Category: NEWS OF NOTE
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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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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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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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River systems are Integral - The Fence Post
In last month’s installment, we described a well-managed property like a diversified stock portfolio. All the natural assets available are used to create…
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Loudoun Wildlife Conservancy Unveils the Harrison Street Pollinator Meadow Interpretive Panel
Loudoun Wildlife Conservancy installed a pollinator meadow along Harrison Street near downtown Leesburg along the Washington and Old Dominion Trail with…
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The Hill School Builds a Stout Defense to Prevent Covid
Angela and Krister Killinger, parents of Hill School fifth and seventh graders, admittedly had some trepidation about sending their children back into the…
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The Fence Post
With the changing of the season, families join each other around the table for the holidays. From one generation to another, the hand of time and the values…
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The Blessing of the Animals continues an old Middleburg tradition in a new format
Middleburg’s Emmanuel Episcopal Church will continue its more than 20-year-old tradition of blessing animals on Oct. 4 with an interfaith event that allows for…
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Five industry leaders inducted to 2020 Livestock Hall of Fame
Five outstanding Virginia livestock industry leaders are being inducted into the Virginia Livestock Hall of Fame this year. Their portraits will be permanently…
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Middleburg Town Council Report - October 2020
Changes to the Town Business License and Taxes The Town adjusts how it operates and collects the business licenses and taxes to keep pace with changes to the…
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Windy Hill Plants Community Gardens to Promote Healthy Eating
W ith all the challenges going on right now, it might seem that planting a garden would be a luxury. For many of the residents of Windy Hill, it probably is.…
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Middleburg Town Council Report - July 2020
Sidewalk Sale The Punkin Lee of the Middleburg Business Association addressed the Council about the upcoming Middleburg Summer Sidewalk Sale. The event will be…
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May 2020 Middleburg Town Council Report
Reopening Update The Governor of Virginia extended Executive Order 62, until at least May 28. Loudoun County and the Town of Middleburg business will continue…
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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…