Recent stories
-
Going...Going...Green!
It is not every day that you receive an invitation to write a monthly column on a subject matter dear to your heart. And so, it is with gratitude, that I…
-
Ursula Landsrath Animal Rescue Fund Created
T he Community Foundation for Loudoun and Northern Fauquier Counties announced today that they received funding to create the Ursula Landsrath Animal Rescue…
-
Townview Project: Request Denied - Middleburg Town Council Report
A standing-room-only crowd filled Town Hall on Tuesday, March 25, for a public hearing on a request to change the language of key provisions of the land-use…
-
Middleburg Eccentric March 2019, Volume 15 Issue 12
THIS MONTH IN THE ECCENTRIC: Spring Point to Points Come Alive, Townview Project: Request Denied, Ursula Landsrath Animal Rescue Fund Created, Music in the…
-
Truban Motor Company Unveils Their Porsche GT2 RS
J ohn and Charlene Truban, of Truban Motor Company in Winchester, VA., took delivery of their ultra-exclusive Porsche 911 GT2 RS and decided to share their…
-
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…
-
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…
-
Middleburg Eccentric February 2019, Volume 15 Issue 11
THIS MONTH IN THE ECCENTRIC: Preserving Loudoun County: A Call to Action, 5 Stars for Salamander, Porsche GT2 RS, Photo of a Lifetime, Talkin’ Trash,…
-
EDITORIAL: 2019 Hopes, Fears, Thanks (and Preparation)
Money One of the most often repeated fiscal memes at the regular monthly meetings of the Middleburg Town Council is genuine concern about what would happened…
-
Ursula Landsrath 1946 - 2019
U rsula Landsrath passed away January 3rd, 2019. Born in Germany in 1946, she moved to Australia with her parents Karl and Elizabeth Landsrath when she was in…
-
Sonny Underwood 1938 - 2018
R andolph “Sonny” Macfadden Underwood, 80, of Middleburg, Virginia, passed away Sunday, December 30, 2018 at Stone Springs Hospital in Dulles, VA. Sonny was…
-
Upperville Colt & Horse Show Celebrates Virginia “Ginny” Plaskitt McCarty for 16 Years of Service
F or 16 years, Virginia Plaskitt McCarty, affectionately known as “Ginny,” has served as show secretary for the Upperville Colt & Horse Show (UCHS). At the…
-
Great Meadow’s Under-40 Board Promises Exciting New Year
The invigorating energies of “new blood” within the Great Meadow Foundation describe the recently launched Under-40 Board whose members are committed to…
-
Middleburg Town Council Report
Under New Management On January 10 Middleburg’s new Town Administrator, Danny Davis, submitted his first official monthly report to a regular meeting of…
-
A snowy owl finds a home at Wildlife Veterinary Care
O n a cold, blustery afternoon, Dr. Belinda Burwell, director and founder of Wildlife Veterinary Care in Clarke County, gave me a tour of the facility and…
-
Middleburg Eccentric January 2019, Volume 15 Issue 10
THIS MONTH IN THE ECCENTRIC: A snowy owl finds a home, Great Meadow’s Under-40 Board Promises Exciting New Year, Celebrates Virginia “Ginny” Plaskitt McCarty…
-
Middleburg Eccentric December 2018, Volume 15 Issue 9
THIS MONTH IN THE ECCENTRIC: Advance Programs to Protect Rural Loudoun, Joe Fargis: Always Put The Horse First,Christmas in Middleburg, Middleburg American…
-
Update: Loudoun County’s Comprehensive Plan: A Plan with Many Problems for Rural Loudoun
The Loudoun County comprehensive plan is in its final stages of being written. Despite two years of work and effort, the comprehensive plan currently being…
-
Just Keep Walking: Life After Traumatic Brain Injury
Celebrating Thanksgiving will be easy for the Stone Allen family as their horn of plenty overflows with the continuing recovery of Forrest Stone Allen, now 25…
-
Middleburg Town Council Report
New Town Administrator Middleburg has formally announced that it has hired Danny Davis as its new Town Administrator, replacing Martha Mason Semmes who, after…