Ashburn

The Loudoun County Sheriff’s Office has received several complaints over the past week of Halloween decorations being stolen from lawns in Ashburn.

The thefts occurred on Hyde Park Drive, Forest Manor Drive, Belmont Station Drive and Sturman Place on the evenings of Oct. 27 and Oct. 28. “They are likely related,” acknowledged Kraig Troxell, a spokesman for the Sheriff’s Office.

“SLASHBURN” HAUNTED HOUSE at the Ashburn Volunteer Fire and Rescue Department, 20688 Ashburn Road in Old Ashburn. This is the first year of this event, where the Company 6 firehouse is transformed into house of horrors. Event runs Oct. 29-31, starting at 7 p.m., and last ticket sold at 10 p.m. Tickets are available in advance for $10 through Facebook, and at the door for $12. First responders get a free guest pass with their paid admission.

The suspect threatened two customers who were also in the store and demanded cash from the gas station clerk.

The robber was described as a white male, between 5 feet 10 inches and 6 feet tall with a thin build. At the time of the incident, he was wearing a dark colored baseball cap, a gray shirt and blue jeans. 

When deputies arrived at the area, they conducted a search but no one matching the description was located. 

1649 – King Charles II gives a grant totaling five million acres in the Northern Neck Proprietary to seven English noblemen.

1692 – David Strahan and his “Rangers of the Pottomack” explore what was to become Sugarland Run in Eastern Loudoun.

 

But for budding Ashburn filmmaker Eric Espejo that may work in his favor.

“You don’t have to be in L.A. or New York to break into the business,” Espejo, 39, pointed out over the din of cars whizzing through quaint Hamilton in western Loudoun. “Actually, studios are looking outside L.A. and New York for fresh material.”

Called Global Food, this supermarket selling items from around the world is primed to make its debut in Loudoun next month. The 60,000-square-foot store is slated to open in a former Shoppers Food Warehouse at Parkhurst Plaza along Ashburn Farm Parkway. Target opening is late-November, according to Global Food manager James Kim.

The National Football League will be bringing TV crews and a youth team from China to Ashburn on Labor Day to film an episode of its eighteen-week series of 'NFL Blitz'. The show will feature a friendly exhibition game with two teams from the local NOVA "NFL" Youth Flag Football League. The Saints, coached by Tim Lasher, and the Patriots, coached by Shawn Gorman are participating, with the children from China mixed into the teams.

Everyone is invited to come out and cheer on the teams.

Old School Tunes (Larceny)

Aug. 1, 5 p.m.

An unknown subject entered a vehicle near the intersection of Spotswood Rd. and Bickel Ct. in Sterling by damaging a window. They removed a portable CD player from inside.