Sample a Taste of Greece in Ashburn this Weekend

The annual event provides a cultural immersion, and great Greek food.

The 5th annual Taste of Greece is set for this weekend at the Ashburn Volunteer Fire & Rescue Department's station, 20688 Ashburn Road, in Old Ashburn. Free admission and free parking make it easy to drop by Friday through Sunday to see what’s going on, but be prepared for a crowd. Every year, the Greek Orthodox Parish of Loudoun County fills Founder’s Hall at the first station with food, music and lots of dancing. And while the junior and senior dance troupes will each perform multiple times throughout the weekend, there are four opportunities to learn to a Greek dance (see attached dance schedule). The accompanying video was made during the January 2011 Taste of Greece. Want to sample the goods without leaving your car? Try the curbside …

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Mark Gunderman

12:02 pm on Sunday, February 17, 2013

I dropped in Saturday night for a greek salad and chicken souvlaki sandwich. All very tasty. Founders Hall was packed. Plan to bring my family Sunday afternoon.   more ›

AVFRD Receives Presidential Volunteer Service Awards

Ashburn’s volunteers put in significant hours to protect our community.

Congratulations to the Ashburn Volunteer Fire & Rescue Department unpaid personnel for earning U.S. Presidential Volunteer Service Awards, and thank you for the long hours dedicated to our community’s safety. Overall, Virginia residents volunteer an average of about 38 hours per year, while the average in the Washington Metro area is about 33 hours. The average for individual Loudoun County Fire-Rescue volunteers totaled 389 hours during 2012! There are three levels of awards for those 26 and older: Bronze for 100 to 249 hours; Silver for 250 to 499 hours; and Gold for 500 hours or more. The number of your AVFRD members receiving each of the awards: The Loudoun County Fire Rescue Volunteer Program has provided the U.S. Presidential …

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Reader's Choice Winner

Best Breakfast: Ashburn Volunteer F&R Breakfast

The local fire department’s monthly fundraiser proves to be a favorite in the community it serves.

With more than one-third of the 186 votes cast in the poll for Ashburn’s best breakfast, the Ashburn Volunteer F&R Pancake Breakfast scored the win this week. The volunteers received 65 votes, or 34 percent, in the poll. For the uninitiated, the volunteers hold the monthly breakfast as a fundraiser for the department. The next one is set for Sunday, April 1, from 8 a.m. to noon at the fire station on Ashburn Road. Drop by for a great breakfast and to help the local station that helps our community. Mediterranean Breeze put in a strong second place showing with 35 votes, or 18 percent, following by Anita’s New Mexico Style Restaurant (19 votes, 10 percent), IHOP (18 votes, 9 percent) and Ashburn Bagel & Sandwich Shop (14 votes, 7 percent…

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Ashburn Fire Company Held Training Drill on Hay Road Sunday

Parts of Ashburn marked for redevelopment present opportunities for firefighters to practice training on a real structures, such as the controlled burn Ashburn Volunteer Fire and Rescue Company 6 conducted Jan. 29 along Hay Road. From 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., various drills helped company members hone their skills in many aspects of fighting structure fires. EMS providers at the drill focused on safety and "rehabilitation skills." Fire departments often experience their greatest activity during extremes of weather, so it is essential that a rehabilitation program function across time, temperature, moisture, humidity, wind direction and availability of natural shelter. The use and final burning down of the home was donated. The parcel is owned by …

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School's Out and the Signs Are Everywhere.

Hollowind Hosedown cools off some Broadlands kids, who just ditched teachers, pencils and books.

Graduation and other end-0f-school celebrations are taking place all over Ashburn. While high school seniors headed out to George Mason University's Patriot Center to close out their years, middle and elementary school students in Broadlands invited the Ashburn Volunteer Fire & Rescue Department over to spray them down for the second Hollowing Hosedown. Erin Hornbeck said her sister-in-law suggested the hosedown because they do something similar at her home in North Carolina. Hornbeck said it reminds her of growing up in Leesburg when fire stations served as a community hub. "When I was a kid, the fire department in Leesburg did everything," she said, adding that open houses were free-for-alls that might not  pass libel insurance muster …

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