Loudoun Times – Loudoun County High School in Leesburg will unveil a Junior Navy Reserve Officer Training Corps ROTC Program in the 2009 – 2010 school year. Participating students will receive one elective credit toward graduation for each year they are enrolled. This is the first time a Loudoun school has had such a program.
Loudoun Times – Donald Trump’s grand plans to transform Sterling’s Lowes Island Club will add one more highlight to Loudoun’s growing luxury resort and golfing industry Celebrities the likes of Sheila Johnson, Jack Nicklaus and Donald Trump have had a hand in Loudoun’s expanding stay-and-play market of luxury resorts and golf courses.
Loudoun Times – Momentum is building to change Loudoun’s exterior sign regulation, widely considered among the business community to be too rigid and complicated. “If there is one unifying issue among business owners in Loudoun, it’s that sign ordinance,†said Tony Howard, president and CEO of Loudoun’s Chamber of Commerce. “It’s unnecessarily strict. And it’s [...]
Loudoun Times – If Middleburg Elementary School closes, the town could lose an important link to its future – the next generation of Middleburg residents, said a number of county residents. The county’s budget-cut plans, which include four tiers of spending reductions, could include closing Middleburg, Hamilton, Lincoln and Aldie Elementary Schools – which would [...]
Loudoun Times – After looking at real estate trends and examining other economic factors, Town Manager John Wells introduced a residential tax rate of 19.75 cents during his budget presentation to Leesburg Town Council Feb. 24.
Leesburg Today – The fast-developing recession has claimed another victim-Middleburg’s Salamander Resort, which has announced it will defer its opening a year to March 2011. Because of the spiraling travel industry and the unprecedented decline in occupancies and rates that are projected by the industry to last through 2010, the company has decided to delay [...]
Leesburg Today – The Loudoun County School Board voted 8-1 Tuesday night to authorize the $11.5 million purchase of approximately 170 acres of land between Lovettsville and Rt. 9 Water and soil evaluations must still be completed on the Wheatland Farm properties to ensure it can be used for the construction of an education campus [...]
Leesburg Today – Leesburg Police are investigating a break-in and theft that occurred at Caulkins Jewelers Sunday evening. According to Stanley Caulkins, owner of the downtown store since it opened in 1956, the alarms sounded at exactly 6:34 p.m. The perpetrator appears to have broken the back door of the store open to gain entry [...]
Leesburg Today – The end is in sight for the debut of a highly anticipated Leesburg development, and an equally sought after grocery store chain. Kettler, which is developing the Village at Leesburg along with Cypress Equities, has announced a Nov. 8 opening date for Virginia’s fifth, and Loudoun’s second, Wegmans.
Leesburg Today – The Mosby Heritage Area Association is poised to begin its series of “Saturday Morning Specials;” essentially field trips to some of the area’s most impressive Civil War sites, complete with a cup of coffee and a doughnut.
