August 2007
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Year IV of the SCOG
September 6, 2007, is less than one month away. It is, in fact, mere weeks away, two weeks from Thursday, and with it comes rebirth, renewal and reaffirmation o…
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Windy Hill Foundation Breaks Ground for New Elderly Facility
With strong financial help from the Virginia Housing Development Authority (VHDA), the Loudoun County Community Development Block Grant Program, and $800,000 fr…
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Unison Annual Beef Roast
Unison Annual Beef Roast
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Speaking Up in The Plains
The Plains, estimated 2006 population of 289 according to City-Data.com, is probably best known in the region as the home of the famed Virginia Gold Cup steeple…
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Shiloh Baptist Church Celebrates 140th Anniversary
When the congregation at Middleburg's Shiloh Baptist Church celebrates the church's 140th anniversary next month, Pastor Herman Nelson will officiate at four da…
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Pan American Glory for Karen O'Connor and Theodore, World's Bravest, Most Beloved Event Pony
The XV Pan American Games took place July 13-29 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, featuring 5,500 athletes from 42 countries competing in 28 different sports. The US d…
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Notre Dame Academy Appoints Rev. Dr. George Conway
Every educational institution, public or private, Ivy League or inner city, is working through a 21st century transformation that calls on each headmaster, pres…
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Middleburg Fitness Club Hosts Nanette's Walk September 15
The first annual Nanette's Walk will be held in Middleburg on September 15, 2007. Nanette's Walk is a fundraising event for the Cherry Blossom Breast Cancer Fun…
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Middleburg Business & Professional Association Mixer
Middleburg Business & Professional Association Mixer
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Marshall National Bank's History Preserved by PNC
When PNC Bank recently acquired Mercantile Bankshares Corporation, Marshall National Bank and Trust, a Mercantile Bankshares affiliate was included in the acqui…
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Marc Swedenburg Continues His Parents' Legacy
Thomas Jefferson would completely understand Marc Swedenburg's devotion to the vineyard his mother and father planted at Valley View Farm outside Middleburg. Sw…
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Liatris, A Pleasurable Perennial
Most of us know liatris as a cut flower, popular with florists, the upright flower spikes are covered in small purple, button-like flowers. In the garden they a…
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Is it the Real Thing?
Not too long ago I visited an art gallery which was filled with wonderful canvases by an artist with whose work I was familiar. Struck by what I thought were ex…
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Hospice Cup Polo Charity Match
Hospice Cup Polo Charity Match
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Great New Books Coming Our Way This Fall
On Thursday, September 27th, a very special visitor will be coming to Middleburg. Frank Beddor, former Hollywood producer-turned-children's author, will be spea…
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Flood at Windy Hill Residents Evacuated
At 8:30 AM on Saturday, August 18, Middleburg's fire and rescue squad responded to an unusual report: there were sounds rushing water coming from underneath apa…
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Council Approves Salamander Zoning
At its regular monthly meeting on August 9, 2007, the Middleburg Town Council passed four key motions, amending the Town's zoning ordinances and maps, and grant…
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Charity Spa Cuisine
Some of our friends are developing a cult following with their homegrown produce. Bob & Jean Kaplan's monster zucchini is legendary, Stephanie Bates' butter pic…
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Bluemont Concert Series
Bluemont Concert Series
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Aldie Student Wins Middleburg Library Scholarship
Miss Laura McIntyre of Aldie, Virginia received a college scholarship check for $400 from the President of the Middleburg Library Advisory Board, Mr. Denis Cott…