🌱 Patch AM: How a new defender could reshape Loudoun United’s 2026 season

Hello Leesburg! Here's our latest buzz. Let's get into it. ☀️

In today's newsletter:

• How a new defender could reshape Loudoun United’s 2026 season
• How a Leesburg Walmart shooting ties into a statewide crime roundup

Also on today's calendar: Loudoun Symphony Presents Peter and the Wolf and 9 more events.

Today's riddle: I am on a seafood diet. 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Sunday: Increasingly windy, with a high of 46 and low of 29 degrees.
• Monday: Breezy in the morning, temps: high: 47, low: 26.
• Tuesday: Breezy in the afternoon, with a high of 52 and low of 38 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Loudoun United signs defender Ezra Armstrong (uslchampionship.com) — Leesburg-based Loudoun United FC has signed defender Ezra Armstrong to a two-year deal ahead of the 2026 USL Championship season, strengthening the club’s back line. The 27-year-old arrives after a standout year with North Carolina FC and brings top-tier two-way play to a team aiming to become Northern Virginia’s leading soccer institution.
   

• Driver Sought In Deadly I-495 Crash Help For Family In Need: VA News (patch.com) — Leesburg readers should know officials have identified the man fatally shot at a local Walmart after an attempted bank robbery and bomb threat. That story appears in a broader roundup of major Virginia news, including serious crashes, criminal cases, and statewide business changes that could still indirectly affect Loudoun residents.
   

📸 Around Leesburg

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Leesburg

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★ Featured events ★

Saturday January 17

• Loudoun Symphony Presents Peter and the Wolf
  Woodgrove High School, 36811 Allder School Rd, Purcellville
  2:00 pm

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Other local events

Sunday January 11

• Eat Well, Spend Less: How to Cook on a Budget
  Rust Library , 380 Old Waterford Rd NW , Leesburg
  1:00 pm
• Ghost Doctors' UFO Tour at the Smithsonian Air & Space Museum Hazy Center...A Winter Adventure!
  14390 Air and Space Museum Pkwy , Chantilly
  3:15 pm

Monday January 12

• Conversational Spanish
  Rust Library , 380 Old Waterford Rd NW , Leesburg
  5:00 pm
• Historic District Review Committee
  Government Center , 1 Harrison St., SE , Leesburg
  6:00 pm

Tuesday January 13

• Grade 3-6 Children's Book Club: American Girl
  Rust Library , 380 Old Waterford Rd NW , Leesburg
  4:00 pm

Wednesday January 14

• Planting Rain Gardens with Native Plants
  Rust Library , 380 Old Waterford Road NW , Leesburg
  7:00 pm
• Master Gardeners: Planning a Rain Garden
  Rust Library , 380 Old Waterford Rd NW , Leesburg
  8:00 pm

Thursday January 15

• Silver & Brass Polishing Plating & Repair Services - Special Day Saturday 10-4
  6830 Elm St, Suite 9, McLean, VA, 22101
  10:00 am
• Senior Nutrition Lectures: Goal Setting
  The Senior Center of Leesburg , 102 North Street, N.W. , Leesburg
  10:30 am

Saturday January 17

• Rust Writing Group
  Rust Library, 380 Old Waterford Rd NW, Leesburg, VA, 20176
  3:00 pm

Tuesday January 20

• Conversational American Sign Language
  Rust Library , 380 Old Waterford Rd NW , Leesburg
  5:00 pm

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• Loudoun Lyric Opera
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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Who’s interested in getting work done for free?
  First come first serve, helping one neighbor out With a free job on the house, I can do everything painting, plumbing, electric landscape, junk… (Nextdoor Silver Oaks)
• This was a first for me.
  Got a call about an under mount kitchen sink that became unattached and the sink completely fell down and off the granite and broke the drain pipe … (Nextdoor Potomac Crossing)

• City of Leesburg posted a job opening for Camp Counselor in Leesburg. Apply here.
• Johnston & Murphy posted a job opening for Full-Time Stock Associate in Leesburg. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Leesburg here.

🗞 Nearby News

Ashburn

• YouMin Delights serving ice cream soon in Ashburn (theburn.com)
• Venture X celebrates opening of second Loudoun County location (theburn.com)
• UCLA adds another James Madison offensive lineman (usatoday.com)

Purcellville

• Rayner Announces Run for Purcellville Mayor (loudounnow.com)
• Purcellville Enacts Mandatory Water Restrictions (loudounnow.com)

Ok Leesburg! So now you're in the loop about what's happening today. Thanks for reading, and see you in your inbox next time! Oh -- and if you like what you're reading, invite a friend to Patch AM!

-- The Patch AM Team

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