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State Offers Bed Bug Forums
Because bed bugs are quickly becoming the leading public health pest of the 21st Century, the Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services (VDACS) recently developed a Bed Bug Outreach and Education Project and hosted a series of Bed Bug Forums across the state. The project was funded through a grant from the U.S. Environmental… »
New Maintenance Facility Dedicated
On August 3 the Town of Purcellville held a dedication Ceremony for the new 13,300 square-foot Maintenance Facility at 1005 South 20th Street. The cost of the facility is approximately $4,900,000 with outstanding invoices not available through FOIA at this time.
Click here to view proposed new vehicles and equipment for the Town of… »
Watch Out for Dogs in Hot Cars
Nearly every day in spring and summer, Loudoun County Animal Control Officers respond to reports of dogs left inside cars on hot days. The cars are usually found in shopping center parking lots, and the pet owners often offer the same response - “I was only in the store for a few minutes.” Not only… »
Energy Efficiency for Heating and Cooling your Home
As much as half of the energy used in your home goes to heating and cooling. Making smart decisions about your home’s heating, ventilating, and air conditioning (HVAC) system can have a big effect on your utility bills - and your comfort.
There are several ways you can cut down on your energy consumption.
A programmable thermostat… »
Stop Sign Removal S. 32nd Street at Nursery Avenue
As determined by the Town Council Infrastructure Committee Meeting on September 28, the stop signs for the northbound and southbound lanes of S. 32nd Street (690 S), at the intersection with Nursery Avenue, will be removed by the Town Maintenance Department. The new traffic pattern will be effective beginning November 30, 2009. Motorists… »
Driver Caught in Flooding Stream
April 24, 2009
Monday’s heavy rains brought Loudoun County rescue crews into unusual service. At around 10:30 a man called the Emergency Communications Center and said he was trapped in his van by waters rising at the intersection of Peach Orchard Lane and Frosty Meadow Lane in Aldie.
Ground and boat crews responded from Aldie, Arcola,… »
Kudos
April 24, 2009
Last week I was honored to attend an awards ceremony where two Purcellville volunteer firefighters, Chief Bob Dryden and Firefighter Billy Coburn, received awards from the Loudoun County Chamber of Commerce as part of the Chamber’s
Valor Awards Program. Both men received awards for the rescue of a man who was severely burned by… »
Keep Your Eyes on the Road
April 24, 2009
The Purcellville Police Department is partnering with the Virginia Association of Chiefs of Police and over 90 other Public and Private Agencies throughout Virginia to raise awareness to Distracted Driving and Distracted Driving Awareness Day on April 29. Governor Kaine is expected to issue a proclamation for that day. The prohibition against texting… »
Victim Regains Consciousness
April 10, 2009
The woman who was left for dead beside River Creek Parkway two weeks ago has recovered enough to provide a few details about the attack that killed her husband and left her in critical condition. Cynthia Bennett and her husband, William, were brutally beaten early on Sunday, March 22 while walking or jogging… »
Loudoun Fire Chief Named CFO
April 10, 2009
Chief Joseph E. Pozzo of the Loudoun County Department of Fire, Rescue, and Emergency Management has successfully earned the professional designation of “Chief Fire Officer” (CFO). The Commission on Professional Credentialing (CPC) met on March 9 to officially confer the designation upon Chief Pozzo, who is now one of only 630 CFOs worldwide…. »
Don’t Believe Everything You See
By Mark Dewey
April 10, 2009
Ting-Yi Oei, assistant principal at Freedom High School in South Riding, recently endured an ordeal that might serve as a cautionary tale about the ascendancy of image over text in modern culture. Is a picture really worth a thousand words anymore? Or has proliferation made them cheap and tawdry now? Both… »
Sheriff Probes Leesburg Murder
March 27, 2009
Sheriff Steve Simpson will meet with residents of the Potomac Station neighborhood near Leesburg Thursday night to address their concerns in the aftermath of a violent attack that left one man dead and his wife in critical condition on Sunday.
A deputy responding to a call about a suspicious vehicle at 5:30 a.m…. »
Hill Tom Robbed Again
March 27, 2009
Last Thursday, for the second time in little more than three weeks, a gunman robbed Hill Tom Market in Hillsboro. The sheriff reports that a man entered the store at around 7:45 p.m., brandished a gun, and demanded money from the cashier. A surveillance video shows the man wearing a camouflaged hunting hood,… »
Sheriff Seeks Hillsboro Robber
March 13, 2009
The Loudoun County Sheriff’s Office is investigating an armed robbery that took place in Hillsboro on February 26.
At roughly 7:40 p.m. a masked man entered Hill Tom’s Market on Route 9 in Hillsboro, brandished a gun, and demanded money from the cashier. The robber is described as probably being a white male, 5’7’’… »
Woman Assaulted in Middleburg Barn
March 13, 2009
A woman was assaulted while tending her horses at a barn near Middleburg last
Saturday night.
The victim reports that she was caring for her animals in the barn where they board
near St. Louis Road at around 8:00 p.m. when a Hispanic man who was roughly five
feet seven inches tall with a medium build approached… »