Morning Minute

The Loudoun Museum is closed after the executive director was fired and the remaining staff resigned; Loudoun welcomes Loudoun United FC for the first time.

An Ashburn theatre company is hit for a federal lawsuit for allegedly not paying licensing fees for years; Purcellville Town Manager David Mekarski says he needs more money to pay for moving expenses.

Middleburg and Lovettsville fill some empty seats in the town hall; a report on affordable housing in Loudoun raises questions of political will.

The county fires the contractor building the Kirkpatrick Fire and Rescue Station; the owner of the property at Rt. 15 and Evergreen Mill Road sues the Town of Leesburg.

Two years later, the county is officially done with the first phase of its 18-month comprehensive plan project; Leesburg signs off on a design for the most expensive transportation project in its history.

A contested appointment to one of the county's more than 40 advisory committees points to a deeper divide over development; a 99-year-old WWII veteran from Ashburn is now, apparently, a French knight.

The School Board considers whether to loosen up about which playground equipment should be allowed at schools; Loudoun Supervisor Tony Buffington proposes a program to help pay for protecting land from development in conservation easements.

Loudoun schools will get two new principals in the fall; two months after Sleeter Lake Park was scheduled to open, the town and HOA are still working things out before it can.

Sunset Hills Vineyard owner Diane Caney and the Friends of Leesburg Public Arts work to memorialize longtime downtown Leesburg business owner Stanley Caulkins with a bronze statue; county supervisors approve a controversial gas station on Rt. 15 north of Leesburg.

Meet the people who make the fireworks happen; Purcellville has plans to open up a town-owned property to hops farming, but finds out there's already a farmer there.