Archive: 2017
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Video: Middleburg Town Council Work Session 4/27/17
Watch Middleburg Town Council Meeting Live! Source: Middleburg Eccentric
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Shhh, It Happens
Recently at a dinner party I attended, the host thoughtfully broke the ice by asking each guest to relay one of their most embarrassing moments. Within seconds…
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Remodeling for the Second Half in the "Game of Life"
What adjustments are you planning to make in your home to ensure your longterm comfort and safety? For many of us, when it comes to our homes, the "Game of Life…
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Randy Rouse – A Winner Gone Away
Randolph Dashiell Rouse was more than three months into his 100th year when he died, after a brief illness, on April 7, 2017, at the Virginia Hospital Center. R…
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Piedmont Hunt Point to Point
Piedmont Hunt Point to Point
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Orange County Hunt Point to Point
Orange County Hunt Point to Point
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On Character - Blue
"There was nothing like an appeal to honor. It was a virtue that all craved, even those who lacked it. Fundamentally, honor was itself a debt, a code of behavio…
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Misplaced Outrage
It is politics 101 in Washington – LEARN OUTRAGE. Senator Chuck Schumer and the Democrats seem to have mastered the skill better than most when it comes to Pres…
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Middleburg Town Council Report - A Good Winter!
With the exception of what Town Administrator Martha Semmes termed an eminently manageable "March Curveball" Middleburg benefitted greatly this year from mild w…
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Middleburg Spring Races
Middleburg Spring Races
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Loudoun Hunt Point to Point
Loudoun Hunt Point to Point
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Letter to the Editor
Writing to express appreciation for Mr. Engberg's columns on water issues. I'm no expert, but I agree with him that our groundwater resources are being depleted…
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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…