August 2008
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Working to Create a World with Less Cancer
Creating a world with less cancer is the passion and life's work of Bill Couzens, Middleburg citizen and spokesman extraordinaire for a world without cancer. Re…
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Vicky Moon's New Book Debuts in Saratoga Springs
Author Vicky Moon greeted Liza Todd Tivey at a private party in Saratoga Springs, New York, to celebrate the publication of her new book: "Equestrian Style: Hom…
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Spectacular Improvements in Middleburg Safeway
Newly completed renovations at the Middleburg Safeway put it on a par with Georgetown's "Social Safeway" as a modern, attractive, civilized destination where ne…
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Slave Cabin Reveals Hunt Country Life and Legacy
When Sharon Peterson and her husband Vernon received a phone call earlier this summer from longtime friend, Henry Reid of Oakley Farm in Upperville, they were s…
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Rescued Osprey Soars Away
Peggy Coontz of the Blue Ridge Wildlife Center breathed a sigh of relief as the Osprey she and her team had been rehabilitating for the last 4 months soared off…
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Parents & Progeny: Art Place 4 Kids Exhibition
Exhibition featuring children's art and their parents' involvement.…
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Panthers 47, Redskins 3
Sorry, I just had to put that up there. Pau and Marc Gasol of the Spanish Olympic basketball team will go home with gold, after all. After careful review, the j…
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New Players in Tate Case: Trial Set for September 8
In papers filed in Loudoun County Circuit Court this month, former Middleburg Vice-Mayor Mark Tate sought new evidence from a Falls Church consultancy, that mig…
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Nanette's Walk 2008 & Kick-off Barbeque
Walk, Saturday, October 4 at 9:00 a.m., BBQ, Friday Oct. 3 Middleburg, Virginia A two-mile walk to raise funds to defeat breast cancer in Loudoun and Fauquier C…
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Middleburg Horse Trials Dedicated to Memory of Eve Prime Fout
Glenwood Park in Middleburg, VA, will be the site of the 17th edition of the Middleburg Horse Trials to be held September 27 & 28, 2008. This year's Horse Trial…
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MHAA's American Music Concert Will Honor Senator John Warner
Board of Directors of the Mosby Heritage Area Association (MHAA) is sponsoring a Celebration of American Music on Saturday evening, September 13, 2008, at Huntl…
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Great Meadow to Host National Polo Finals
Great Meadow in The Plains is known as the best venue for arena polo in the United States. That is why they will once again play host to the United States Arena…
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Genuine Risk, the Record Breaking Filly Dies Peacefully in Paddock
Genuine Risk, the record breaking filly who stared in many Hunt County Stable Tours in her retirement at The Firestone's Newstead Farm in Upperville, recently d…
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Generosity and Excitement will Reign at 'Circle of Life' Benefit
Coachman Farm will throb with the excitement of The Lion King at Sandi Young's September 20th benefit for the African Ubuntu Education Fund, and guests will hav…
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Garden Blues
Late summer fills the perennial sun garden with lots of yellow daisies. They dominate the landscape with the harsh gold-yellow of Rudbeckia 'Goldsturm' to the s…
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Council Praised for Support of Middleburg Elementary
In extended remarks at this month's regular Town Council meeting, Martha Cotter, the Executive Director of the Community Music School of the Piedmont praised Mi…
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Cochran's Stone Masonry and Timberframing Open House
Cochran's Stone Masonry and Timberframing will host an Open House on Friday, September 19, 2008 at 17889 Sands Road, Hamilton, VA 20158 from 2:00 pm to 6:00 pm.…
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Close Out The Summer With Some Great Books
By now, I've told almost everyone I know—and a lot of strangers—about my favorite book of the year so far. The Story of Edgar Sawtelle is, on the surface, a ret…
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Citizens Set Green Standard for Community
Whether you live in a charming home in a Hunt Country village or in a spacious country residence, if you've been thinking about "Going Green" to increase your e…
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Christopher Carey, Executive Chef, The Goodstone Inn & Estate, Featured at Acclaimed James Beard House, New York
Christopher Carey, executive chef of The Goodstone Inn & Estate in Middleburg, Virginia, was the featured chef recently at the prestigious James Beard House in…