Bluemont News

An area in Loudoun County will someday be a sanctuary for wounded warriors. Thirty-seven acres in Bluemont, Virginia have been set aside as a one-of-a-kind retreat for veterans and their families.

Boulder Crest Retreat, a privately funded Loudoun County facility aimed at helping wounded warriors and their families, will break ground on May 18, Approximately 250 business, military and local government leaders and Bluemont residents who have pledged support for the $10 million project will attend the ceremony at the 37-acre site, which will ... (more)

A man charged with indecent exposure in late March was arrested again last week on accusations that he held a woman against her will and attempted to sexually assault her.

Barbara Holland , a Washingtonian, moved to Bluemont in Loudoun County in 1993 and wrote "Endangered Pleasures: In Defense of Naps, Bacon, Martinis, Profanity, and Other Indulgences." A manifesto for enjoying the unsung, out-of-fashion, and slightly disreputable joys of life, the book was a defiant rejoinder to the Puritan spirit that variously ... (more)

"Keeping the council on track is part of the job of the [Planning] commission," stated Dr.