Archive: 2013
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Don't Miss the Magnificent 54th Annual Hunt Country Stable Tour
Saturday and Sunday of Memorial Day weekend mark the return of the annual Hunt Country Stable Tour – an event that draws visitors from near and far to the Middl…
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Commemoration of the Prelude to Gettysburg: The 1863 Cavalry Battles of Aldie, Middleburg & Upperville
In June of 1863, in the Prelude to Gettysburg, Lee's Army of Northern Virginia, screened by the Blue Ridge Mountains, moved north through the Shenandoah Valley…
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Bryan Wright Retires
Bryan Wright Retires
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Blue: Hypocrisy
If the current President of the U.S were a conservative Republican, the progressives in this country would be up in arms and calling for impeachment. So many ca…
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Apoplexy Now. The GOP and Benghazi. Why I Changed Horses II
As a Republican, two totally personal experiences contributed to my change of heart, and horses, when it came to both my party and President Obama. At a large R…
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Albert's Corner: Canine Heroes
For many years, an amazing black Lab named Sajen has been a fixture in Middleburg (an article about Sajen appeared in the February 2013 issue of this newspaper)…
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Middleburg Eccentric May 2013, Volume 10 Issue 2
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Why I Changed Horses
I am a veteran, have served as an officer in two of the world's great navies, and for most of my life have been a slightly right of center life member of the Re…
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Where are you going? What are you wearing?
Riders up!! Spring in Virginia's horse country is full of many equestrian events including the Virginia steeplechase circuit. Starting in March and going into M…
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Waiting for Salamander
The projected fall opening of Salamander Resort and Spa continues to shape Town Council discussion, projections for maintaining and shaping the future "look and…
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Swimming Pool Heaters
Do I need pool heater? Answer: If you have a pool you need a pool heater. Pool owners in Florida have pool heaters. You certainly need a pool heater here in Vir…
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Sheila C. Johnson Debuts Middleburg Film Festival
Recently, Sheila Johnson announced the debut of her annual film festival to a diverse group of film VIP's who had gathered at Boxwood Winery for a festive press…
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Separate Church and State Not Religion and Society
Lord John Acton, the British historian best known for saying "power tends to corrupt and absolute power corrupts absolutely," more importantly said that "religi…
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Principal Lyons is Delighted to Join Middleburg and Aldie Elementaries
Wonder is the beginning of wisdom, according to Socrates, and Shawn Lyons, the new principal at Middleburg and Aldie Elementary schools is committed to create a…
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On the Life of Annette Wright
Annette Wright, my wife Lynne's only sister, died in Reston on March 21. She was 62. She had suffered for well over fifteen years from what most people, me incl…
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News of Note
Mead Stone died at Noble Horizons in Salisbury, CT on April 10, 2013. He was 92. Born and raised in Garden City, New York, he was the son of the late Mead and L…
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Middleburg Spring Races, Middleburg, VA
Middleburg Spring Races, Middleburg, VA
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Just Back from.....Ghobi Desert
August 8 was the auspicious date Chinese officials chose for the start of the Beijing Olympics in 2008. On the evening of that particular day I found myself alo…
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How Do I Find My Perfect Home?
The moment is here. Your job is secure, the local economy is growing, mortgage rates are low, and home prices are rising because buyers exceed sellers. You want…
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Holly Heider Chapple Grows Global Floral Design Business in Loudoun
It's a long way from helping her sisters fill 4,000 chrysanthemum pots with soil to being one of the country's top floral designers, but success looks very good…