April 2017
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Land Trust of Virginia Annual Garden Party to be held at Wind Fields Farm
The 19th Annual Garden Party will be held on Sunday, May 21, 2017, at Wind Fields Farm in Middleburg, Virginia, the home of Mr. and Mrs. Timothy B. Harmon. This…
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High-Intensity Training and Aging
High-intensity training is not new; it has been around for a long time. The idea is you get your heart rate up and then bring it down for a certain amount of ti…
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Give/Choose: Community Day of Giving
The Community Foundation for Loudoun and Northern Fauquier Counties once again will offer a community day of charitable giving through GiveChoose.org on May 2.…
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Fill Your Fashion Canvas with a Fresh New Look
Spring is an ever so pretty time of year. The wind feels softer, birds sing longer, and hollies give way to delicate buds and brilliant blossoms. It is always a…
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Del Yeah! - In Unison
May is coming, which means it is almost time for DelFest. Held over Memorial Day Weekend (May 25-28), this festival has become a significant Roots, Americana an…
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Climate Change and Sea Level Rise - Waterworld
Climate change is a phenomenon that has been happening on our planet most likely since it was formed. Many earth scientists believe the earth was formed some 4.…
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Citizenship - And The Synergy of a Nation
Some 250 years ago Benjamin Franklin wrote in his Autobiography, "There seems to me at present to be great occasion for raising a United Party for Virtue, by fo…
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Character in Politics
Ken Rietz, a long-time political consultant, and manager of numerous political campaigns writes in his book, Winning Campaigns, "Issues are important (but) the…
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Big Trees
Virginia is a state with lots of champion trees and a big advantage; it's home to the two most famous big tree hunters in the country. They form a tag team, loo…
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Arbor Day/Earth Day
On April 29 the Virginia Department of Forestry, an organization driven by science and run by scientists, will award the Town of Middleburg its Sixteenth consec…
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Andre Pater Retrospective Reception
Andre Pater Retrospective Reception
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MBPA April 2017 BizBuzz Hosted by Salamander Resort
MBPA April 2017 BizBuzz Hosted by Salamander Resort Source: Middleburg Eccentric
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Boy Scout Troop 2950 Winter Court of Honor
Boy Scout Troop 2950 of Middleburg on February 27 had a “Court of Honor,” held three times per year to recognize scouts who have earned merit badges and made…
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Your Day at the Races - What to wear - Sincerely me
This month marks my four-year anniversary writing for Middleburg Eccentric. To celebrate, I am throwing it back with a reprint of one of my favorites and…
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Creativity - The Artist’s Perspective
Creativity. That one word, so intertwined in every artist’s life. The idea that an idea to make something original with your own two hands gets floating around…
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Could Magnesium be the missing link?
Magnesium is an often an overlooked mineral that is responsible for over 300 processes in the body. When we don’t get enough magnesium through diet, we can…
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EDITORIAL: “Visioning:” It is Important
In this edition’s coverage of the Middleburg Town Council, and in veteran Council Member Mark Snyder’s “Ask a Council Member” column you will see multiple…
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EDITORIAL: WHO WE ARE?
When President Trump issued his first Immigration Executive Order banning travel temporarily from seven countries, Senator Schumer (D) declared “that is not…
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EDITORIAL: The Russians are coming! The Russians are coming!
For some time now, the Democrats, Hollywood, academia, and the left-wing media, our Axis of Lunacy (Hey, if Hillary can say “basket of deplorables,” I can say…
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EDITORIAL: The Russian Campaign
John McCain may not be a hero in the eyes of His Petulancy but he’s been a Senator for 30 years, and he is the Chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee.…