Archive: 2013
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Excitement, Where Did It Go?
It is 12 noon on the 20th of December and school is about to get out for Christmas break. Remember how that felt. Wow, two weeks without any homework and the po…
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Em Sharp's Legacy: Timeless Expressions of Christmas & Community Spirit
It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas in Middleburg – especially with the annual display of holiday signs along Washington and Federal Streets. These wood…
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Eight Foxcroft Athletes on All–State Teams
Foxcroft School's highly successful fall athletic campaign reached a triumphant culmination recently when seven members of the powerful field hockey and tennis…
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Early Christmas Gifts
The annual "Christmas in Middleburg" celebration always brings together some of the best of the best of the outstanding people who make up the greater village o…
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Christmas in Middleburg
Christmas in Middleburg
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Celebration Receives High Praise
This year's "Christmas in Middleburg" Celebration received high praise at the Town Council's December 12 regular session, the first since the day of events. Tho…
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Bright Future for a Friend to All Animals
Once you learn about Middleburg Humane Foundation (MHF) and the tireless work they do to give so many abused, neglected and "at risk" animals a new and loved li…
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And Good luck in the New Year…
Culinary traditions run deep in all cultures. Human beings throughout the ages have no shortage of material when it comes to tell-ing a good tale especially one…
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"Pastor and Commander" at Middleburg Baptist Church
Herman Melville wrote that a "chaplain is the minister of peace serving in the host of the God of War." Last summer Rev. J. Travis Moger moved from Annapolis, M…
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Willow Leaf Spicebush
Little did I know that there are more than 80 species of lindera or spicebush. Many are superior ornamental shrubs, yet largely unavailable. Of the 80, only 3 a…
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What About Thanksgiving?
I am barely autumn and it seems like the entire country is already getting on their Ho-Ho-Ho. 24/7 Christmas music is playing on the radio, decorations are alre…
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Water Filtration & Treatment: Your Solution for Healthy, Good-Tasting Water
Good water is essential to you and your family, your plumbing system, and all of your appliances that use water. Whether your water comes from a private well or…
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Unauthorized Solicitations
Police Chief A. J. Panebianco reported to Council that residents of the town had been receiving phone solicitations from a solicitor claiming to be a representa…
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Trinity Church Christmas Auction Benefits Ministries
This year's Christmas Auction will take place in Cox Hall at Trinity Episcopal Church located on Route 50 in Upperville, Va., Sunday, December 8, at 11:30 a.m.…
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Traffic at Pendleton and Marshall
Panebianco noted that he had heard "a lot of comment about the new stop signs at the intersection of Pendleton and Marshall Streets" including the misperception…
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The Virginia Elections: Red
The Tea-Party-dominated GOP made history this month, blowing an election in which a Republican victory seemed all but predestined and foreordained. The Democrat…
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The Virginia Elections: Blue
Well, the carpetbagging professional fund-raiser won. His 2.5% victory was helped along by the 6.5% of the vote garnered by the "libertarian" candidate whose pr…
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So What Do We Know?
What do we know, eleven weeks into the NFL season? We know the Kansas City Chiefs are still legitimate contenders but don't pack the punch on offense to survive…
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Signs of Em Sharp's Christmas Legacy: Timeless Expressions of Christmas & Community Spirit
It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas in Middleburg – especially with the annual display of holiday signs along Washington and Federal Streets. These wood…
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Shakespeare in the Burg
Genie Ford and Prem Devadas appeared before Council to report on progress toward the establishment of a weekend long annual Shakespeare Festival in Middleburg.…