Archive: 2014
-
Glutes and Golf
Did you know that strengthening your glutes could improve your golf game. Weak glutes are becoming an epidemic in our society. There are many reasons for weak g…
-
Girls and their Dogs: Travels with Charley
"We got Charley at the Fairfax County Humane Society. We saw her online and went to visit her. Her mother was quite feral and wild and had a litter of half a do…
-
Foxcroft's Stuart Hall Named Finalist for "Best in Building" Award
Foxcroft School's Stuart Hall has been named a finalist for one of the U.S. Green Building Council's Best in Building Awards. The awards, established this year,…
-
Donna Clark - Mindscapes
Live An Artful Life® Gallery in The Plains, VA will host a unique solo exhibit "Mindscapes" by widely acclaimed local artist Donna Clark. The show will run from…
-
Don't Miss Waterford Homes Tour & Crafts Exhibit
Often referred to as The Waterford Fair, The Waterford Homes Tour & Crafts Exhibit deserves the national recognition it receives as one of the best home tours a…
-
Council Meeting Procedures
New rules and guidelines have also been drafted describing precisely how meetings of the Town Council and other official public meetings are to be conducted, wh…
-
Community Shred Day
Middleburg Bank will host a free "Community Shred" event Saturday, September 27th from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. Shred trucks will be located at seven Financial Service…
-
Celebrating 7 Years of Fashions & Finds!
We launched the Fashions and Finds retail division of Tri-County's business back in 2007, when our country was moving into one of the most challenging economic…
-
Blue Ridge Hospice Opens Leesburg Office in Cornwall Medical Pavilion
Blue Ridge Hospice, a not-for-profit hospice serving Loudoun and eight surrounding counties, will open a new Leesburg office in August in Suite 200A at the Corn…
-
Angel's Trumpets
August has been a very good month for angel's trumpets or brugmansia. Within in the next couple of days I may have over 100 flowers on one plant, something I've…
-
"Health Center" Donations
For many years the "profits" earned from rents paid for space in the Town-owned and operated "Health Center Building" have ostensibly been distributed by Town C…
-
Middleburg Eccentric August 2014, Volume 11 Issue 5
View with the Online Reader or Download.
-
iSchool for The Future at Wakefield School
The week began with planting of vegetables and learning about how a sponge drinks in water the same way our brains drink in information. We must remember to wri…
-
Wakefield Student Wins Cappies Award at Kennedy Center Gala
Wakefield's Patrick Moore won the award for Best Actor in a Comedy Play at the Kennedy Center Cappies Gala, held on Sunday, June 8. Moore, now an alumnus of Wak…
-
Top 10 List for Summer in Middleburg
This year has gone by at lightning speed and we are again in the midst of summertime. Back by popular demand, here is the 2014 version of my Top Ten List for Su…
-
The Tomato Hornworm
The garden is in full swing, more lovely every day. I am a big fan of annuals or tender perennials and shrubs, especially those that have night fragrance. Hand…
-
The 4th of July in Middleburg
The 4th of July in Middleburg
-
Salamander Resort Opens 20-Acre Tree Top Zip Tour
To celebrate the Independence Day holiday weekend, Salamander Resort & Spa opened the latest addition to its pastoral property – the Salamander Tree Top Zip Tou…
-
Quick Summer Squash Ratatouille
Ratatouille (not just a lovable rat from the Disney movie) is a delicious dish that literally means, "to toss" in French, "touiller." – essentially tossing food…
-
Overlook Farm Equestrian Center Celebrates Great Debut at Twilight Jumpers
On June 27, Overlook Farm Equestrian Center's Christina Kelly and Audrey Wang made their debuts at Twilight Jumpers. Wang and Rocky finished 3rd in the $500 Chi…