Morning Minute

Loudouners living near farms complain about the use of treated sewage sludge as fertilizer; the name of Willard Intermediate School serves as a reminder to a community condemned and cleared away to make room for Dulles International Airport.

Leesburgers get a look at plans for the old C.S. Monroe Campus, which may soon have a new building and a different school.

Loudoun County supervisors see few options to fight a factory across the West Virginia border; a middle school dean is charged with assaulting a student who was vaping in a bathroom.

The Lovettsville Town Council will choose from among four people to fill two vacant seats, and some of those candidates are familiar; the man charged with making threats against a staff member at Lucketts Elementary—setting off protest from parents—is found not guilty.

The Loudoun Laurel Foundation welcomes the newest Loudoun Laureates; Lucketts Elementary School parents say they'll keep their kids out of school until the principal is put on leave.

The Coalition of Loudoun Towns has had a look at work on the new county comprehensive plan, and they're worried what it will mean for the west; the Leesburg Town Council gets behind an idea to help landowners afford to protect their land from development.

For the second year in a row, every public school in Loudoun is fully accredited; a meeting on plans for Rt. 15 brings out the divisions in that community.

The Loudoun County Farm Bureau vows to take the lead on Envision Loudoun; the Town of Leesburg moves to annex the land just purchased by Microsoft.

The school system equips more than 40,000 students with personal Chromebooks; Leesburgers rally to name an alley after a local icon.

Supervisors set targets for where they'd like to see a new bridge across the Potomac; Lovettsville moves to fill empty seats in the town government and town council.