Category: NEWS OF NOTE
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The Great Fox Auction
The Middleburg Garden Club and the Middleburg Arts Council are busy working on a new Spring project for the town. “Foxes on The Fence” a collaboration between…
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Animal Quarantine & Air Transport Center at Dulles International: Timely Boon to Mid-Atlantic Horse Industry
Anyone with a vested interest in the horse industry should be jumping for joy about the multi-million-dollar Animal Quarantine Import-Export Center planned for…
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Feds Approve Massive Expansion of Balls Bluff Battlefield Landmark
With a stroke of U.S. Interior Secretary Sally Jewell’s pen, the Balls Bluff Battlefield National Historic Landmark near Leesburg last week grew from 76 acres…
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Middleburg Business and Professional Association 2016 Honors
On December 13, The Middleburg Business and Professional Association held its final Biz Buzz meeting of 2016 at Emmanuel Episcopal Church’s Parish House. The…
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Haunts on the Loudoun Landscape
Loudoun County has some of the best preserved historical landscape in the country, side-by-side with the rapid growth of its eastern exurban communities. Key…
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Dissolution of Middleburg Volunteer Fire Department Benefits Local Non-Profits
Founded in 1936, The Middleburg Volunteer Fire Department, which evolved over time into Middleburg Volunteer Fire and Rescue, was officially restructured last…
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Appleton Campbell Earns Esteemed 2016 Angie’s List Super Service Award
Appleton Campbell has earned the home service industry’s coveted Angie’s List Super Service Award, reflecting an exemplary year of customer service to members…
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For the Love of Food: A Bio-essay
There is no greater thing in life than the love of food. It can evoke memories from childhood dinners to pub lunches with the family. It can comfort you in…
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Willowsford, A Top 50 Master-Planned Community
Ashburn’s “Willowsford,” conceived as a unique farm-to-table lifestyle community, is one of the most sought-after communities in the country, according to John…
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Shiloh Baptist Church Celebrates 150th Anniversary
Members of Shiloh Baptist Church have been making joyful noises unto the Lord. Their praise and thanksgiving reached a glorious crescendo at Christmas when…
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The Search for NEW Heroes! - Middleburg Town Council Report
Former Councilmember Kathy Jo Shea, of Foxcroft Road, appeared before Council “in response to an article in the Middleburg Eccentric, which mentioned…
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Veterinary Referral Center of Northern Virginia Provides State-of-the-Art Emergency Clinic
The Veterinary Referral Center of Northern Virginia, located in Manassas, just re-opened their completely renovated and expanded state-of-the-art emergency…
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Valerie Ashker’s Epic Cross-Country Ride Showcases Off-The-Track Thoroughbreds
That Thoroughbreds are great riding horses, sport horses, trail horses and equine partners is the firm belief of enthusiasts who know, understand and…
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Red Meat
Ken Rietz former Deputy Chairman of the Republican National Committee, internationally respected public relations advisor and political consultant, and…
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Christmas in Middleburg - Middleburg Town Council Report
By all accounts this year’s “Christmas in Middleburg” celebration was one of the best ever. The morning Hunt Parade and the afternoon “official” parade…
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Town Funding for Local Non Profits - Middleburg Town Council Report
The Town’s “Health Center Advisory Board” recommended that Town Council approve some $47,000 in charitable donations to local non-profit organizations. The…
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A New Middleburg “Tourism Zone” - Middleburg Town Council Report
At its November 29 meeting the Town’s Economic Development Advisory Committee expressed its concern “about the loss of businesses to other towns” and what it…
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Town Budgets for Economic Development Strategic Plan - Middleburg Town Council Report
On November 4th Middleburg issued a “request for information” from consultants for “development of an economic development strategy and execution plan.”…
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Town Attorney Resigns - Middleburg Town Council Report
Middleburg Town Attorney Angela Plowman has submitted her resignation, effective December 31, 2016. Plowman succeeded Elizabeth Whiting as Town Attorney in…
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Difficulty Filling Key Appointments - Middleburg Town Council Report
In a late in November memorandum Town Clerk Rhonda North noted that Middleburg needed to fill two vacancies on its Planning Commission and two on its “Go…