Archive: 2019
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Horse - Crazy: Photo of a Lifetime
T his ethereal photo of dawn breaking golden over Great Meadow ran last month In the Middleburg Eccentric as an eye-catching illustration for a story about the…
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FIVE STARS for SALAMANDER
Forbes Travel Guide has awarded Sheila Johnson’s Salamander Resort & Spa in Middleburg it’s coveted and rare Five-Star Rating, making it one of only two…
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What Goes Around...
Hello Middleburg! I speak here, I hope simply, as a citizen, not just a former official. I write this in February, which is Black History Month. Disconcertingly…
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Water Issues Resolved
Early in the morning of a very cold January 25, IES, the firm subcontracted to manage Middleburg's water and sewer treatment facilities, officially informed the…
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Tree Removal
The Virginia Department of Transportation, the actual "owner" of Middleburg's public streets and roads, removed three of the town's beloved maple trees along th…
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Tooth Replacement: What Are The Options?
Losing teeth is a traumatic event. We do not take it lightly in the dental office. When teeth are lost it is important to know where that person is in their und…
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Tom Neel's New Book - "LIVE AN ARTFUL LIFE"
Book Signing at Common Grounds March 9th The Art of Living Artfully, is the title of Tom Neel's latest book, and his first book signing will be at Middleburg Co…
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The Northam Problem
"Honor is a debt . . . behavior one owes . . . to those whose esteem one cherishes" with apologies to Tom Clancy When the news first broke that Dr. Ralph Northa…
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Refuse and Recycling
The town has been closely monitoring new subcontractor Bates Trucking as the firm completes its first month of refuse and recycling collections. According to Mi…
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Online Payment System
Town Treasurer Ashley Bott reported that Town Staff is "in the testing phase" of a new Town "online payment system" that promises to greatly improve the ease an…
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Nothing Beats Old Time Radio!
Get ready Middleburg, The Golden Age of Radio is coming to town! On Sunday March 10, the At The Parish House performance series of Emmanuel Episcopal Church wil…
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New Town Administration Building
Council continues to meet in closed sessions to discuss options for the construction of new Town Offices. Town Clerk Rhonda North reported that she had already…
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Middleburg to the Rescue!
Members of the Middleburg community have been helping George, a young adult vulture grounded with an injured wing—on the QT, because the big bird is still out i…
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March 2019
Fifty years ago was an important time for music. Many of the great rock bands were in their glory years; Woodstock blew the minds of square America; and ECM Rec…
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Maple Syrup
On the cusp of spring, closer to winter, across a broad swath of northern North America, maple trees are being tapped for sap. Quebec, Canada is the highest pro…
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Lukewarm Reception for Development Proposal
"Looks like a prison," was Vice Mayor Darlene Kirk's reaction to an initial architectural concept for the main building of a proposed new development, located o…
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Love Thy Neighbor
I moved into Middleburg with my human Tom in 2012 and spent most of my time at his center, A Place To Be Music Therapy. At that time the center was at 130 South…
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Loudoun's Mayors in Middleburg
Kudos to Middleburg's Mayor, Bridge Littleton, and his fellow mayors across the county, for their untiring and ongoing efforts to unite Loudoun County's seven t…
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Local Artists Bring Color Again to the Streets of Middleburg...
Watch out they are coming back...the amazing foxes are soon to be back in town. This will be Middleburg Garden Clubs second time of doing this exciting fund rai…
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Land Trust of Virginia Receives 101.46 Acre Donation
The Land Trust of Virginia is pleased to announce the donation of 101.46 acres of beautiful woodlands in the northeast section of Stafford County from businessm…