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Music on Madison <\/span> <\/a><\/span>
\n <\/span>Middleburg Eccentric<\/span>
\n Thursday, August 26, 2010<\/span><\/span>
\n <\/span>Special thanks and praise are in order for Middleburg’s Ben Graham, for musician, teacher and therapist Tom Sweitzer, and for Middleburg’s Town Council and Staff for their generous, far-sighted, and swift decisions to pursue the establishment of a ne...<\/span><\/span>\n <\/div><\/td>\n <\/tr>\n <\/table> \n \n
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Of Museums and Meandering Trails<\/span> <\/a><\/span>
\n <\/span>Middleburg Eccentric<\/span>
\n Thursday, August 26, 2010<\/span><\/span>
\n <\/span>Council’s decision to actively support the creation of a Town Museum, and the solicitation of funds&nbsp; to integrate the Town’s existing walking trails into a well-planned, well-designed, and well-maintained whole&nbsp; are equally commendable.Thei...<\/span><\/span>\n <\/div><\/td>\n <\/tr>\n <\/table> \n \n
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Black Swans<\/span> <\/a><\/span>
\n <\/span>Middleburg Eccentric<\/span>
\n Friday, July 23, 2010<\/span><\/span>
\n <\/span>Earthquake in Middleburg!&nbsp; National League Wins All Star Game.&nbsp; BP’s latest (better-late-than-never) well cap actually works (at least it was working when we wrote this.)Sadly, the BP “miracle” now seems more extraordinary than either of th...<\/span><\/span>\n <\/div><\/td>\n <\/tr>\n <\/table> \n \n
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Sidewalk Sale<\/span> <\/a><\/span>
\n <\/span>Middleburg Eccentric<\/span>
\n Friday, July 23, 2010<\/span><\/span>
\n <\/span>Do not miss this year’s Middleburg summer sidewalk sale, featuring the best of the best from the very best of Middleburg’s extraordinary shops and businesses.This year both the selection AND the prices promise to be something really special.&nbsp; An...<\/span><\/span>\n <\/div><\/td>\n <\/tr>\n <\/table> \n \n
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The New Middleburg<\/span> <\/a><\/span>
\n <\/span>Middleburg Eccentric<\/span>
\n Friday, July 23, 2010<\/span><\/span>
\n <\/span>While you’re here, also do not miss Lou Lou’s absolute transformation of the building that once housed the Coach Stop, and Wiley Wagg’s expansion of what is arguably the best pet shop anywhere.Both epitomize a gradual (and tasteful) transformation of...<\/span><\/span>\n <\/div><\/td>\n <\/tr>\n <\/table> \n \n
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The Oil Spill Disaster<\/span> <\/a><\/span>
\n <\/span>Middleburg Eccentric<\/span>
\n Friday, June 25, 2010<\/span><\/span>
\n <\/span>Having spent a good part of my life at, on, and near the sea, and its peoples, I dread every day’s report of the ongoing tragedy that is the BP explosion and “oil spill” (if that’s what one calls a 65,000 barrel-a-day still un-controlled sea-floor gu...<\/span><\/span>\n <\/div><\/td>\n <\/tr>\n <\/table> \n \n
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Building Bridges<\/span> <\/a><\/span>
\n <\/span>Middleburg Eccentric<\/span>
\n Friday, June 25, 2010<\/span><\/span>
\n <\/span>For weeks now the Loudoun press, and much of the county’s historic preservation community has been writing and talking about the 1820 stone Toll House and bridge ruins, lying in a sad state of decay where the old&nbsp; Leesburg Pike crossed Broad Run...<\/span><\/span>\n <\/div><\/td>\n <\/tr>\n <\/table> \n \n
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