Archive: 2017
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Places & Faces: The Virginia Scottish Games Festival
Places & Faces: The Virginia Scottish Games Festival
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Paws Like Us
Middleburg is obviously a dog-loving village. One is often accompanied around town to shop, dine, bank or socialize with their best furry friends who are welcom…
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NSLM's Polo Classic at Great Meadow
NSLM's Polo Classic at Great Meadow
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Middleburg Town Council Report (Continued)
New Hires and Promotions Town Administrator Martha Semmes reported that Tim Cole had officially joined the Town Staff as Facilities & Maintenance Supervisor on…
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Lynn Symansky & Donner: Four-Star Partnership
Middleburg-based equestrian Lynn Symansky has turned Donner, an off-the-track Thoroughbred into a top international three-day event horse. Now the pride of the…
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Hurricanes and Global Warming: A Scientist's Perspective
The recent spate of powerful hurricanes has increased the discussion of the impact of global warming (no, I'm not going to use the "polite" term of climate chan…
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Go Green: Middleburg Town Council Report
On September 14 Middleburg Town Council's "Go Green" Committee formally proposed that, in the interest of controlling an often-overlooked and singularly toxic f…
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Cindy Pearson
In September, after eleven years of faithful and outstanding service to the Town of Middleburg Cindy Pearson, our first Economic Development Coordinator, retire…
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Are You Willin'?
I have to admit that I never knew the title of the song Willin' until very recently. I had grown up hearing the tune played by Little Feat; a short, earthy anth…
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A Focus on STEAM Education
Ivanka Trump, along with Microsoft President Brad Smith and Code.org CEO Hadi Partovi visited the Middleburg Community Charter School on September 27, 2017. The…
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Inova Loudoun Hospital Expands Child Life Staff with Facility Dog
Inova Loudoun Hospital (ILH) is pleased to announce it is expanding the hospital’s Child Life Team with a facility dog named Jeremiah. Jeremiah, a two-year…
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Happy Hunting - Sincerely me
The 2017-2018 hunt season is upon us and for many locals opening cubbing day is like Christmas. Those that partake have spent the summer doing trot sets in the…
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Great Middleburg Clean Up & Scavenger Hunt
It was a sunny, faintly humid Saturday morning in downtown Middleburg, ideal weather by August standards. A local real estate agent was showing a home that…
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EDITORIAL: Utilities - Ask a Council Member
Hello, Middleburg! This column summarizes recent Town Council and Utility Committee activities I have been involved with recently. Council took a short…
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EDITORIAL: Unequal Justice
The difference in the way the Department of Justice has handled the investigations into Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump is an instructive lesson on how…
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EDITORIAL: The Next Five Years
I’ve been asked what I think the Town looks like in five years: I believe it looks better in five years, but not any bigger. Here are the priorities that I’d…
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EDITORIAL: Thanks, and Farewell - RED
Well, as they used to say on the Mickey Mouse Club … “now it’s time to say goodbye, to all our company.” After nearly five years, your humble correspondent is…
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EDITORIAL: Pax Americana and The Ferris Wheel - The Public Square
August is the month Columbus in 1492 set sail for America and the Pilgrims set forth in 1620 on the Mayflower. Optimistically, “…August hangs at the very top…
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EDITORIAL: Nuclear War - A Scientist’s Perspective
With all of the turbulence about North Korea and nuclear war, I’ve been getting some questions lately about what does nuclear war really mean. My simple answer…
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EDITORIAL: Goodbye Red
One of the ironies of American political history is that here in the States, because of some the earliest colored maps of election returns “red” voters and…