September 2014
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Zip On! Exhilarating Canopy Tour at Salamander Resort & Spa
It's different, all right, and a bit exciting when you're strapped into a harness and suspended from a heavy steel cable 30 to 60 feet (at least) above terra fi…
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What's In Your Tank? FAQs About Propane
What is happening with the market price of propane? Our current price is $2.399/gallon. Unlike other companies that have multiple prices depending on who you ar…
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Welcome Foxcroft's New Head of School
When Cathy McGehee, Foxcroft School's new head of school says she feels her life has been connected to the exceptional school and its former headmistress, Mary…
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Waterworld
In Naomi Klein's latest book, "This Changes Everything: Capitalism vs. The Climate," Ms Klein says "We have not done the things that are necessary to lower emis…
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Vine & Dish
Years ago my wife and I worked for a large fine art publisher. Once through the front door of this company, visitors came to a long hallway and had a choice of…
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Unison Heritage Day Fall Festival
The historic village of Unison, one of the oldest settlements in Loudoun County, invites you to its 11th annual Unison Heritage Day on Saturday, Oct. 25, in the…
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Time to Divide Your Peonies
The gardener is very busy this time of year, opportunities to enhance the garden abound. Many perennials can be divided, for some it's the only time of year to…
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The Art of the Possible
Those who "can," do. Often because they have no choice and are left with few if any options. Contrary to the aphorism, those who "can't, teach," rarely, if ever…
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Susan and Chloe
"When I first got Chloe, I drove four hours to the Amish Country not knowing where I was going or what I was getting other than from a little picture on the int…
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Strategy? We Don't Need No Stinking Strategy!
OK, what he actually said was "we don't have a strategy yet." He was referring to ISIS (the "JV" team), but he unintentionally described his entire foreign poli…
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Salamander Resort & Spa Awarded Prestigious LEED® Green Building Certification
Salamander Resort & Spa has been LEED® Certified, a designation established by the U.S. Green Building Council and verified by the Green Building Certification…
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Reminiscences from a 50 Year Career
I will reach a milestone in 2015, 50 years as water resources professional. When you reach such milestones, your mind often returns to the past. I find myself d…
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Olympian at Foxcroft Clinic Excites & Inspires Players
What better way to prepare for your season-opening game than to spend some time with an Olympian? Foxcroft's field hockey players were clearly excited and inspi…
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National Merit Scholar, Distinguished Service Award, Green Eyes Exhibit and Convocation Mark Highland School Activities
Philip Mulford has been named a National Merit Scholarship Corporation semi-finalist and will now compete for one of the organization's Merit Scholarship awards…
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Middleburg Town Council: A Film Festival Halloween
At the September 11 regular meeting of the Middleburg Town Council, Susan Koch, the Emmy and Peabody award-winning Executive Director of the Middleburg Film Fes…
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Melvin Poe Dead at Ninety-Four
The world of American foxhunting lost one of its best-loved and most highly respected personalities with the passing of huntsman Melvin Poe on Saturday Septembe…
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Knee Health and Exercise
As babies are knees are flexible and grow strong as we learn to walk and maneuver around obstacles. Our muscles become stronger as we learn to run, reach and be…
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It Takes a Village to Catch a Hound: Closing in on Charter
"You're a closer!" exclaimed Piedmont Huntsman Spencer Allen, referring to the closing pitcher in a ball game. After three and a half agonizing months, he was f…
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Hill School Alumni Association Holds Annual Golf Tournament
The Hill School in Middleburg will hold its annual golf tournament at the Shenandoah Valley Golf Club in Front Royal, Virginia on Tuesday, Oct. 7. Organized by…
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From Back-to-School to New Year's Day
For most, if not all businesses, the "back to school" through Christmas season is critical, nearly always determining the difference between a good year and a b…