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2020 In Review: The Year of the Virus

Loudoun Now In the early days of March, Loudoun leaders started gearing up the public response to a new virus that was sweeping the globe from its origins in a city in central China. While warning COVID-19 was a serious public health threat, few then could envision the life-changing impacts the battle would bring. Most remarkable about those early days is what wasn’t known. In the first public briefings on the new coronavirus, Loudoun’s Public Health director reported the latest direction from the national and international authorities, including that residents should not make a run on medical masks that would be needed by healthcare workers but would provide little protection to the general public. At the time, authorities believed the virus was primarily spread by contaminated surfaces, not through the air. There was no test available to know who had been infected and no treatment established.

Day by day with The Gentlemen s Brunch: Calendar benefits The Laurel Center

WINCHESTER — On the third Sunday of every December, a diverse group of well-dressed men meets for an invitation-only brunch in the Village Square Restaurant on the Loudoun Street Mall. The price of admission is a gift card that can be donated to a local nonprofit. This group is known as The Gentlemen’s Brunch. Never heard of them? Not surprising. But for eight years, these three dozen friends have been helping local nonprofits without ever seeking recognition for their good deeds. Their latest philanthropic effort has brought them out of the shadows and into the spotlight. It’s a 2021 calendar featuring more than a dozen members of The Gentlemen’s Brunch that is being sold to support The Laurel Center at 402 N. Cameron St.

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