Archive: 2011
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George Linwood Beavers - Founder Member and President of The Plains Volunteer Fire and Rescue Company
The Plains, Fauquier County, and surrounding counties lost a great friend and fine human being with the passing of George Linwood Beavers on April 25, 2011, a f…
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First ARF Garden Party Major Success
First ARF Garden Party Major Success
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Fire, Water, and $$$
At its regular monthly meeting in May, Town Council learned that improvements are once more under way at the Middleburg Volunteer Fire Department, that progress…
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Eight Foxcroft Athletes Earn All-Conference Honors for Spring Sports
Eight Foxcroft School athletes – three each from softball and soccer and two from lacrosse -- have been named All-Delaney Athletic Conference First Team selecti…
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Eccentric Awards Honor Village Gardeners
Many Middleburg businesses were honored recently for their beautiful and creative gardening displays at the Jump Into Spring festivities. Each winner was presen…
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A Dedicated Voice of Concern for The Shenandoah and a Historic Agricultural Area Under Siege
George Ohrstrom II believes Virginia's 'development mentality' began in the 1700's, has not abated significantly since and is today playing havoc with our regio…
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"Hort Coutour": Waterworld
Yet another new marketing strategy has surfaced for branding and marketing garden plants. Developed by Jim and Jennifer Monroe, previously of Greenbrier Nurseri…
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"Culture of Complicity"
In a recent New York Times analysis of the recent and ongoing nuclear disaster in Japan, Norimitsu Onishi and Ken Belsen concluded that "a culture of complicity…
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Middleburg Eccentric May 2011, Volume 8 Issue 2
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Winter Equestrian Festival
Winter Equestrian Festival
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Where Has All the Water Gone?
For years the Town of Middleburg has noticed a significant difference between the number of gallons of water pumped from its wells, and the number of gallons pa…
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What's the Fuss About Water?
"Water water everywhere, Nor any drop to drink" – The Rime of the Ancient Mariner by Samuel Taylor Coleridge Did you know that more than 70 percent of the earth…
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The Webber Case: The End of the Story
O n March 10, in a closed session of the Middleburg Town Council, Police Chief Steve Webber announced that he would retire from the force effective June 28,…
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Small Steps and Giant Leaps At Guilford Elementary
For the Loudoun County Public School System Energy Conservation not only begins at home it travels to the homes of all the students who attend the county's nati…
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Of Lifeboats and Easter
In a series of op ed pieces in the New York Times, and in a well-received new book, columnist and commentator David Brooks argues that character is less a matte…
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Nats, Caps and Craps
The Nats are right where they want to be a month into the season. Technically, they're in better shape than that. .500 ball is, quite frankly, just fine. With t…
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Middleburg Community Center 80's Party
Middleburg Community Center 80's Party
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Meet the Farmer Farm to Table Dinner
Meet the Farmer Farm to Table Dinner
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Manners
In a series of op ed pieces in the New York Times, and in a well-received new book, columnist and commentator David Brooks argues that character is less a matte…
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Four-legged Word
Imagine… Not being able to open a door. Hear a fire alarm. Or even pick up a dropped item. These are the kinds of challenges that many people with disabilities…