April 2007
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Wakefield School Auction
Wakefield School Auction
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Toddlers and Parents Rock On with Monty the Mini Master
New generations of pre-school rock and roll aficionados will owe their familiarity with the words and music to two brilliant professionals who met on a country…
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The Redbuds are Blooming!
The redbuds are in flower, beautiful trees with lavender-purple flowers that contrast so nicely with the newly emerging leaves of surrounding trees. This native…
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The Ins and Outs of Painting and Paintings - Part 2
In part one we covered different ways artists approach their creative process and this brings us to a few different mediums and surfaces used for paintings. Med…
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Seventh Inning Stretch
Red Sox-Yankees was the highest-rated sporting event on television this past Sunday. Higher than basketball, higher than hockey (BIG surprise), higher than golf…
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Race Day Pastabilities
Spring race time. Parties, picnics, tailgating and hangovers with a horse race or two thrown in there from time to time. There are dazzling hats, spiffy suits a…
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New Location, New Books, New Book Club: Get Ready for a Season of Good Reading
By the time you read this, Books & Crannies will be in its new home at 19 E. Washington Street. We're going to kick off our relocation in grand style on May 19,…
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Middleburg to Salamander: Let's Dance...
After a 90-minute, closed-door, work session on Monday, April 23, the Middleburg Town Council voted 4-2 in favor of Salamander Development's demand that it be a…
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Middleburg Spring Races
Middleburg Spring Races
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Middleburg Resolves to Endorse 'Go Green' Initiative
Middleburg Go Green is an ad hoc committee that was formed after a resolution was passed by the Town Council on March 8, 2007 to address environmental issues. T…
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Loudoun's Animal Control Honored
Loudoun County's Animal Control Division has been named the 2006 Outstanding Agency from the National Animal Control Association (NACA). "The Department of Anim…
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Loudoun Healthcare Foundation Vintage & Vines Gala
Loudoun Healthcare Foundation Vintage & Vines Gala
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Let's Dance...
The excitement around any horse race or two, but the pageantry and tailgating table, when done right, is truly elegant – replete with fresh linens, silver servi…
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Legacy of The White Eagle Wins National Awards
For Hollywood movies there are the Oscars. For television drama, news, and sports, there are the Emmys. For the best local TV and finest video and film producti…
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Garden Club Clears the Way
By grooming and clearing the stream that runs under the footbridge on the way to Hill School, Dedicated gardeners cleared the area. The Results: 20 bags of litt…
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Dominion Files with SCC for Power Towers
Dominion Energy has filed with the Virginia State Corporation Commission {SCC} to request permission to construct a 65-mile line of high-voltage power towers th…
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Bon Voyage, Fred Spencer. We Loved You Well.
Frederick Lionel Spencer, Junior would have been thrilled with the beautiful spring weather that began to break through just as he died. The exquisite 360-degre…
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Arbor Day Celebrated
The 2007 Arbor Day Celebration was held on Saturday, April 21 on South Pendleton Street. Middleburg has, for the sixth year, been named a Tree City USA by The N…
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And Another Thing...
Readers are even higher than in past years of these people's, which tells me that they're reading more than ever. Perhaps this is because of the economic times,…
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Albert's Corner
I'm an ethical canine journalist, so I have to tell you the dog's honest truth: my people helped me write this month's column. They have devoted a lot of time t…