January 2018
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Rehoming Cats: Lots of Time, Patience & Love
I’m not an authority on cats — I just love them. I wish we had one, but my human has allergies and says I’m a menagerie all by myself. She loves cats, though,…
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Mosby Heritage Area Association Offers “Edmund Randolph: A Forgotten Founding Father”
The Mosby Heritage Area Association (MHAA) announces their February 10th event called “Edmund Randolph: A Forgotten Founding Father.” The talk will begin at…
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Mosby Heritage Area Association Awards Two Heritage Heroes: Fauquier-Loudoun Garden Club and Friends of Balls Bluff
T he Mosby Heritage Area Association (MHAA) announces the winners of their 2017 Heritage Hero Awards. The Heritage Hero award is given to individuals or groups…
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Middleburg Montessori Transforms into Puppy School
On December 5th, CCI, Canine Companions for Independence, held one of their monthly puppy school class at Middleburg Montessori School. Adolescent Directress,…
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Middleburg Humane Foundation Looks to End The Fundraising Year Strong
With only $1,115,672.19 remaining to raise in its capital campaign and a new $50,000 matching grant, the Middleburg Humane Foundation is looking forward to the…
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Letter to the Editor: Vincent Bataoel Confirmed on the Ballot for Mayor — Election May 1
Long ago, between Alexandria and Winchester, there was established a country town known as Middleburg. It was an island of civility where people looked out for…
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Letter to the Editor: The Ongoing Battle for Aldie
One hundred fifty-five years after the original Battle of Aldie, the county’s plan to build a massive new fire station in Aldie’s historic village has the…
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Inglewood Farm Conservation Easement Donated to Land Trust of Virginia - 850 acres protected for future generations
T he Land Trust of Virginia (LTV) is pleased to announce that Inglewood Farm, located 3.5 miles southeast of Arrington, Virginia in Nelson County, is now…
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EDITORIAL: The New Year - and “Preparations of the Heart” - The Public Square
The New Year is a time to lift our gazes. As Solomon said in Proverbs 16: 1, “The preparations of the heart” becomes the answer of the tongue. We get into…
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EDITORIAL: Streamgaging and Sampling 101 - Waterworld
Stepping down the bank of the frozen river carrying an armload of equipment, my feet went out from under me and I slid down the bank on my back and onto the…
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EDITORIAL: Madness - Blue
Monday’s child is fair of face Tuesday’s child is full of grace Wednesday’s child is full of woe Thursday’s child has far to go Friday’s child is loving and…
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EDITORIAL: Letter from the Plains
Heroin, Opioid, and Narcan are not words in common usage by Eccentric readers, so why should you be interested, indeed concerned? We have a heroine-opioid…
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EDITORIAL: Ignorance, Stupidity, Mistakes, and Lying in the Sciences - A Scientist’s Perspective
These words are extremely important to think about and realize in terms of scientists. In terms of PhD scientists it is almost impossible to find one who is…
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EDITORIAL: Filing for Mayor - Ask a Council Member
Happy New Year Middleburg! I am pleased to announce here that I formally filed for mayor with the registrar’s office in Leesburg. Town elections are May 1,…
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Deferred Early? Don’t Fret! - The College Counselor
When a student’s college application would benefit from additional standardized college testing and/or inclusion of the 7th-semester grades reflecting work in…
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Award-Winning Poet Teri Ellen Cross Davis Will Highlight Bergan Festival at Foxcroft School
Teri Ellen Cross Davis, the author of Haint and winner of the 2017 Ohioana Book Award for Poetry, will be Foxcroft School’s poet-in-residence Friday, February…
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A Hoot of an Evening
As a preview to the evening’s program Owl: A Year In the Lives of North American Owls by Paul Bannick, sponsored by Loudoun Wildlife Conservancy, owl lovers…
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Talkin’ Trash
William H. McCormick VMD 2017 was the sixteenth consecutive year of volunteer action to control trash on the Foxcroft Road. The author conducts this survey as…
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Leading a Small Business in a Small Town
Here in hunt country, conserving open space and protecting the land is a deeply held and practiced philosophy, and business. With modern building technology…
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Historian James Morgan will speak at the Battle of Ball’s Bluff Remembrance Dinner
Historian James Morgan will be the featured speaker and the special honoree during the annual Battle of Ball’s Bluff Remembrance Dinner next month. The event…