Archive: 2005
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Horses, History and Garden: The Atoka Preservation Society Fund Raiser, Stone Leigh Farm
Horses, History and Garden: The Atoka Preservation Society Fund Raiser, Stone Leigh Farm
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Gettysburg to Monticello: One of America's Most Endangered Historic Places
On June 2, 2005, The National Trust for Historic Preservation designated a 175-mile-long corridor stretching from Gettysburg to Monticello along Routes 15 and 2…
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From the Editor's Desk: We Have Met the Enemy and They are Us
Pogo was proved right again when three members of the Finance Committee voted against their own budget proposal at the last Town Council meeting ensuring that a…
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Daylilies
Daylilies are about to come into flower, they are the poster child of summer, the fresh new flower of each day. Named daylilies because they only open for a day…
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Cooking With the Big Boys Part II
My wife, Sandy gave me a delightful gift of cooking lessons at the Culinary Institute of America. In the May issue of the Eccentric, I described our arrival at…
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A Country Dance: Middleburg Elementary School
A Country Dance: Middleburg Elementary School
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152nd Upperville Colt & Horse Show Kick Off Party
152nd Upperville Colt & Horse Show Kick Off Party
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'Totalli Tutti': Middleburg Community Center
'Totalli Tutti': Middleburg Community Center
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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…