Archive: 2004
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Life Through the Lens - Interview with Janet Hitchen
BEST KNOWN FOR HER dramatic coverage of equestrian events such as the Virginia Gold Cup, The Upperville Horse Show, and fox hunting, her best work is not as wel…
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Leapin' Frogs and Jumping Horses - Virginia Gold Cup
VIRGINIA GOLD CUP celebrates a great day of Steeplechase Racing! Steeplechase racing enthusiasts came in record crowds to the beautiful Great Meadow race course…
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Journeymen Saddlers
IN MIDDLEBURG IT SEEMS LIKE horses outnumber people. Since 1978 their owners and riders have come to Journeymen Saddlers for clothing, tack and repairs. Owner P…
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Hunt Country Stable Tour
The weekend before Memorial Day means many things to different people. For some it signifies the beginning of the summer calendar, a weekend of family gathering…
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Generation X - Cicadas and your Pets
THE HSUS CAUTIONS PET OWNERS about potential digestion problems for pets who eat too many of the cicadas that will be infesting the atmosphere along the Eastern…
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Fresh 'n Local Plows Brand New Ground - Customers, Retailers and Loudoun Producers Meet Online
What happens if you combine information technology, systems analysis, local agricultural, marketing, entrepreneurship, add one part water, then give it a stir?…
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Farmers' Market Bounty in Middleburg - Local Growers Offer Delicious Fresh Produce, Cheese, Fruits & More
THE RAT-RACE WEEK IS OVER, come Saturday morning you should do something relaxing and fun…take the scenic drive into Middleburg and begin your weekend at the Fa…
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Dog Days in Middleburg
WAIT A MINUTE! It's the local dog show replete with all your friends' pooches, pets and perambulators. It was an all-encompassing animal amassment that brings f…
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Chefs Extravaganza raised $58,000 for Notre Dame Academy
IT IS DIFFICULT TO IMAGINE many professions as strenuous and stress-filled as that of a professional chef. While the rest of us are relaxing at night or playing…
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Assistant Town Administrator Wears Many Hats
CLAUDIA DORNIN, Middleburg's new Town Clerk, arrives after a three-year stint providing career and leadership development at the Highlands Consulting Group in V…
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Ann Cronin - American Hero Remembered
A TRAGIC RIDING accident on May 7 of this year claimed the life of Elizabeth Ann Swift Cronin, diplomat, horsewoman, and American hero. Born in Washington, D.C.…
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Albert's Corner
AS A CANINE AND A JOURNALIST, I have an extraordinary nose for valuable information. I'm happy to report that this month I'm offering a great way to save money…
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Middleburg Eccentric May 2004, Volume 1 Issue 2
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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…