June 2011
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Windy Hill Foundation Stepping Out in Green… to The Plains
After 30 years of providing affordable, workforce housing in Middleburg, the Windy Hill Foundation is about to start construction on its first out-of-town proje…
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Why and How Do We Measure Streamflow?
About three miles north of Middleburg on Foxcroft Road, you cross Goose Creek. Have you noticed the corrugated metal structure off the right side of the bridge?…
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What Campaign Money Can Buy
This spring our mailbox and telephone have been busy imploring us to send money to support Mr. / Ms. XYZ in his/her race for the US Senate/Congress/State Senate…
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Upperville Horse Show Wall of Honor
Upperville Horse Show Wall of Honor
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Upperville Colt & Horse Show
Upperville Colt & Horse Show
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Time for Feverfew
The big show of spring has passed and our gardens seem tame compared to the flashy weeks with peonies, iris and poppies blooming. Lots of foliage marks the pass…
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They Have the Keys to Their Future
Just about the time most teenagers are turning over in bed on a Saturday morning, two Middleburg Academy seniors have long been up and out the door, pursuing th…
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The Price of Liberty
This spring our mailbox and telephone have been busy imploring us to send money to support Mr. / Ms. XYZ in his/her race for the US Senate/Congress/State Senate…
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The 5th Annual Capital Caring Polo Cup
The 5th Annual Capital Caring Polo Cup
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Splendid Sport of Coaching to Enjoy Leading Role
Whether you refer to it as coaching, driving or horse and buggy, riding through the countryside in your carriage behind four beautifully matched prancing horses…
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R2D2, Bringin' the Heater
I caught up with Nick Montgomery last Friday to pick his brain a bit about the science project he'd completed earlier this spring. Nick's a pretty unassuming ki…
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Police Records Subpoenaed
In mid June a subpoena was served on the Police Department of the Town of Middleburg requesting “any and all communications between the Town of Middleburg…
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Norfolk Southern and GreenTrees Initiate Conservation Program that's Good for Business and Good for the Environment
Underscoring its leadership in "conservation capitalism" -- the growing understanding that environmental progress and American business are closely linked -- No…
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Musings on the 4th of July
Cartoonist Bill Mauldin, now probably best known to fans of the Peanuts comic strips, won his first Pulitzer Prize at 23, for Up Front, a narrative written arou…
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Mosby Heritage Area Mounted Ride at Brandy Station
Mosby Heritage Area Mounted Ride at Brandy Station
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Middleburg Library 2011 Scholarship Winners
The Middleburg Library Advisory Board has announced that Vamsi Mohan Meka, and Kayla Taylor are the 2011 winners of Book Scholarships. Vamsi, son of Gouthan Mek…
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Long & Foster Gives Back for Fourteenth Year
More than 175 Long & Foster sales offices throughout the Mid-Atlantic region including the headquarters staff in Chantilly, Va., met recently to participate in…
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Local Resident Comes in from The Cold
One of our local residents who has for many years worked behind the scenes in various capacities in our national security interests came out of the cold into th…
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Karma Comes A-Callin'
Isn't karma a funny thing? Just over two months ago the world watched a heralded young Irishman take the Masters by storm, building, what seemed going into the…
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Hunt Country Stable Tour Volunteers
Hunt Country Stable Tour Volunteers