Archive: 2010
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Solar Hot Water - Renewable Energy in Virginia
What is Solar Domestic Hot Water? When most people think of solar energy, they think of using it to generate electricity. But for the average home, using the su…
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Snow Town USA
At 7:00 AM on February 11, Town Administrator Jerry Schiro relayed the news that the regularly scheduled February 11 2010 meeting of the Middleburg Town Council…
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Seven Students, One Teacher Elected to Foxcroft School Cum Laude Society
Seven seniors, two juniors, and a faculty member have been elected to the Foxcroft School chapter of the Cum Laude Society, chapter president Susan Erba announc…
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Project Helping Hand Benefit for Haiti
The Washington Capitals, former Redskin Ken Harvey, Robert Duval and Hunt Country's finest artists are completing their tablecloths to auction at the Project He…
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Pastime - Irish Lamb Stew
When a light meal is taken for supper, or our dinner. Many of the meat stews served in Ireland contain potatoes, and often, more potato than meat. Lamb and beef…
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Opera Singer and Educator Gives Concert, Master Class and Tolerance Workshop at Foxcroft
Opera, hair and tolerance were among the subjects professional singer and independent school administrator Derrick Gay covered in early January when he spent tw…
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New Insight Needed for Endowment Portfolios
While the last couple of years have been increasingly difficult for many endowments, the New Year presents new opportunities and an ideal time to review the por…
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Middleburg Real Estate Acquisition Complete
Scott Buzzelli, Daniel Kaseman and Peter Pejacsevich, a team with over 65 years of experience growing companies and Middleburg Real Estate, Inc., a leading real…
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MARE Center Holds Recognition and Virginia Tech Student Recruitment Event
More than 60 people attended the Middleburg Agricultural Research and Extension (MARE) Center's second annual holiday card recognition and Virginia Tech student…
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Local Attorney and Horse Activist to Chair 4th Term on the Virginia Racing Commission
Personal Injury Lawyer and Loudoun resident Peter C. Burnett was recently re-elected to lead the state appointed, five member Virginia Racing Commission (VRC) t…
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James Atkins Licensed by Virginia As Real Estate Broker
Armfield, Miller & Ripley Fine Properties is pleased to congratulate James P. Atkins on completing the requirements for his associate broker license in the stat…
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Hypocrisy
This says it all about Republican thinking. It is not about the budget, it is not about health care it is ONLY ABOUT BRINGING DOWN THE OBAMA PRESIDENCY AND TRYI…
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Gregg Helvey Nominated for Academy Award
Gregg Helvey remembers riding his sled down the hill behind Middleburg's Community Center and stopping on the way home at The Upper Crust where Mr. Stein always…
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GreenTrees is First Forestry Project Approved by American Carbon Registry
GreenTrees, America's first and largest forest carbon origination pipeline, is the first forestry project to be approved by the American Carbon Registry (ACR).…
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Free Garden Lecture Developing an Eye for Your Garden Design
The Lecture will be presented by Karen Mazza, March 4, 2010, at 7 pm, at the Loudoun Extension Office, 30 Catoctin Circle, SE, Suite B (Wachovia Bank Building),…
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Foxcroft Basketball Initiates New Gym
Foxcroft School's new state-of-the art, $14 million dollar gymnasium opened for business Thursday (Feb. 18) and the home team nearly hit the lottery. Playing a…
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Fill Yer Belly With Potato!
I may be cold, but at least there is not a famine. (Well, at least not technically, although you may not have had that impression after visiting one of the loca…
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Enjoy 'Afternoon Delights' at National Sporting Library
Plan to spend a lovely morning or afternoon in Middleburg before May 15th to see the National Sporting Library's current exhibit, "Afternoon Delights," a refine…
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Elizabeth Norman Designs Sustainable Gardens that Thrive in Hunt Country
It doesn't take three feet of snow to fully understand how difficult it is for our gardens to adjust to the many challenges of being planted in the zones betwee…
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Dick Francis: Thanks, Old Friend
I will sorely miss Dick Francis. Mr. Francis, who died this week at the age of 89, was a legendary British jockey turned sportswriter turned detective novelist.…