Middleburg Town Council Report
The Middleburg Eccentric covered Town Council every month from 2014 until the paper's last issue in November 2022, first in Daniel Morrow's column and later in Jay Hubbard's. The report continues here, month by month from December 2022, drawn from the Town's meeting videos, minutes and transcripts, with every quote checked against the record and linked to its moment in the video.
Features
If They Didn't Have It, You Didn't Need It: The Fun Shop, 1956–2023
On July 8, 2023, The Fun Shop closed its doors on West Washington Street after 66 years, and Middleburg lost the place where it bought birthday presents, christening gifts, toys, tea towels,…
Pop Gordon Field Plays Ball Again: How Middleburg Saved Mickie Gordon Park
On a Saturday in June 2025, American Legion Post 295 took the field at Mickie Gordon Memorial Park for its season opener against Leesburg's Post 34. It was the first baseball game on Pop Gordon Field…
Monthly reports
Goodbye to the Old Town Office
October was a month of endings. The County pulled its cricket plan for Mickie Gordon Park. Council held its last meeting in the old Town Office and moved next door. Two short meetings, both over by a…
The Stones of South Madison
South Madison Street has crumbling sidewalks, trees whose roots are lifting them, a strip of stone that may date to the stagecoach days, and, since September, a $1.6 million plan to fix all of it…
The Price of Trust
Council met only once in August, and the County's parks department heard about it anyway. Mickie Gordon Park's cricket plan is on hold, not withdrawn, and the Mayor said the neighbors feel "a little…
The Fun Shop Closes Its Doors
For 66 years, if you needed a birthday present, a christening gift, a toy, a tea towel or a hostess gift in a hurry, you went to The Fun Shop. In July it closed, and Council said thank you. The month…
Save Mickie Gordon
A month after it stood up for the east end, Middleburg stood up for a ballfield. Loudoun County's parks department wanted to turn Mickie Gordon Memorial Park, just east of town, into a three-field…
No Room at the Inn
The neighbors came, and they won. In May, Council killed a change to its zoning that would have allowed inns in the C-1 district between downtown and the homes on the east end, two weeks after a room…
Changing of the Guard
Middleburg said goodbye to its police chief in April, wished a happy 100th birthday to one of its longest-serving citizens, and got its first look at three ideas that could change the town's streets:…
The Tax That Could Go to Zero
Middleburg's Mayor told his Council in March that the Town could drop its real estate tax to nothing and still pay its bills. Council cut the rate anyway, just not as far as one member wanted. The…
The Prosecutor Comes to Town
Loudoun's Commonwealth's Attorney accepted Council's invitation in February and spent nearly an hour explaining, and defending, the letter that had set Middleburg on edge. The month also brought a…
Who Prosecutes Now?
Council opened 2023 with a visit from a congresswoman, a farewell to the Town's auditors of nineteen years, a long and searching debate over what kind of town Middleburg wants to be, and a blunt…
Rentals, Windows and a Charger Standoff
Council closed out 2022 at its December 8 regular meeting with a new set of rules for short-term rentals, $50,500 for local charities, a firm "not yet" for a visitor shopping app, and a lingering…
Earlier reports: 2014 to 2022 in the archive.