Archive: 2006
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Salamander Hospitality Acquires Woodlands Resort: Middleburg to be Headquarters for Luxury Hotel Services Group
Woodlands Resort & Inn in Summerville, South Carolina, recently acquired by Salamander Hospitality, will be the first of several acquisitions according to Presi…
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Middleburg's Mark Tate Declares for 27th District Seat
Mark Tate, co-owner of Middleburg's Coach Stop Restaurant, and conservative political columnist for the Eccentric, has announced that he is running for the Repu…
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Middleburg's 4th of July Celebration
Middleburg's 4th of July Celebration
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Middleburg Town Administrator Fired
The Thursday, July 13 regular meeting of the Middlburg Town Council ended with a call for the immediate convention of a closed session to discuss personnel matt…
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Mid-Summer Pruning
Pick up any book on perennial pruning and it will focus on fall with the cutting back of herbaceous perennials after a hard frost. Clearly this is the best time…
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L'Apogée Creates Perfect Balance for Horse and Rider
Kitty Garrity was born into a family of New England innovators so it is perfectly logical that, as a lifetime equestrian who trained with Olympic dressage rider…
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Hoops Magic Sports Academy Shoots for Service to the Community
Curtis Symonds has wanted to do this for the last ten years, at least. Realistically, it's been much longer than that. "My mother instilled in me at a very youn…
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Don't Tug on Superman's Cape
If you listened closely to the wailing and gnashing of teeth when the United States finished an "embarrassing" third at the 2004 Olympics, you might have been a…
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Cool Off with a Hot Book
It's too hot to move, but you should be able to summon just barely enough energy to turn the page. If you can, then you'll be fine. The hot weather will eventua…
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Back to Square One for Upper Broad Run and Upper Foley? VDOT Challenges County to Conduct More Consequential Analysis
The Virginia Department of Transportation has called on Loudoun County to "conduct a more consequential analysis" of the long-term impact of allowing the constr…
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Middleburg Eccentric July 2006, Volume 3 Issue 4
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Welcome Home
It is said, "Every artist dips his brush in his own soul, and paints his own nature into his paintings." If true, then there must also be a soulful connection b…
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Upperville Colt & Horse Show
Upperville Colt & Horse Show
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Town Council Supports Clem-Burton Zoning Proposal
Following more than nine hours of public testimony before the Loudoun County Board of Supervisors, and on the eve of what was expected to be a final vote by the…
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Tiny Dancers
Tiny Dancers
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The Mosby Heritage Area Association Presents Cavaliers, Courage and Coffee: Mosby Owned the Night
The Gray Ghost Interpretive Group interprets life in the Mosby Heritage Area during the Civil War on Saturday, July 8th and August 12th from 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm…
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The June Report - Happy Days Are Here Again
This has been a pretty good month for the GOP and President Bush. The top Al-Qaeda terrorist in Iraq, Zarqawi, has been killed. Iraq has had free elections and…
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Spiderwort
The spiderworts are near the end of their flowering period. These members of the Commelinaceae family have flowered for a very long period, producing a small fl…
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Red vs Blue - Blunders, Blood and Politics
American casualties in Iraq now number more than 20,000, including 2,500 dead since Mr. Bush, in spite of good advice against doing so, launched the war in Marc…
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Posh Parties Opens to Plan Local Events
Lisa R. Schulz, the founder and owner of 'Posh Parties,' a new event planning service in Middleburg, looks forward to helping her clients plan the most exquisit…