Archive: 2021
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Four Must-Have Items to Complete Your Dream Bathroom
What is a dream bathroom? Well, a dream bathroom is anything that YOU want YOUR bathroom to be! One person may want a large soaking tub that is surrounded by ca…
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Cate Magennis Wyatt Elected Chair of NOVA Parks
On January 21, 2021, the 12 Members of the NOVA Parks (Northern Virginia Regional Park Authority) Board elected former Secretary of Commerce and Trader of Virgi…
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Brick & Mortar Mercantile Comes Home to Middleburg
Tara and Ben Wegdam are excited to be opening a brand new Brick and Mortar store in Middleburg VA. Brick and Mortar is a fresh and fun new retail format offerin…
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Blandy Experimental Farm
There is still isolation in our everyday lives despite the fact that we are a year into the pandemic. People are looking for ways to be outdoors, descending on…
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All Feet Need To Be Warm This Winter
Help the Middleburg Business & Professional Association Members collect new sox for men, women, older adults, compression, teenagers, kids and babies to help ou…
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A Dog House for All Seasons
My human Tom had a favorite cartoon character and stuffed animal when he was a child. Snoopy, from the Peanuts comics and cartoons. He has several Snoopy stuffe…
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96th Virginia Gold Cup on May 29 & Other Updates
Once again, Virginia Gold Cup forsakes its traditional Derby Day fixture for the sake of the sport to run on May 29 under a new format, designed in compliance w…
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2021 UCHS "Jump In" Capital Campaign
Since 1853 – four decades before the start of the modern Olympics - the Upperville Colt & Horse Show (UCHS) has nurtured a sense of tradition, beauty, and excel…
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Talking Trash: 2020 Foxcroft Road Clean up Report
The year 2020 was the eighteenth consecutive year of volunteer action to control trash on Foxcroft Road. The author conducts this survey as a single observer.…
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Small Retailer Gives Large Gift to Women in Need
When Middleburg shop owner Wendy Osborn wanted to support those in need in the new year, she reached out to the YMCA of Metropolitan Washington and YMCA…
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Lost Barrel Brewing is now open
Located just outside the town of Middleburg. Lost Barrel Brewing is the home of craft beer, hard seltzers, and amazing food. With attention to every detail,…
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Winter is Here.... Now What?
Well, with the arrival of the sub-freezing temperatures, the frozen mud, and the "What the heck am I going to do?" we have lots to think about. Let us be proact…
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Steve's Picks for 2020
We're rapidly approaching the year anniversary of the pandemic. In my case, I have been teleworking since March, spending most of my time within a mile or two o…
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Spring Catalogs
As the seed catalogs arrive the gardener highlights or folds over pages of interest. While the garden is in its brown phase, colorful pages take us into the fut…
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Middleburg Town Council Report
Special Recognition The Council adopted a resolution extending its appreciation to H. H. "Dev" Roszel for his service on the Economic Development Advisory Commi…
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Middleburg Eccentric January 2021, Volume 17 Issue 10
THIS MONTH IN THE ECCENTRIC: Small Retailer Gives Large Gift to Women in Need, Old Ox Warming Houses, The Origins of the Conservation Easement, Lost Barrel…
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Letter from the Plains: On the Precipice
So it seems Joe Biden will be sworn in as President, a man who now scarcely knows who or where he is, but throughout his long tenure in Washington distinguished…
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Justice is the Answer to Trump's Rally to Riot
There is a Republican talking point that the Congress and government should forego impeachment and possible criminal prosecution of outgoing President Donald Tr…
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Health and Nutrition: Reflections and Resolutions
Since the onset of COVID-19, we have been establishing new routines to stay healthy. Covid-19 prevention has placed a heavy emphasis on personal hygiene and uni…
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Breathing
These days have us all breathing shallowly. As if we are holding our breath, waiting for something else to happen. So much like the fight or flight syndrome. We…