Archive: 2010
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Local Bakers Win at Gold Cup
As soon as the Virginia Gold Cup announced that Chef Duff Goldman, the Food Network's Ace of Cakes, would judge a 'Cake Walk' contest at the organization's anni…
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Library Director To Charleston
Loudoun County Public Library Director Douglas A. Henderson has resigned, effective July 15, 2010, to accept a position as Executive Director of the Charleston…
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June 5 Benefit Honoring Wesley Housing
Wesley Housing, headquartered in Alexandria, controls and manages 20 affordable properties in Northern Virginia (Alexandria, Arlington, Fairfax County and Manas…
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International Auction Coming to Middleburg
Middleburg's Community Center will be the site of an international antiques, art and fine furniture auction on Saturday, November 13. The event is a joint ventu…
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Hidden Hollow Riders Rewarded At Lexington Horse Shows
Hidden Hollow's riders scored tricolors and blue ribbons in abundance during the Lexington Spring Premiere and Encore horse shows, held April 28-May 9, in Lexin…
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Grandma's Recipe Box: Food as Memory
If you've been reading this column for a while, you know that I spent the summers at my grandparents' house in South Carolina on a lake that borders Georgia. As…
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Future of Fuel Cells: Renewable Energy in Virginia
There has been a media blitz of late regarding fuel cells as a promising renewal energy source. In the past year there was a CBS "Sixty Minute" segment on Bloom…
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Cosmetic Dentistry
What is cosmetic dentistry and how can it improve my smile? Cosmetic dentistry encompasses a variety of procedures to improve your smile from subtle changes to…
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Burn on, Big River, Burn on
Dan Gilbert has a problem, and it is a problem of near Titanic proportions. July 1st, 2010, a date circled on his calendar for the past seven years, is fast app…
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BOWA Builders Announces New Identity
BOWA Builders announces its new company identity as BOWA, stressing the firm's role as clients' single point of accountability for the design and construction o…
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$77,140 for Local Charities via Piedmont Community Foundation
The Piedmont Community Foundation (PCF), in conjunction with 100 Women Strong, has announced the awarding of $75,240 in grants to a wide variety of worthy cause…
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Middleburg Eccentric May 2010, Volume 7 Issue 2
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What Comes Next? - Purple
This spring, two seasons are underway along the Potomac: Baseball and Politics. They share many similarities, including "worlds series" in November. Some reader…
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Victor duPont, Farmer, Cowboy and Cattleman
Victor duPont left a large vacuum in Loudoun County and beyond when died September 8th, 2009 from complications after a fall. "I miss him so much," said Barbara…
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Tourism Awards
At the Council's last work session in March, Mayor Davis congratulated the nominees and recipients of the 2009 Tourism Awards sponsored by Visit Loudoun. She re…
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The Balls Bluff Battlefield - See it. Save it. Pass it On.
Saturday May 1, 2010 Tour the 1861 battlefield with historian and author, Jim Morgan. Walk the ground, hear the stories, quiz the historian, and meet interestin…
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Tax and Utility Rate Increases
On April 8, Town Administrator Jerry Schiro informed Council that notices have been published and public hearings on the Town's proposed real estate and utility…
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Stone Spring Medical Center Supported
On April 5, Tracey White, Vice President of Community & Government Relations with Hospital Corporation of America's Capital Division asked for Middleburg's supp…
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Start Running
With just a little over six months before the November elections, the wind of change is blowing strongly behind the GOP. In the Senate, nine seats now held by D…
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Squeeze on Local Governments Will Last For Year
Talking about the state of the state, or other states, is caught in a bind between falling tax revenues, decreasing transfers from the federal government, and a…