May 2005
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The Greatest Jockey Who Ever Lived: The 75th Anniversary of Earl Sande's Triple Crown Win
Last year, Smarty Jones captured the hearts and attention of sports fans all over the country and almost single-handedly invigorated the sport of horse racing.…
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Special Council Meeting for Salamander Presentation
On April 28 Mayor Tim Dimos convened a special meeting of the Middleburg Town Council to allow Salamander Hospitality, Inc. to explain their "change in design"…
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Seventh Inning Stretch: Better There than Here
The Wizards have set the bar higher than any of them have probably yet realized. They are now, officially, in this millennium, a real-life, honest-to-God, playo…
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Salad, Sniffles and Basic Vinaigrettes
Living in a climate where the change of seasons has a direct effect on the growing season, the return of the farmer's markets signifies not only the arrival of…
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Paul Mellon's Rowlandson Collection Comes Home
Paul Mellon's great appreciation for Thomas Rowlandson, the great chronicler of 18th and 19th century rural life in England, is amply apparent in the current sh…
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Oatlands Spring Gala 'Meet Me in the Garden'
Oatlands Spring Gala 'Meet Me in the Garden'
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Notre Dame Academy Students Excel on National Latin Exam
Notre Dame Academy's Latin students came, saw and conquered the National Latin Exam earlier this spring (results just in). The students joined other Latin stude…
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New Chef at The Ashby Inn
Brian A. Pellatt is the new chef at The Ashby Inn in Paris, VA. Mr. Pellatt managed the inn's kitchen from 1994 to 1997 before leaving to open his own restauran…
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Must Progress Mean Paving Paradise: Largest Mid-Atlantic Development in Loudoun?
The parking lot and the street leading to Aldie Elementary School were packed with cars on the evening of May 5, and the auditorium was full, but the crowd wasn…
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Middleburg Writer Grand Signing Book Tour: The Private Passion of Jackie Kennedy Onassis
Middleburg Writer Grand Signing Book Tour: The Private Passion of Jackie Kennedy Onassis
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Middleburg Spring Races
Middleburg Spring Races
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May Middleburg Town Council Meeting
The full house at the May 12 Middleburg Town Council meeting produced few comments during the two public hearings. The public hearings were about the 2006 Opera…
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Lisa Kilgour Named Middleburg Bank's Vice President of Operations
Lisa Kilgour has been named Middleburg Bank's Senior Vice President of Operations, a promotion from her prior Vice President position. Kilgour will supervise an…
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Juanita Swedenburg's Big Day in Court
After years of determination, The Supreme Court ruled today in favor of Juanita Swedenbourg position that wine lovers should be able to buy directly from out-of…
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Home Farm's Grand Opening: Showplace for Sustainable, Organic, Humane Farming
Town dignitaries, Mayor Tim Dimos helped Sandy Lerner officially open her Home Farm Store in Middleburg, Virginia last weekend with tastings of Ancient White Pa…
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Hill School 8th Grade Presents 'Children of Eden'
Hill School 8th Grade Presents 'Children of Eden'
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Highland School News
Big congratulations to all students who participated in the recent spelling bee for Grades 3-5. Winners and participants are as follows: Grade 5 first place and…
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Hanging Baskets
With Mother's Day behind us, I know that a lot of you have new hanging baskets. These lovely hanging containers, filled with trailing annual plants can be a rea…
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Hampton House: All Work For Our Pleasure - A Country Lifestyle Store
Melissa Neal and Brooke Thomson, two local Middleburg residents, had a dream: to open a store that offered some of the finest things they had found only in New…
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First Lady of Liberia Speaks at Notre Dame Academy in Support of the African Friendship Exchange
The First Lady of Liberia, Mrs. RosieLee Bryant, visited Notre Dame Academy on May 6 in an effort to raise awareness and support of the African Friendship Excha…