Archive: 2012
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Playing with Fire
On Monday, May 7, the Board of Directors of the Middleburg Volunteer Fire Department accused its former Treasurer, Paul Draisey, of embezzlement. In a prepared…
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National Sporting Library & Museum Book Fair Saturday
The highly successful Book Fair organized last year by the NSLM will become an annual event with the second scheduled as part of the 53rd Hunt Country Stable To…
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Mt. Zion Historical Park Opens to Public for Monthly Programs
Historic 1851 Mt. Zion Baptist Church, which sits alongside Rt. 50 east of Gilbert's Corner, will open its doors to the public again this year for guided tours…
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Money, Parking, Business
With both Mayor Betsy Davis and Public Safety Chair Bundles Murdock away, Vice Mayor C. Darlene Kirk presided over the regular monthly meeting of the Middleburg…
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Middleburg Library Expansion
As of April 30, 2012, the friends of the Middleburg Public Library reported that they had raised well over half, 61%, of the $775,000 needed to complete the wor…
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Middleburg Bank Promotes Andy McLean
Middleburg Bank, a wholly owned subsidiary of Middleburg Financial Corporation (Nasdaq: MBRG) announced today that Andy McLean has been promoted to Executive Vi…
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Middleburg Academy Auction
The Middleburg Academy held its spring auction to support its mission of providing children with academic instruction, along with the values of respect, respons…
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Local Students Fly High at Kite Contest
On Saturday March 31, Hill School's "Teen & Team Saturday" went on a field trip to the National Mall's Cherry Blossom Festival to compete in the National Kite F…
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Letters to the Editor
Multiple letters addressing Tom Pratt's article on military service and responsibility, discussing the nature of patriotism, service obligations, and the approp…
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Land Trust of Virginia Honors Local Preservationists, Stewards & Conservationists
Everyone enjoyed the Land Trust of Virginia's 15th annual Garden Party to Save the Virginia Countryside at Dr. Vas and Linda Devan's Rock Hill Farm in the heart…
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Hypocrisy
I have a bumper sticker which reads: "Millions against Monsanto" and I think it is quite accurate. Monsanto, the world leader in genetically modified crops has…
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Hart & O'Brien Engaged
Kim and Linda Hart are pleased to announce the engagement of their daughter, Celie, to Shane O'Brien of Eugene, Oregon. The two met while attending Boston Unive…
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Foxcroft Students Named Cherry Blossom Champions
Foxcroft School students were recently honored for their stunning support and impressive fundraising on behalf of the Cherry Blossom Breast Cancer Foundation (C…
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Foxcroft Lacrosse Falls to Eventual Champs in State Tourney
The girls on the Foxcroft Lacrosse Team couldn't disagree with Vince Lombardi more. For them, winning isn't the only thing, its only one thing. The thrill of tr…
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Escape from L.A.
A little more than one year after a group of Los Angeles Dodgers' fans beat a visiting San Francisco Giants' fan into a coma on opening day, another group of Do…
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Ecumenical Free Church Homecoming Service to be held June 17th
Middleburg's 36th Annual Free Church Homecoming—a unique ecumenical tradition with roots in the late 1700's—will take place on Sunday, June 17th at Middleburg B…
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Dulce Bellum Inexpertis
"Every man thinks meanly of himself for not having been a soldier, or not having been at sea." Samuel Johnson wrote those words well over two centuries ago, and…
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Delaplane Goes to the Dogs for ARF
More than one hundred adults, thirty children and twenty dogs enjoyed a beautiful, sunny Sunday afternoon at the First Annual Animal Rescue Fund "Dog Fest" at F…
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Deadheading
The sunny perennial beds are still lovely but passing, the gardener is busy. It's the end of May and flowers are fading day by day. For all of those flowers, we…
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Coppersun Marks 30
Jan and Geoff Ogden, with Coppersun (wearing a king's crown) celebrating his 30th birthday at a champagne lunch held in his honor. Copper, as he is known, was M…