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A proposal to build apartments and townhomes on the banks of Goose Creek has alarmed conservationists and nature lovers.
Goose Creek Overlook is the name given to a proposal to build 251 units including 136 townhouses, 40 two-over-two condos, and 40 price-controlled apartments on 55 mostly untouched acres on the east bank of the Goose Creek, on both sides of Sycolin Road and across the creek from the True North data center project. It is also only one of three new development projects in the immediate area.
Supervisor Tony R. Buffington (R-Blue Ridge), who voted against the data center project, predicted at the time “it’ll set a bad precedent for building data centers in the Transition Policy Area west of the Greenway.”
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County supervisors are moving toward a vote on new regulations that would prohibit bringing guns into county government buildings and parks.
The proposed rules would allow concealed carry permit holders to bring guns into county parks, as well as creating exceptions such as for private security workers at county-run or county-permitted events, active duty military personnel carrying out their duties, and reenactments.
Supervisors may also decide to outfit the three main government office buildings the County Government Center and the Shenandoah Building in Leesburg and the Sterling Service Center at Ridgetop Circle with screening stations such as magnetometers. That is estimated to cost $50,000 per building, plus $555,000 per year going forward for all three.
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While some details are still being hammered out, county supervisors have agreed to the overall scope of Rt. 15 improvement plans north of Leesburg.
While supervisors gave guidance on what should be done about the two-lane road in previous votes, with a unanimous vote Feb. 2, the years-long project to reduce congestion on Rt. 15 has some concrete plans for what the road will look like in the future. That includes widening Rt. 15 to a four-lane divided road between Battlefield Parkway and Montresor Road; installing a stoplight and “T” intersection at North King Street; and installing a new roundabout at the Limestone School Road and Montresor Road intersection. With Rt. 15 designated a National Scenic Byway, supervisors also have directed county staff members to incorporate the Journey Through Hallowed Ground’s design guidelines “where feasible,” although the road also falls under design standards as a rural principal arterial road according to the Virginia Depa
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County supervisors have voted to donate $10,000 to the Loudoun First Responders Foundation, asking the organization to use the money to support the long-term recovery of Loudoun County Sheriff’s Deputy Camron Gentry.
Gentry and two Walmart loss prevention officers were shot as they sought to detain a man at the Sterling Walmart Jan. 2. Police pursued a suspect down Rt. 28 into Fairfax County before being arresting him on Pennsboro Drive in Chantilly after a nearly two-hour search. Steven E. Thodos has been arraigned in General District Court on 11 felony charges.
The two Walmart employees have both been released from the hospital, but according to the latest updates from a GoFundMe page supporting his recovery, Gentry remains hospitalized undergoing physical therapy, with extensive additional surgeries still planned.