Archive: 2008
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Loudoun Home Builder and Winery Are the Feature of HGTV's Newest Dream House Series
The stars of the newest HGTV's Dream House series are local Loudoun residents! Award Winning Notaviva Vineyards and Ronald M. Hawes, Inc. construction company p…
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Finding Home: A Conversation with Ursula Landsrath and Ken Rietz
"Delaplane is where my heart is," says Ursula Landsrath. Her husband, Ken Rietz concurs, "We have more friends here than anyplace we've ever lived." The journey…
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Fat Makes Everything Better
I've spent a lot of time in this column writing about health, health foods, eating locally and as close to the source as possible, but I haven't spent much time…
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Council Opposes Broad Run Hospital, Urges Construction on Route 50
At its regular monthly meeting on September 11, Middleburg's Town Council unanimously passed a last-minute resolution opposing the construction of Hospital Corp…
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Council Makes Commitment to Fight Against Breast Cancer
Middleburg's Town Council has joined the local fight against breast cancer by waiving parking fees on Saturday, Oct. 4 in support of that day's Nanette's Walk,…
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Chefs, Farmers Meet and Agree to Promote Local, Seasonal Foods
The Middleburg Business and Professional Association and the town's Office of Economic Development on August 25 hosted a Restaurant Symposium at the Red Fox Inn…
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Celebrating 150 Years - Middleburg Methodist Church
Celebrating 150 Years - Middleburg Methodist Church
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Betty Oare Celebrates Golden Anniversary with Washington International Horse Show
Over the years the Washington International Horse Show, back in the capital area for the 50th time in as many years, October 21-26 at the Verizon Center in down…
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BBQ for Sibley Hospital Gala
BBQ for Sibley Hospital Gala
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"Internally Lighted Signs"
A small kiosk-mounted video screen that displays real estate for sale by Thomas & Talbot apparently violates the letter, if not the spirit, of Town's current re…
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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…