January 2012
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Virginia Horse Show Association 2011 Year End Awards
Virginia Horse Show Association 2011 Year End Awards
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Van Metre Homes Garners Trash Award in 2011
2011 was the tenth consecutive year of volunteer action to control trash on the Foxcroft Road. The author conducts this survey as a single observer. However, th…
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Uranium Mining in Virginia: Part II
Last month this column discussed the proposed development of a uranium mine in Pittsylvania County, Virginia. Developers indicate that the mine would create mor…
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The Blackburn Murder - Part 7: The Gathering Storm
This is the story of the 1854 murder of VMI Cadet Tom Blackburn, the trials that followed, and the impact of those events on young men and women who would all t…
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Super Sunday
Alex Smith's coronation following the San Francisco 49ers win against the New Orleans Saints two weeks ago was, probably, a little premature. With one minute le…
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Protect Our Watershed
A conservation easement is considered a gift to the nation and Fauquier County can be considered one of the nations crown jewel with some 94,500 acres permanent…
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Missing Water Found
After one of the best Christmas seasons in Middleburg since the onset of the great recession, Town Staff began the new year by reporting further significant, an…
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Help Our Bees
Any day with temperatures over 55 degrees brings out the honey bees. The infrequent Helleborus foetidus or early flowering witch hazel will be loaded with polle…
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Discovering a Culture of Place
Where I live now, the Blue Ridge isn't very high. Snickers Gap and Ashby Gap are just 1,000 feet, and the ridge between them rises only half again that high. Bu…
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Creighton Farms Members Will Love Their New Clubhouse
Beautifully set overlooking the first and 18th holes of the Jack Nicklaus Signature golf course, Creighton Farms members will find the elegant Virginia Manor Cl…
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Christmas Bird Count
For 112 years, at year end the National Audubon Society has conducted a census of bird species and numbers, now by sampling in 1700 defined "Circles" across the…
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Ask Dr. Mike
Dr. Mike, Are you familiar with Parental Alienation Syndrome? My husband and I are separated, and he is saying horrible things about me to our children, which i…
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Albert's Corner
I'm always proud to see the tremendous progress happening in the relationships between dogs and people. So many of you regard us as true members of the family a…
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2012: A Good Start
Middleburg's Town Staff has begun the new year by delivering good news on two fronts. Water With the help of the Virginia Water Resources Association the town a…
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Middleburg Eccentric January 2012, Volume 8 Issue 10
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