Archive: 2016
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Middleburg Garden Club's Greens Show at Emmanuel Church
Always a highlight of Middleburg's Christmas Season, this juried flower show involving themed entries from area garden clubs It was about fifty years ago that t…
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MBPA honors community leaders at annual awards ceremony
Wonderful way to close the MPBA's year! What a terrific way to close the year! A reminder of just what makes the Middleburg community so special.…
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Ken Rietz: Winning Campaigns, Losing Sight, Gaining Insight
Ken Rietz, former Deputy Chairman of the Republican National Committee, internationally respected public relations advisor and political consultant, and one-tim…
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Is your Home Susceptible to Ice Damming? Ask a Remodeler
An ice dam is a ridge of ice that forms at the eave or valley of a roof preventing proper drainage. This occurs when snow melts and slides to cooler portions of…
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Hunt Country Christmas Ball
Hunt Country Christmas Ball
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Hunt Breakfast at Betsee Parker's Huntlands
Hunt Breakfast at Betsee Parker's Huntlands
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Holiday Music In Unison
There is nothing better than live music, especially when the concert is right in the center of Middleburg and it's Christmastime. The Middleburg Concert Series…
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Holiday Gifts
I have a few suggestions for musical gifts this Christmas, including some music and equipment to help you enjoy your music better. Zonkey, Umphrey's McGee— A ma…
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Friend of the Mountain Awards
Friends of the Blue Ridge Mountains (FBRM) presented the 2016 "Friend of the Mountain Award" to three citizen activists at their Annual Meeting, November 13, 20…
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Florist Cyclamen - The Plant Lady
The seasonal flowers of Christmas are few. Nothing like the countless options for Mother's Day or Easter. It boils down to forced flowers that are best grown in…
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Editors Desk - 'Tis the Season
The past year was, to say the least, "challenging" for Middleburg, its families, friends, and business community . . . with vicious weather and what seemed to b…
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Crooked Run Orchard Saved: Purcellville's Last Farm Now Protected by the Land Trust of Virginia
The Land Trust of Virginia has successfully recorded the donation of a conservation easement on Sam and Uta Brown's Crooked Run Orchard in Purcellville, VA. By…
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Citizenship - and the Spirit of the Land - The Public Square
When The Public Square began 18 months ago, we did not know where it would lead. But we have seen how the spirit of our land has a great deal to do with the cha…
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Christmas in Middleburg Parade Photos
Christmas in Middleburg Parade Photos
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At Least Excellent - Red
Democrats are highly upset about the recent presidential election and are frantically howling about the unfairness of the venerable and much-abused Electoral Co…
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Ask a Council Member - Will Moore
Hello Middleburg! Last month this column discussed my experience and expectations with local shops (Buy Local!). I rued changes at Wiley Wagg, recently acquired…
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Arctic blast to hit DC region; snow possible Saturday morning
Arctic blast to hit DC region; snow possible Saturday morning There is one week left until the official start of winter, but only one day left until you will…
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A Young Artist's Tribute to a Friend
Lilly Killinger is an amazing young artist who believes in the power of kids helping kids. She also loves fairies. Last fall she began painting bald fairies and…
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A New Middleburg "Tourism Zone"
At its November 29 meeting the Town's Economic Development Advisory Committee expressed its concern "about the loss of [Middleburg] businesses to other towns" a…
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A Look Back, Helps Us Look Forward
As 2016 comes to an end, it is nice to take a look back at all that was accomplished. Whether it is goals that were achieved or goals that are still on the hori…
