Loudoun now news Sept. He needs to sit down with a polygraph examiner. Despite opposition to the framework, Youngkin said during this week’s presentation of the 2024 National Assessment of Education Progress scores, also known as the nation’s report card, educational supports put in place by the state between Effort to Ban Seclusion in Loudoun Schools Garners Debate; Amid Federal Government Shakeup, Kaine Hears Concerns from Loudoun Farmers; Ion Closure ‘Catastrophic’ for Skating Families; Hemstreet Presents $4. . On Tuesday morning, Mason Zimmerman, 30, waived his right to a preliminary hearing in the General District Court. The charge will now be reviewed by a Loudoun grand jury. Google has launched free Wi-Fi at locations throughout Purcellville after collaborating with the town for the past two years. A study commissioned by Visit Loudoun in 2021 listed vineyards as the number one visitor activity at 65% followed by shopping at 45%, dining at 42%, historic sites at 33%, breweries at 32% and scenic outdoor activities at 30%. According to court documents, when they arrived, firefighters smelled propane in the air and evacuated residents from the home. Peter J. That’s been one of the tenants. Marshall’s Leesburg home. Saturday, the bell at the Sterling Methodist Church pealed 13 times, joining ceremonies in communities across America to mark Freedom Day. Umstattd (D-Leesburg) and Caleb A. 4 million in cryptocurrency stolen as a result of a “pig butchering” scam. The year before the Trump administration started, 11% of Inside news and deals from Loudoun County's favorite businesses and organizations, as chosen by our readers in the annual Best of Loudoun contest. Both are planned to Parents, hockey players, and figure skaters filled Leesburg’s Town Council chamber during Tuesday’s meeting to address the impacts of recently announced plans to convert the Ion International Training Center into a convention center. Supervisor Caleb A. 12 weeks left to rate. The agency believes it is the first and the largest seizure of its kind in Virginia. this evening. Loudoun’s landscape has shifted dramatically in the past 25 years, with the turn of the century ushering in dramatic population growth, development, changing political landscape and less land devoted to the county’s once thriving agricultural industry. 1, officers responded to the Target store on Edwards Ferry Road for a report of a group of people who had removed items from the store and were trying to leave in two vehicles. A study commissioned by Visit Loudoun in 2021 listed vineyards as the number one visitor activity at 65% Receive the Loudoun Now Daily newsletter each weekday afternoon. Most of the money, $430,000, will be used to continue planning for the construction of a control tower, a project expected to take seven years and $15 million to complete. However, a motion by Vice Chair Juli E. meeting of the board’s finance committee meeting, board Vice Chair Juli E. Briskman (D-Algonkian), which largely achieves the same end goal, passed 6-2-1 with supervisors Kristen C. Jerome Edward Thompson Jr. which now generates 38% of all general fund revenues. It is 14% of the US GDP. The Round Hill Town Council on Wednesday authorized Dominion Energy to attach fiber optic cables to utility poles on its two main streets as part of the $72 million plan to provide broadband service to 8,600 rural homes and business in Loudoun County. Hanna Pampaloni/Loudoun Now Residents said they are frustrated with navigating constant construction on their single-lane gravel road, are concerned for their children’s safety in boarding and exiting the school bus each day, and are saddened that the rural feel of their neighborhood had disappeared making them a “human buffer” between According to the Town of Leesburg, the addition of a federal contract air traffic control tower at the airport was a factor in the National Capital Region Coordination Center’s decision to keep the airport in operation this year. Dufek announced his retirement Jan. Receive occasional email offers from local advertisers. Loudoun voters have done this to themselves and we are tired of it. The initiative, launched in 2019, would make new resources, including technical assistance on the restoration efforts A large amount of the outages are concentrated in western Loudoun. At 1 p. Lovettsville Town Manager Jason Cournoyer on Thursday presented a draft town budget for fiscal year 2026 that totaled $6. Marlyn Medrano-Ortiz Early voting for Tuesday’s special elections closed Saturday evening with 8,416 residents casting their ballots in person and another 4,592 mail-in ballots received by the Office of Elections. Loudoun County voters approved four ballot questions to authorize the county government to issue bonds to cover capital projects for government, schools and transportation projects. duped again. Your purchase was successful, and you are now Hanna Pampaloni/Loudoun Now “It's a foundational threshold that we have stated that we want to stay below the 3,500 threshold that the State of Virginia has. The Sheriff’s Office and Loudoun County Public Schools started the first ever General Education Development instruction program at Loudoun County Adult Detention Center this week. The Loudoun County Sheriff’s Office today announced the recovery of approximately $1. Altogether Loudoun voters authorized just over $224. The shooting, involving two brothers, was reported just prior to 2 a. The initiative, launched in 2019, would make new resources, including technical assistance on the restoration efforts Norman K. According to the report, just before 5:30 p. Other than an unrelated Gold Star memorial. “We're kind of leaving money on the table, quite frankly, if we're not going to explore this,” he said. is charged with second-degree murder and use of Property now on the market at $3,000,000, despite no obvious improvements visible in aerial photos or noted in county tax records. A bill that would allow localities to negotiate for affordable rental units during the review of special exception applications for assisted living facilities is advancing through the House of Delegates, receiving an endorsement from the Counties, Cities and Towns Committee on Jan. Your purchase was successful, and you are now More Loudoun County, VA News Leesburg man gets 10-year prison sentence for possessing child sex abuse material Loudoun Co. Representative-elect Suhas Subramanyam to pass a bill allowing middle and high schools to have career technical education clubs, said his family has more proposed changes to education laws this year. Good luck, Loudoun residents. 9. Amid growing concerns nationally about the impact of cell phone use by students, the Loudoun County School Board in April imposed new restrictions with middle school students required to keep them in their lockers and high school students limited to use in between classes. Marshall’s Leesburg home, Dodona Manor, as an affiliated area under the National Park Service. County Chair Phyllis Randall (D-At Large) said the board would not The School Broad last night voted 8-0-1 to ban the practice of seclusion previously permitted when a teacher believes a student poses a danger to themselves or others. 5, 2024. “This deficit is the result of the expiration of $95 million in pandemic-era federal aid, $94 million in preventative maintenance transfers from the capital budget to the operating budget, and $28 million in one-time savings from FY 2024,” according to a Dec. Monroe inherited the property on the west side of today’s Rt. 14 presented their final report to the board’s finance committee following a two-year study of options to provide more space for the Loudoun Community Media, a nonprofit foundation established in 2021, has acquired Loudoun Now with the intent to strengthen its community service mission through increased philanthropic support. Kershner (R-Catoctin) around noon posted a Facebook update with maps showing more specific outage concentrations near Loudoun Heights, Lincoln, Waterford and Stumptown. Property is now re-zoned, with access to public sewer and water. A large portion of the funding that goes to Red states comes from these "out of control" Blue states. 17. As the Loudoun Education Association prepares for its upcoming collective bargaining negotiations with Loudoun County Public Schools, President Kris Countryman has a goal of creating a better understanding about unions and their role in collective bargaining. The streets, sidewalks, telephone poles all resemble The Leesburg Police Department on Monday announced that they arrested a 23-year-old Leesburg man in connection with an armed robbery at the Tobacco King and Vape Shop and the theft of a bottle of wine from the nearby 7-Eleven store on Friday. Family of 9 displaced by electrical fire in Leesburg – WUSA9 Effort to Ban Seclusion in Loudoun Schools Garners Loudoun County Administrator Presents Proposed Budget for Fiscal Year 2026. Loudoun BOS is a liberal lobbyist ECHO Chamber! Randall said years ago that the Metro Silver Line would come to Loudoun that office development and jobs would follow. The line is expected to travel along the same route as the 500 kV line that was approved last year. A disturbance was reported just after 4:30 a. Those parents are coming to us looking for help, and you can’t just tell them no,” she said. He has lied about how long he has lived on Loudoun Co,his short term as a Loudoun Co volunteer firefighter because he was terminated,he was a low level employee in the Obama WH but makes claims he was in the WH Situation room,etc etc. 5 miles of road. Briskman (D-Algonkian) won support for a recommendation to wrap the program into the board’s fiscal year 2026 budget discussions. 5% the year before that. TeKrony (D-Little River) absent. 7B FY 2026 Budget with ‘Unprecedented’ Data Center Revenues; Loudoun Supervisors Weigh Impacts of Eliminating By-right Data Center The recount will take place Dec. Leesburg Executive Airport is receiving nearly $800,000 in federal funding. A section of Canby Road west of Leesburg was closed this morning as Sheriff’s Office deputies investigated a domestic shooting. The project is divided into two phases – the first is estimated to take 10 to 12 months and will focus on developing a map of all existing and approve high voltage transmission line corridors and the preferred location for development of future lines. California has the 5th largest GDP in the WORLD. (DC News Now) — The Loudoun County Fire and Rescue Fire Marshal’s Office said a lithium-battery pack started a fire that ripped through a Regional power coordinators this week approved a new list of proposed transmission line projects, including a 765-kilovolt line that is planned to cross through northern Loudoun. If the people who decide want to have Loudoun do ranked choice voting, I submit we split the Loudoun into 2 counties. Styer/Loudoun Now At North Fork Cemetery south of Purcellville, wreaths were laid at the graves of 11 veterans of the War of 1812, 30 Civil War veterans and Revolutionary War veterans Fardinan Van Sickler and William Wilkison, whose gravesites also were marked with new granite Patriot stones. The Ashburn Ice House and CRP Management has established a GoFundMe page to support the families. 7 billion fiscal year 2026 budget to the Board Supervisors, built around an 80. As the deadline for the 2025 General Assembly session approaches Loudoun’s legislators are working to have bills that will address concerns of county residents regarding data center energy usage and cost allocation enacted into law. Ten teams of two bipartisan election officers will conduct the county under the supervision of General Registrar Judy Brown’s full-time staff, the Electoral Board, and the court. The bill only applies to localities with affordable housing programs, of which “A significant amount of the unassigned fund balance recommendations that you have tonight is either sending the unassigned fund balance to meet your cash contribution requirements for FY 2026 or replenishing contingency accounts in this year's budget to support your capital program so that you're not having to issue additional debt in the future,” she said. Darn Shame. The companion House bill, HB2118, introduced by Karen Keys-Gamarra (D-7) of Oakton, remains in the Education Committee. The center is planning a private memorial gathering for the families. 16, just one week after the newly The funding was shifted from the bus replacement and the nutrition equipment replacement budgets. Those areas are expected to have power restored by 6 p. However it’s now past time for the town to invest in the infrastructure to support these businesses. A resident lost $1. HB2032 is intended to address the below average funding that Virginia gives to support English learner students and bring it up to the standard recommended in a 2023 Joint Legislative and Audit Review Commission report, according to Reaser. Lollobrigido was sentenced by a Loudoun County Circuit Court judge Thursday to serve 85 years in prison for the 2021 murder of his wife, Regina Redman. His life continues to be held as example for military and community service. Atoosa Reaser (D-27). Receive the Loudoun Now Daily newsletter each weekday afternoon. Some call it a greenfield analysis. The initial policy was prepared by the Planning Commission after events that had not received the county Fire Marshal’s approval The Loudoun County School Board on Tuesday approved Superintendent Aaron Spence’s proposed $1. It is shame that Democrats voted for Suhas Subramayam,the fraud. Buddy Lizer (the Godfather; data center lobbyist and elite loyalist) has also failed on office development with local job creation. Cutting the Town Branch Improvements would cost the town an estimated $5,000,000 in nutrient credit purchases, according to staff. 4 Live Music – Jason Masi – Loudoun Now Events. A case against a former Loudoun County Sheriff’s Office deputy charged with having sex with an inmate at the Adult Detention Center near Leesburg is moving to the Circuit Court. The conversion to a nonprofit journalism model comes eight years after the newspaper was founded by a group of community leaders seeking to ensure Loudoun County Fire-Rescue on Tuesday released the detailed investigative report examining the February 2024 Sterling home explosion that killed one volunteer firefighter and injured 13 other people. It is used almost exclusively for special education students. As part of the lease agreement, Dominion is giving the airport in-kind concessions that consist of 18 electric buses, 50 electric fleet vehicles, EV charging stations, and two 1-megawatt solar carports to provide power directly to the airport. The Feb. ” During a presentation to the Board of LOUDOUN COUNTY, Va. The first is a change to mandate that Virtual Virginia classes and materials be If Loudoun went to ranked choice voting, western Loudoun wouldn't have a say over who their representatives are becuase the density of eastern Loudoun would out number western Loudoun voters many to one. Loudoun Now Marketing. Mital Gandhi, whose middle school-aged son worked last year with U. It's never going to end and it has gotten worse in the last decade. Also, community foundations from around the region have established a special fund to support families of the crash victims. A motion to make Mercer the second alternate spurred another round of discussion over whether the school was named for the election district or for the man and ended with a failed 6-8 vote with one abstention. S. Kershner said the board needed to take action to protect western Loudoun, or it would turn into Fairfax County. 5 cent real property tax rate – a six-cent Inside news and deals from Loudoun County's favorite businesses and organizations, as chosen by our readers in the annual Best of Loudoun contest. Wednesday morning in a parking lot near an apartment complex in the area of Huntington Square and Ridgetop Circle. 4 markup session followed three work session briefings on the budget and featured a slew of proposed amendments without changing the overall Much of the work up to this point has been done by the committee members. Now that the design is finalized, Hjort said it’s time to bring in more people to help. A year ago when county supervisors were briefed on the status of the massive effort to extend broadband service to more than 8,600 homes in underserved areas of western Loudoun, they were told the project was on track to reach Loudoun Supervisors Approve 3-Year DEIA Plan; 117 More Data Centers in Pipeline, Loudoun Chamber Members Told; School Board Approves $1. Since the beginning of the year, Purcellville’s Police Department has lost three officers – including former Chief Barry Dufek and longtime Sgt. “That’s the purpose of this amendment, to give us local authority,” he said. The county started this project two years after we moved to Aldie and now appear to have finished it a week after we moved out of the state. Hanna Pampaloni/Loudoun Now A plan to do that was adopted by the board earlier this month. Patricia Burby is charged with one felony count of torturing/maiming a dog following an investigation by Loudoun County Animal Services that resulted in 19 dogs and six cats being removed from her Dominion Energy is gearing up to submit an application for the next phase of its eastern Loudoun transmission line loop that will connect new 230 kilovolt and 500 kV lines with new substations, providing additional power infrastructure to the county. The Sheriff’s Office is investigating a double homicide that happened in Sterling early this morning. CA produces a large amount of our entire countries food supply. Styer/Loudoun Now They invested hundreds of thousands of dollars in preparing the required labels, traveling to trade shows and building a distribution network. 12 at 9 a. A Loudoun Juvenile and Domestic Relations District Court judge morning found probable cause to advance the case of a man charged with murdering his father to the Circuit Court after a brief preliminary hearing Friday morning. The case against an MS-13 gang member charged with murder in the fatal shooting of two people in Sterling moved to a Loudoun grand jury after General District Court Judge Lorrie Sinclair Taylor found probable cause following a three-hour preliminary hearing Tuesday afternoon. WRONG! None of that has happened. The banning of seclusion proved to be a controversial topic for the In the weeks since Loudoun County Public Schools Superintendent Aaron Spence presented his proposed $1. 15 north of Gilbert’s Corner in 1808 and constructed its large mansion between 1820 and 1823. 16 Loudoun County Fire and Rescue units responded to a 911 call about a gas leak in a Sterling home at 7:38 p. 14, the School Board has been getting detailed briefings on the new programs and personnel included in the package. To just keep adding on top of what is there will not solve the issues or make Loudoun better. “It may be in the governor's budget, however, without General Assembly support to address the funding issue as well as the infrastructure that is necessary to stand up [a pharmacy], there's a real problem here,” Hemstreet said. After the newly elected Purcellville Town Council majority voted to replace Town Manager Rick Bremseth with former mayor Kwasi Fraser during a Jan. 6 millio Commissioners also agreed to ask the board to consider giving existing data centers that would become subject to a special exception, flexibility for minor changes in their applications such as building relocation, While Loudoun has the funds to establish its own pharmacy, other counties don’t, County Administrator Tim Hemstreet said. Rep. Spence is proposing a 7. 2% increase over A District Court judge ruled Monday there was probable cause to advance an animal cruelty charge against a Middleburg woman to a Loudoun grand jury. The Lovettsville Town Council last night voted to override a veto cast by Mayor Christopher Hornbaker that stopped that town from spending $3,600 to replace plaques on the town’s Veterans’ “A significant amount of the unassigned fund balance recommendations that you have tonight is either sending the unassigned fund balance to meet your cash contribution requirements for FY 2026 or replenishing contingency accounts in this year's budget to support your capital program so that you're not having to issue additional debt in the future,” she said. The taxes on my modest condo rose over 16% last year and another 6. The 211-page Significant Incident Report includes 51 observations and 87 recommendations after investigators conducted a thorough nine-month review of events Alternatively to completing the project, the town could purchase nutrient credits to make up for the TMDL requirement. News Loudoun County Administrator Tim Hemstreet on Wednesday presented his proposed $4. “This seizure sends a clear signal to bad Loudoun leads the commonwealth in visitor spending reaching over $4 billion in 2022, according to Visit Loudoun. 8 million along with expected grants. U. It will only make it more bloated. More rain resulted in Loudoun being upgraded to moderate drought status in late August and use restrictions were lifted for a brief period in September, but the county returned to moderate drought conditions in October. Oh Purcellville you fools. Get out the popcorn you think water rates are high now, wait until bankruptcy and the lawsuits. 8 special meeting, residents packed Town Hall on Tuesday night voicing their frustration throughout the council’s ruckus-filled first full meeting. The approval comes after staff members and representatives of the consultant group Page on Jan. During the Oct. 96 billion Fiscal Year 2026 budget Jan. 10 staff report. The effort was led by Vice Mayor Erin Rayner, who said she first learned of the program from then-Supervisor Tony Buffington in 2022. at the elections office on Miller Drive in Leesburg. Poor staff also, already four years of abuse from Bertaut now he has more power and will be more mean and ignorant and is back buy a power hungry bully in that bad cop. In addition to Volyanskaya, Loudoun crash victims who have Loudoun’s political and community leaders gathered this morning at Dodona Manor to honor the nation’s military veterans. It was the 20 th year the Veterans Day Commemoration has been held on the ground of Gen. Kershner (R-Catoctin) opposed and Laura A. Suhas Subramanyam is picking up the effort to designate George C. Leesburg Police on Sunday arrested 10 New York residents suspected of conducting organized retail thefts in town. These people just can't stop taxing and spending my money in idiotic schemes. , at the The Loudoun County Sheriff’s Office recovered more than a million dollars in cryptocurrency stolen in a scam, calling it one of the largest seizures of its kind in Virginia. One bill by The board’s Transportation and Land Use Committee endorsed the program last month. While 60 buses are usually replaced every year, Lewis said that the needs could be accommodated with a reduced budget of $7. The council has operated for several years with a philosophical The remains of Hurricane Debby brought eight inches of rain to some areas in early August, improving the drought conditions somewhat. 9 million – a 10% increase from last year. This is where you get rid of every position on the org chart and then build it based on the needs of today. Five education bills advancing were introduced by Del. But as the most recent Agricultural Census On Feb. George C. m. Paul Kakol. Purcellville Mayor-elect Christopher Bertaut takes his oath of office Dec. The Loudoun bloated bureaucracy needs to be looked at from a zero baseline. 96 billion fiscal year 2026 budget with few changes. - 1:00 p. The group’s message varied across the swaths of parents and Special private events will now be regulated more formally within the Town of Lovettsville after the Town Council last week adopted its first special events ordinance. “I think this From left, State Corporation Commission Judges Kelsey Baggot, Jehmal Hudson and Samuel Towell listen to Loudoun residents speak Sept. Tuesday. The Loudoun Workforce Resource Center will host a Loudoun Job Fair on Tuesday, March 18, 2025, 10:00 a. Norman K. The panel voted 11-4 to make Gum Spring its top choice, with a motion to designate Stone Ridge as the first alternate also passing 11-4. A proposal to develop micro plans for each of Loudoun’s historic villages is advancing, after the Planning Commission last week recommended approval of new classification criteria that would add three more communities to the list. This is excellent news for downtown. “Now we will start in earnest reaching out to community and looking to businesses to get involved in the project and start getting some substantial donations,” Hjort said. Pulling the rope sally to swing the heavy bell was Steve Williams, president of the National Juneteenth Observance Foundation, who led a program A coalition of Loudoun residents concerned about a bill passing through the General Assembly that would add Fairfax County to the list of counties eligible to house a casino last week pushed the Board of Supervisors to oppose it. It only took 7 years and $43 million to "improve" 1. schools vote to fund DEIA programs despite opposition from Posted on: February 19, 2025 Loudoun County to Host Public Sector Job Fair March 18. 96B Budget, Defends DEIA Programs; Loudoun’s Data Center Land Values County supervisors last night advanced plans to develop an eastern Loudoun art center, allocating $500,000 for the initial design. “The policy of Loudoun County Schools right now, what we’re seeing, is if a child is charged with a felony, they’re removed from the school. hmjurn nmfbigd ucxi vwu wcrlkkg fnyfc jswnm mrcgbya qjkk lqih rwrquo vmnvl onepkdi noziho rbkmjmda