May 2020
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Shenandoah Donates Three Ventilators to Valley Health
S henandoah University donated three ventilators to Valley Health on Wednesday, April 8. The ventilators were donated to Shenandoah several years ago by Valley…
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Rural Non-profit Doing Their Best to Support Local Hospital Fauquier Habitat for Humanity Scours ReStore to Donate Items
T he Fauquier Habitat for Humanity’s ReStore, located in Warrenton, Virginia, will donate 600 safety glasses to Fauquier County’s Hospital, Fauquier Health as…
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Robert Vernon Dobson
R obert Vernon Dobson, a businessman, publisher, and avid horseman who lived in Delaplane, Virginia for 50 years, died on April 16, 2020, a day before his 93rd…
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Middleburg Town Council Report
Updates on COVID The Virginia Executive order 53 limiting nonessential business was extended to May 8th. The order is subject to the change, the Governor’s…
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Letter From the Plains
Since the March Letter, the International Criminal Court (the ICC) at The Hague in the Netherlands has come into sharp focus because of various allegations of…
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Leesburg Garden Club Awards Three Grants to Local Organizations
T he Leesburg Garden Club (LGC) is excited to announce that it has awarded grants to three local organizations. Their requests for grants met the Club’s…
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JK Community Farm
L ong before the pandemic, hunger has existed in our community. Food insecurity in the locale touted as the wealthiest county in the United States is a…
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Horse-Crazy: Riding Out the Pandemic
R iding out the pandemic is a serious challenge, and our #1 job is to stay healthy. Here’s hoping everyone is willing to be diligent about hygiene, about…
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Hill School at Home
One recent afternoon, Hill School Academic Dean and eighth grade teacher Hunt Lyman sat in front of his computer with a guitar and started strumming and…
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Highland Teachers Lead the Way in Distance Learning
“What is best for students in this different world?” This question must drive every decision a school makes, now more than ever, according to Marjorie…
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Clinton Eugene “Moe” Brown
Clinton Eugene “Moe” Brown “Moe,” 63, of Sterling, died April. 7, 2020, at Inova Loudoun Hospital. Clinton was preceded in death by his grandparents, Edward…
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Can Census Bureau Data Drive Business Growth and Job Creation?
A n entrepreneur in Virginia is weighing whether to open a new restaurant. A national chain headquartered in DC is making regional hiring plans. And a big-box…
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Blackwater Beef
A fter recognizing almost a decade ago, the difficulties faced in obtaining and storing farm fresh beef, it became the mission of Blackwater Beef, a family-run…
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American Humane Presents Middleburg Humane Foundation with Feed the Hungry Grant
A merican Humane, the country’s first national humane organization, today announced that Middleburg Humane Foundation (MHF) is a recipient of American Humane’s…
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ARE WE THERE YET? - BLUE
Most of us have seen the Columbus, Ohio protesters, shoulder to shoulder, piercing, crazed eyes, mouths wide open shouting, their shouts gratefully unheard in…
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my favorite Covid-isms - Sincerely me
T his month I have made a collection of all my favorite Covid-isms floating around the internet. All of my energy this month has gone to dusting my house with…
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Why is Tom home all day? - Around the Town
Wow! Is it April? Or February? Or Christmas? What has happened to the time? I am very aware that something disturbing and scary has happened to your human…
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Thoughts from the Field - From Forest to Table Fieldcraft
As we all adjust to the current social, economic, and physiological landscape, it seems that we are on heightened alert as to how we can support our local…
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May Flowers - The Plant Lady
May is the floral explosion month with roses, iris, clematis, and baptisia, all coming into flower. The work of general weeding turns to staking and…
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Hang in there - In Unison
By now, a lot of us are getting used to telework or hunkering down at home. If you have decent Internet bandwidth, there is a lot of diversion between Amazon,…