May 2009
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How Your Garden Grows
The garden is a battle scene. The plants that grow there occupy space quite differently. In their lifetime they fight for survival using various methods or tact…
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Great Meadow Evolves with New Leadership
As most residents from this part of Virginia will tell you, change can be a slow process around here. And, if the changes involve the horse world and revered pe…
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Friends for Life
Features information about animals available for adoption at the Middleburg Humane Foundation, including listings and photos of dogs, cats, goats, and ponies ne…
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Foxcroft Headmistress Honored for Academic Leadership
Mary Louise Leisher Leipheimer, head of Middleburg's Foxcroft School since 1989, has been honored by the Indiana University of Pennsylvania with their Distingui…
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Fox Chase Farm Teams with Susan G. Komen Foundation
Fox Chase Farm, based in Middleburg, VA, is pleased to announce that it will host Ride for the Cure Virginia on October 10, 2009, at its spacious hunter/jumper…
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Fauquier Hospital Opens Wound Healing Center, Breaks Ground for Assisted Living Complex
Fauquier Health continues to increase its services to the Northern Virginia community with the opening of a new Wound Healing Center and the ground breaking for…
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Fabulous Silent Auction Planned to Benefit Middleburg Humane Foundation
The fifteenth annual silent auction to benefit Middleburg Humane Foundation promises to be fun and fabulous when it takes place June 20th at Peace & Plenty at B…
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Emmy Nomination for Loudoun Convention and Visitors Association
The Loudoun Convention & Visitors Association (LCVA) has been nominated for a 2008 Emmy for the Visit Loudoun Heritage Series, a set of videos featuring Loudoun…
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Donnie Walker: If Donnie Walker Builds It, You Will Be Very Happy
When you want a true partner for a building project in Northern Virginia, whether that project is a machine shed for a historic estate or the construction of th…
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Coping with Down Markets and Recessions
People, by their very nature, need to exercise some control over their environment. The anxiety brought about during a recession can leave one feeling that they…
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Celebrity Polo Players to Compete in Capital Hospice Benefit Match
The third annual Capital Hospice Polo Cup benefit match on Sunday, June 28, at the historic Great Meadow in The Plains, Va., will feature professional celebrity…
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Celebrating Bill Leachman's Life
On Friday, March 13th, friends and family gathered at Trinity Church in Upperville to celebrate the life of William Henry Leachman III who died from Non-Hodgkin…
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Building Green: Renewable Energy in Virginia
Question. We are considering renovating a home in the area that we recently purchased, can we make this older home like your new Hybrid Home? Answer. Yes, many…
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Amelia's Story: Happy Ending for Great Pyrenees
The Fauquier County Trailblazers Horse Club attended an equine conformation clinic hosted by the MARE Center in February. Approximately 18 people attended the c…
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Alan Croft Joins Leesburg's McCandlish & Lillard
Alan B. Croft, longtime Middleburg resident and nationally recognized litigator and trial attorney, recently joined the Northern Virginia law firm of McCandlish…
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Middleburg Eccentric May 2009, Volume 6 Issue 2
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