Archive: 2011
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Les Bal des Betes at Ayrshire Farm
Les Bal des Betes at Ayrshire Farm
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In Dirr We Trust
Michael Dirr spoke in Charlottesville, Virginia for the Piedmont Landscape Association recently. The author of the Manual of Woody Landscape Plants, he is the m…
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Hypocrisy
In a meeting recently with the Chamber of Commerce, President Obama said, "Now is the time to invest in America. Today, American companies have nearly $2 trilli…
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Hugh Robert Callaway Wiley
Hugh Robert Callaway Wiley fought a courageous battle against lymphoma, a battle that ended this last Thursday in his home surrounded by his loving and devoted…
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Foxcroft's Think Pink Tournament Makes Cherry Blossom Fund Big Winner
Although Foxcroft fought valiantly, they did not win their "Think Pink" Basketball Tournament, but their dedication to the fight against breast cancer made the…
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Editor's Desk
The recent wonderful, startling, empowering events in Egypt have had wide and possibly unrecognized effects on much of the world including the so-called free we…
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Cindy Fenton Named Development Director at Middleburg Academy
Head of School Arnold Klingenberg has appointed Cindy Fenton Director of Development and Marketing for Middleburg Academy. A long-time Middleburg resident and f…
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Blue Notes
Freshman Class Frolics The NY Times credits the "large boisterous class of fiscally conservative Republican freshmen" for the budget bill that refused to raise…
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Batter Up - 7th Inning Stretch
Alex Rodriguez got caught on camera being fed popcorn by one Cameron Diaz during the Super Bowl earlier this month. According to reports, A-Rod, who was sitting…
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All the King's Men and More
Humpty Dumpty might have lived a long and happy life had he known Robert and Karin MacDowell. Sadly, he did not. Happily for the rest of the fragile world hundr…
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The Plant Lady: The Good and Bad News
Winter wasted no time in securing its season. Arriving in early December with a fury of wind and below average temperatures, many of us were left with garden ta…
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The Middleburg Business Association
January is a difficult month for most businesses, and especially difficult for retailers and restaurants. Christmas, in every sense of the word, is over. In the…
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Talkin' Trash 2010: Mickey D's and Bud, Big Winners
2010 was the ninth consecutive year of a volunteer action to control trash on the Foxcroft Road. The author conducts this survey as a single observer. However,…
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My Valentine: Sweet, Sweet Fruit
I found myself earlier this month in a large, nationwide box store, wandering down a 50-foot-long aisle surrounded by red and pink boxes filled with sugary trea…
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Middleburg Hunt Breakfast at Huntland
Middleburg Hunt Breakfast at Huntland
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Manuel's Christmas Story
For Manuel Simpson, retailer extraordinaire, Christmas time in Middleburg, Virginia is always glorious. The beautiful village, decked out in its charming holida…
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Kitty Kearns Joins Middleburg Bank
Middleburg Bank, a wholly owned subsidiary of Middleburg Financial Corporation (Nasdaq: MBRG) announced today that Kitty Kearns has joined the Bank as Senior Vi…
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Jeffrey Michael Keffer
Jeffrey Keffer, a resident of The Plains, Virginia and Washington, D.C., died suddenly this Monday, January 17, while riding with the Orange County Hunt. Jeff's…
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Have Tix, Will Travel
Haven't scored tickets for Super Bowl XLV yet? Still trying to figure out how to get into the big game on February 6th? Dying to get your hands on some "officia…