Recent stories
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Great Middleburg Clean Up & Scavenger Hunt
It was a sunny, faintly humid Saturday morning in downtown Middleburg, ideal weather by August standards. A local real estate agent was showing a home that…
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EDITORIAL: Bureau of Land Management - Waterworld
When most of us think of public lands we tend to think of national parks and monuments managed by the National Park Service, national forests managed by the U.…
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EDITORIAL: The Next Five Years
I’ve been asked what I think the Town looks like in five years: I believe it looks better in five years, but not any bigger. Here are the priorities that I’d…
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EDITORIAL: Utilities - Ask a Council Member
Hello, Middleburg! This column summarizes recent Town Council and Utility Committee activities I have been involved with recently. Council took a short…
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EDITORIAL: Pax Americana and The Ferris Wheel - The Public Square
August is the month Columbus in 1492 set sail for America and the Pilgrims set forth in 1620 on the Mayflower. Optimistically, “…August hangs at the very top…
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EDITORIAL: Nuclear War - A Scientist’s Perspective
With all of the turbulence about North Korea and nuclear war, I’ve been getting some questions lately about what does nuclear war really mean. My simple answer…
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EDITORIAL: Unequal Justice
The difference in the way the Department of Justice has handled the investigations into Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump is an instructive lesson on how…
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EDITORIAL: Thanks, and Farewell - RED
Well, as they used to say on the Mickey Mouse Club … “now it’s time to say goodbye, to all our company.” After nearly five years, your humble correspondent is…
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EDITORIAL: Charlottesville - A Personal View - Blue
On Friday, August 11, 2017, along with millions of others, this writer watched a video of a torchlight parade on and around the grounds of the University of…
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EDITORIAL: Goodbye Red
One of the ironies of American political history is that here in the States, because of some the earliest colored maps of election returns “red” voters and…
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EDITORIAL: Good People
On Monday, August 21, the moon blocked nearly 80% of the light of the sun here in Middleburg. The great eclipse of 2017 was not only a rare event, but it was…
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At Hill, a 20 percent project has 100 percent success
W hen the academic year begins at Hill next month, Bee Stribling knows full well that when the new fourth graders come into his classroom for the first time,…
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Big Dog Pots Pottery: Where Kids of ALL Ages Can Shop, Create & Celebrate
Big Dog Pots Pottery, since its opening in 2014, has become a destination for kids of all ages as they discover the fun and wonder of getting hands-on in the…
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Opioid Addiction is in Our Own Backyard
S even years ago, I lost my wife to cancer. It was a long and brutal struggle, requiring mountains of opioids to help her cope with pain. My daughter, Katie,…
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Local Knowledge, Global Reach in The Plains
“We tried the town of Middleburg, but they said they had already reached Realtor capacity,” Malone said with a laugh. 2017 marks Chris Malone’s 30th year…
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Legends by Lantern light
The Mosby Heritage Area Association is bringing its Mosby Heritage Area Interpretive Group to Clarke County on Saturday, August 19 for another of its popular…
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Stu Staffer 1942 - 2017 - A Great Tree Has Fallen
L ongtime Laguna Beach resident, founder of Stu News Laguna, community stalwart, baseball fanatic, and 2016 Citizen of the Year Stu Staffer, brother to Claudia…
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ARF, A LOVE STORY
I like calling the ”ANIMAL RESCUE FUND” story a “LOVE” story as there are no better words to describe it. As I have always loved and rescued animals it was…
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The Gay Men’s Chorus of Washington Returns to Middleburg to Sing Benefiting The Andy Bergner Center
The Gay Men’s Chorus of Washington (GMCW) first came to Middleburg to sing a benefit for A Place To Be to a sell-out audience at the community center. They are…
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Troop 2950 Celebrates a New Eagle
When Sawyer Long entered his senior year in Highland School, he had to summon the energy for the final push to Eagle Scout. It had been a long journey for…