Entries in Living in LoCo for April 2008
Tick, Tick, Tick: Lyme Disease in Loudoun
Susie Dorsch, 39, of Ashburn, just finished six weeks of intravenous antibiotic treatments to combat Lyme disease. The mother of four continues to suffer from aches, fatigue and a low-grade fever. There were 215 cases of Lyme disease reported in the county during the last six months of 2007, and Loudoun’s rate of Lyme disease is about 20 times greater than that of the Virginia average. Read full entry and discussion »
Traffic Troubles? So Far, Purcellville Shows Its Woes
Now that NVTA’s bank account is kaput, the authority was hoping that its inexpensive You Tube campaign, introduced last month, would be hoppin’ with videos from frustrated commuters eager to share their traffic rage with the powers-that-be in Richmond. How many "Piece of My Commute" videos to date? Not many. Purcellville Mayor Robert Lazaro uploaded a video to the NVTA channel titled “Purcellville Traffic.” Read full entry and discussion »
Posted by Erica Garman at 11:19 a.m. on April 28, 2008
LCPS Teacher Dies In Motorcycle Crash
In the early hours of Saturday, April 19, a Loudoun County Public School teacher and a Maryland man were killed when the motorcycle they were riding veered off a Lusby, Md., road and hit a tree. Amanda M. Lorenzo taught third grade at Potowmack Elementary School in Sterling. This was her first year teaching in Loudoun. Read full entry and discussion »
What a Gas: LoCo Prices
Another record high today-gas prices, not the temperature-according to AAA. Yikes! We haven't even started our summer road trips yet, people! Read full entry and discussion »
Leaders Drum Up Business in 'Sister County'
Loudoun County Chairman Scott K. York (I-At Large) and a contingency of county representatives returned this week from a business trip to Europe. The purpose of the trip was to develop relationships abroad and in doing so, hopefully bring some foreign companies to our area. Read full entry and discussion »
Posted by Erica Garman at 1:05 p.m. on April 23, 2008
Getting LAX in Loudoun
On any given Saturday in Loudoun, youth soccer games are kind of like Starbucks -- there’s one on every corner. But watch out soccer fans, there’s a new game in town. Read full entry and discussion »
Posted by Erica Garman at 1:23 p.m. on April 22, 2008
Eco-Man to Earth’s Rescue
The National Conference Center mascot, Eco-Man, was out clearing brush and picking up trash in and around the 110 acres of the Lansdowne facility today in celebration of Earth Day. Read full entry and discussion »
Donuts on the Way and the Waterford 10K
While writing this, I’m eating a big ol’ fat donut from Shoppers Food Warehouse. However, I don’t feel too guilty about the calories because I participated Saturday in Waterford’s fourth annual Landmark Cross 10K Run-Hike-Walk. It all balances out, right? Read full entry and discussion »
Residents Question Developer's HOA Role
Lee’s Crossing is a bucolic equestrian community of 55 lots where million-dollar homes sit on 10-acre-minimum lots. These are dream homes. Residents are happy enough with their neighbors (fences make for good ones, after all), but some are not happy with the developer, Jack Merritt, who also happens to be the homeowner association board president. Read full entry and discussion »
Bus Gives Kids a New Set of Wheels
The Loudoun Youth Initiative dedicated a bus this week that will be available to transport kids to organized activities around the county. The LYI bus will transport kids to activities at area teen centers, movie theaters, shopping malls, and organized programs through the Boys and Girls Clubs of Loudoun, the YMCA and Loudoun County Public Schools. Read full entry and discussion »
Posted by Erica Garman at 9:38 a.m. on April 16, 2008
NVTA Grantor's Tax Refund Processing Begins
The Northern Virginia Transportation Authority has refunded nearly all $12 million in taxes and fees it collected during the first quarter of the year to the counties that collected them. A bulk of the money it collected came from a grantor's tax paid by sellers at the time of land and home settlements. Read full entry and discussion »
Posted by Erica Garman at 12:57 p.m. on April 15, 2008
The Bill is Due: Tax Day 2008
Tax day is here and you have until a minute before midnight to get that April 15 postmark on your envelope to the IRS. Read full entry and discussion »
Inova Loudoun Hospital Still at Odds With HCA's Plans
It seems that Inova, the only hospital provider in the county, hasn't given up its fight against the Broadlands Regional Medical Center just yet. Read full entry and discussion »
Posted by Erica Garman at 1:10 p.m. on April 11, 2008
Run to Benefit Ashburn Girl With Cancer
Six-year-old Kailee Vance was diagnosed in October with a rare form of cancer known as rhabdomyosarcoma. Next month, a 5K race will be held to benefit the Vance family and help pay for Kailee’s medical expenses. The event will start at Newton-Lee Elementary, the school Kailee attended before her chemotherapy treatments kept her at home. “The route was planned so runners will go by Kailee’s house twice during the race. Just in case she’s not up to going outside that day, she can still look out her window and see us,” a family friend said. Read full entry and discussion »
Lansdowne Floating Fee for Pool Repairs?
A big amenity that draws home buyers to the Lansdowne on the Potomac community is the 30,000-square-foot Potomac Club, which, according to the HOA Web site, features a 25-meter indoor pool, heated whirlpool, lockers, activity and exercise rooms, an outdoor resort-style pool, and business center. Wait a minute … back up … the 25-meter indoor pool and whirlpool have been closed for two years. Sorry, folks. Read full entry and discussion »
Lansdowne Resort: The Morning After
It was eerily quiet inside the Lansdowne Resort this morning. I went to the front desk and asked to speak with a hotel official about how they were making do with the employee loss. The word back was “no comment.” I decided to leave. I’m guessing that’s when they called security … Read full entry and discussion »
Posted by Erica Garman at 2:58 p.m. on April 8, 2008
New County Committee Seeing 'Green'
Loudoun’s newly formed Energy Efficiency Committee will be recommending three "green" resolutions to the Board of Supervisors next Tuesday in an effort to reduce carbon emissions, save energy and hopefully, save the county a little money. The EEC is chaired by Supervisor Andrea McGimsey (D-Potomac) with board Chairman Scott K. York (I-At Large) and Supervisor Stevens Miller (D-Dulles). Read full entry and discussion »
LoCo! Entertainment News
A lawyer with the William Morris Agency recently sent an e-mail to America’s Polo Cup chairman and founder Tareq Salahi, telling him to stop promoting the Gipsy Kings family -- the musical group that is scheduled to perform at the "Journey for the Cure" event May 9 at Morven Park. And, Gail Romiti, 41, of Sterling, was in New York’s Times Square Saturday to audition for next season’s "Project Runway" show on Bravo. Read full entry and discussion »
Report: Loudoun Leads State in Horses
Loudoun remains the most populous equine county in the state, with 15,500 equines residing within its borders. While this number is down from 15,800 in 2001, I find it remarkable that, given the rate of development and loss of open land in the county in the past five years, the decrease has been so small –- that's 30 horses per square mile. Despite the influx of suburban developments, those of us living in LoCo can still claim we are living in “horse country.” Read full entry and discussion »
HCA Refiles to Build BRMC
HCA Virginia today reapplied for a zoning request with the county to build a 164-bed hospital on a 58-acre parcel at the intersection of the Dulles Greenway and Belmont Ridge Road in Ashburn. The Broadlands Regional Medical Center is planned to include 96 beds for medical/surgical procedures, 12 beds devoted to obstetrics, 16 intensive care beds and 40 beds for child and adolescent psychiatric patients. There are no plans in HCA’s filing for a helicopter landing pad, as some Broadlands residents feared. Read full entry and discussion »
Loudoun Mothers Find Autism Support
“He’s a boy -- it’s going to take him a little longer.” That’s what the pediatrician told Shelley Mills when she expressed concern that her 18-month-old son, Nicholas, wasn’t developing verbally at the same rate as other kids his age. She took her son to Georgetown Hospital, where he was diagnosed with autism. Read full entry and discussion »
Loudoun County’s New Anthem?
Meade Skelton grew up in Loudoun -- he lived in Leesburg, Sterling and Philomont. The 28-year-old graduated from Leesburg Christian School in 1997 and now resides in Richmond, where he is pursuing a full-time music career. Skelton uploaded a performance of his song to You Tube six months ago and it caught the eye of an America’s Polo Cup staffer who passed it on to the chairman and founder of the event. Read full entry and discussion »
ColorCraft President Dishes on Bush Visit
As you know, President George W. Bush visited ColorCraft in Sterling last Wednesday to discuss how his economic stimulus package will help small businesses. Read full entry and discussion »
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