April 2004
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Unknowns and Honor
SOUTH AND WEST OF THE NEW World War Two Memorial on the national mall in Washington, beyond the brooding Lincoln, and across the Potomac, lie the low green hill…
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Trilliums Tra La
THE TRILLIUM FOUND at Thompson WMA is Trillium grandiflorum, commonly known as large-flowered trillium, wakerobin or snow trillium, blooms from late April until…
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Town Manager's Open Door Policy
FINALLY A PERFECT SPRING DAY, daffodils line the Town Office sidewalk and Mike Casey, Middleburg's new town administrator, has agreed to an interview. Betty Wol…
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The Topic of Cancer
MOST MORNINGS I'm out of bed, downstairs and making tea before I remember that I'm not supposed to be alive. For months, all thoughts were calibrated against my…
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The Magic Wardrobe
AFTER TWO YEARS away from Middleburg, longtime customers are pleased to see the return of a store that has dressed Middleburg children for 15 years. The Magic W…
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The Gardeners Handicap
APOLOGIES SEEM to be a gardener's lot in life. We perceive a vision for our terrestrial spaces and then spend much of our time doubting our direction. Questions…
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Room with a View with a Vineyard
TO FIND A ROOM WITH a view one need not go all the way to Florence, but to Antinori's Tignanello vineyard, which is half way between Florence and Siena in North…
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Rants & Raves: Salamander Inn and Spa
IN THE SUMMER of 2003, the luxury Salamander Inn and Spa came to light with much fanfare at a ceremonial ground breaking on the 349 acre property just north of…
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Rants & Raves: Don't Bunch Up - Homeland Security, Survival and You
ON A CHILLY APRIL morning in the Missouri Ozarks an Army drill sergeant barked at a huddle of raw Army recruits. "Don't bunch up," he told us, "one grenade coul…
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Piedmont Community Foundation Names Executive Director
JUDI CAMPBELL, a former executive with Xerox, IBM and Cornell University has been named the first Executive Director of the Piedmont Community Foundation (PCF).…
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New Winery Pops its Cork
JOHN KENT COOKE, a former owner and president of the NFL Washington Redskins, has announced the construction of his Boxwood Winery in Middleburg, Virginia. "It…
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Middleburg Eccentric April 2004, Volume 1 Issue 1
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Mastermind Arrives at Market Salamander
GREAT CHEFS ARE fascinating because they are complex and multi-talented by nature. This is easy to understand when you realize that serious success in the profe…
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Main Street Loudoun Plans Cleaning for Downtowns
MAIN STREET LOUDOUN communities will work together on a Spring spruce up of Loudoun's Main Streets called "Main Street Loudoun is Blooming", to be scheduled Fri…
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MOMS Club Chapter Starts in Middleburg
MOTHERS WHO CHOOSE to stay at home to raise their children still work a full time job. In fact, at-home mothers are on the job 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Ma…
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John Deere is On The Verge of Clean and Quiet Farming
WITH THE spring planting season now upon us farmers throughout the commonwealth are cranking up their tractors and heading out to the fallow fields, there to in…
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Identity Found - You Can Have Your Very Own Middleburg License Plate!
THE SEARCH IS OVER! Middleburg will now have its own license plate and it is a beautiful one at that. Whether you drive a Bentley, SUV, or the farm's pickup, th…
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Historic Spring Races at Glenwood Park
EVEN IF HORSES AREN'T YOUR bag, you don't want to pass up a day at the Spring Races. Especially at Glenwood Park, a beautiful course with a storied past where y…
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Healthcare for Loudoun
ON MARCH 31, 2004, Loudoun Healthcare filed an amendment to Loudoun County's Comprehensive Plan to create a countywide healthcare system development plan that i…
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Friends for Life - Middleburg Humane Foundation
SO…YOU'RE MOVING, having a baby, getting divorced, buying a new home, redecorating…. The Middleburg Humane Foundation, along with other shelters, receive numero…