two different kinds of value, real and false—or maybe it’s two different kinds of people.
I read that Obama decided to give bankers $2 trillion to cover their bad debts—not all bankers, just the ones that tried to make money out of nothing and wound up… »

Junior Olympics Skills Winners

By Blue Ridge Leader

March 27, 2009
Local youngsters between the ages of eight and thirteen participated in the Jr. Olympic Skills Competition earlier this month at the Lovettsville Community Center. This free grassroots youth participation program allows boys and girls, competing separately, the opportunity to showcase their athletic abilities in four events: basketball, soccer, tennis, and track & field…. »

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State of the Towns talk at the Carver Center by Philip Denino with guest speaker Donovan Rypkema. Philip Denino is Community Development Manager with the Department of Economic Development. "When thinking of the downtown area parking should not be a priority, pedestrians are the priority," Mr. Rypkema said. "Governments are supposed to think about the whole."