Archive: 2009
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3rd Annual Nanette's Walk
Preparations are in high gear for Middleburg's Third Annual Nanette's Walk to raise funds for the fight against breast cancer. With a new location, day and time…
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Why Plan your Estate Now?
If you have not done any basic estate planning, there is no time like the present. The reasons to plan your estate exist no matter what the state of the economy…
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Warrenton Pony Show
Warrenton Pony Show
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VDOT to Middleburg Farmers Market: Forget It!
In late July, the Virginia Department of Transportation denied Middleburg's formal request to close South Madison Street for its weekly, Saturday morning Farmer…
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Upperville Resident Awarded DVM Degree
Upperville resident Chad Davis successfully completed Ross University School of Veterinary Medicine's intensive academic program and received a Doctor of Veteri…
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Three Seasons
The cumulative effects of many years of plant breeding allows gardeners to be extremely selective when making choices for their home landscape. One particular a…
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Third Running of Blue Ridge Fall Races Benefits Blue Ridge Hospice
A Calcutta party, tailgate picnic contest, fancy hat awards, terrier races, children's activities, and a seven-race card of exciting steeplechase races, are hig…
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The Sun and Salamander Rising?
It is an old political strategy. When things start to turn against you, attack the messenger. Thus, Pelosi called the crowds protesting Health Care Reform "UNAM…
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Summer Medical Camp at Fauquier Health is Major Success
It's completely quiet in the brightly lit hospital conference room where nine young women are working intently to suture four-inch incisions in nine pig's feet.…
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Slow Month…
August, a month usually reserved for vacations and daydreaming at work, waiting for your vacation, has been a little less predictable on the field. To wit…. The…
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Shooting the Messenger
The opposition to health care reform is taking a very nasty turn. Lies and deception from the opponents of reform come in the form of inflammatory emails from h…
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ProJet Aviation's CEO, Shye Gilad speaks at 2009 Air Venture show in OshKosh, WI
The American government has spent a lot of time and money trying to stimulate the economy and create jobs. In fact, as American taxpayers we have spent more tha…
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Paige Johnson and Amagedon Raise the Bar for High Junior/Amateur-Owner Classic Win at Kentucky Summer Classic
The High Junior/Amateur-Owner Classic was the main show jumping event on the final day of the Kentucky Summer Classicon August 2, 2009. The class was held in th…
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New Life for Notre Dame Academy
When it opens for the school year this September, Notre Dame Academy, located in Middleburg, Virginia opens as a fully independent school, operating along the l…
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National Sporting Library to Hold Fly Fishing Symposium
The National Sporting Library will hold a public symposium on fly fishing on Saturday, November 21, "A River Never Sleeps: Conservation, History, and the Fly Fi…
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Milk: The White Stuff
Milk. It does a body good. Got milk? These familiar tag lines are completely ingrained in our collective cultural memory. The first, from the National Dairy Cou…
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Middleburg's 2nd Annual Sidewalk Sale
Middleburg's 2nd Annual Sidewalk Sale
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Middleburg Remembers Virginia Burt Gunnell
On the last day of July, 2009, having witnessed and loved the spring greening of hills and gardens, and the blooming of acres of daffodils for nearly a century,…
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Mary Fore is Awarded The AH&T Scholarship
Armfield, Harrison & Thomas, Inc. (AH&T Insurance), an independent insurance agency in Leesburg, has awarded their 21st annual scholarship for $5,500 to Mary Fo…