Archive: 2010
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Democratic Goals Defined
Problem: Our friends on the right are admirably succinct. Ask the most reasonable of them to define their philosophy of government. Their answers are generally…
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County Restaurants Conduct Joint Fundraiser for Breast Cancer
On the last weekend of this month, fifteen Fauquier and Loudoun restaurants will ask their patrons to help local women fight breast cancer by donating to Middle…
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Considering the Coming Election
Elections normally choose individual candidates for public office, based on their records, promises and qualifications for the job they are seeking. Purple beli…
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Cherry Blossom Walkers Raise $122,000
Generosity and determination bloomed in Middleburg, Warrenton and Leesburg when participants and supporters raised $122,000 to fight breast cancer during the an…
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Middleburg Eccentric October 2010, Volume 7 Issue 7
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Virginia Tech MARE Center students visit Hickory Tree Farm
Recently, six undergraduate students studying at Virginia Tech's Middleburg Agricultural Research and Extension (MARE) Center visited Hickory House, home of Mr.…
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US Equestrian Team Veteran Alison Robitaille to Give Clinic at Foxcroft
Foxcroft School is delighted to announce that is hosting a clinic by Alison Firestone Robitaille on the weekend of November 6th and 7th. The clinic will take pl…
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Time to Observe: The Plant Lady
The summer that everyone wants to forget. Between the continuing drought and hottest months on record - ever! - feelings of despair and finality rule the day fo…
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The Marginalizing of the Individual Investor
On May 6, 2010, at about 2:30 PM, a "flash crash" in the US stock market sent the Dow plummeting by almost 999 points -- the deepest intra-day plunge ever recor…
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The Election Climate
The campaign for control of Congress is in full swing. Sadly, emotions and ideology are overwhelming logic and facts, and current economic distress obscures gre…
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Talking Trash
Discussions of draft amendments to the town's "Garbage, Rubbish & Refuse" regulations dominated the Thursday, September 9, regular monthly meeting of the Middle…
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Students Impact the Community via Piedmont Community Foundation
A basketball tournament to promote awareness among teenagers about the dangers of cell phone texting while driving and another project designed to enhance the d…
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Oh, Go Pick An Apple!
This is my favorite time of the year. The air is cooler, nights almost cold, and the leaves are beginning to fall from the trees, littering the ground with a ra…
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Land Trust of Virginia's $50,000 Challenge Grant
The Land Trust of Virginia (LTV) recently announced their 2010 Challenge Grant Campaign, with the goal of raising $50,000 to help the land trust preserve open s…
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Keep Your Pants On
What have we all learned from last week's Ines Sainz affair? Sainz, as you may or may not have heard, is the reporter at the center of the latest female-journal…
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Fredericksburg! Fredericksburg!
Anyone who has seen Ted Turner's movie adaptation of "The Killer Angels" (or read the book, or visited the battlefield) will remember that Union troops shouted…
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Editor's Desk
The Republican Party's dogged determination to rid the congress and the country of all traces of Barack Obama, his party, his supporters, and anything even vagu…
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Clouds and Linings
The campaign for control of Congress is in full swing. Sadly, emotions and ideology are overwhelming logic and facts, and current economic distress obscures gre…
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Cherry Blossom Foundation Walks the Walk for Hundreds of Local Women
Sunday, October 10th marks the third year, Middleburg's Cherry Blossom Breast Cancer Foundation has organized public walks to raise funds to help Fauquier and L…
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BIOB Won't Trump Voter Anger
The White House has begun the Fall campaign with the same old tired refrain – Blame It On Bush (BIOB). After almost two years of the Obama Presidency and four y…