Middleburg News

It's a time for celebration in America, and Loudoun has come prepared to provide you with all your Fourth of July desires.

Waiting in line at the deli, you're greeted by someone whose name escapes you. When confronted with an angry friend at someone else's party, let them know it's not the place for a scene.

Dominion Virginia Power's Middleburg Substation is in Loudoun County. An article in Thursday's News & Messenger gave the wrong location.

Dominion Virginia Power plans to replace an existing transmission line that runs from Loudoun to Middle-burg, and through part of Prince William County, with a new, higher-voltage line.

Benefit concert in memory of the Rev. Michael C. Kelly , doors open at 7 p.m., concert starts at 7:30 p.m. at St.

A 24-year-old St. Louis man could spend the rest of his life in prison after pleading guilty June 11 to first degree murder for the slaying off of Snake Hill Road near Middleburg on April 30, 2008.

Upon arrival we met owner/innkeeper Deener Matthews arranging flowers on the Inn's flagstone porch, known as the 'dog trot.' She and her husband Dan Matthews, a retired Episcopal clergyman, built the rustic mountain house in 1971 as a family and church retreat.

Virginia Cooperative Extension hosted a Technical Large Animal Emergency Rescue three-day emergency training program at the Middleburg Agricultural Research and Extension Center May 13-15, 2009.

Tarver King of the Goodstone Inn & Estate in Middleburg, Virginia, uses potato flakes by Idaho Spuds instead of bread crumbs for gratins, croquettes and baked oysters.

Authorities are investigating the theft of a carry-on trailer and several instances of thefts from vehicles, according to a daily report from the Loudoun County Sheriff's Office.

W&L Graduates Class of 2009; Seniors Told to Live in the a oeComplicated Centera of Life Washington and Lee University President Kenneth P. Ruscio encouraged members of the graduating Class of 2009 to live in the a oecomplicated centera of life during the Universitya s 222nd commencement exercises today .

Tareq Salahi has reportedly been traveling abroad for several weeks and cannot be reached for comment.

'Anyone but Duane.' Author Noel Grove, of Paris, will be at the Middleburg Library Monday, June 1, at 7 p.m. to discuss his latest book, "Anyone but Duane." This book chronicles the story of one man's puzzlement over the tragic transformation of Duane Pope from popular college student to brutal killer.

The youths will light 1,208 candles, symbolizing the estimated 1,208 children worldwide who die every hour because of starvation.

'We're killing our own children for convenience.' Elaine Boland, Fields of Athenry The point is not to reject modern medicine, says Elaine Boland, of Middleburg.

Virginia lost a giant of the horse industry May 18, with the death of Peter Winants of Rectortown following a long illness.

These cases were handled by the Loudoun County Department of Animal Care and Control.

May 11, 2009 - It was a beautiful, sunny day at the Kentucky Horse Park for Henri Kovacs' first grand prix victory gallop aboard Sassicaia II following the $55,000 Commonwealth Grand Prix at the Kentucky Spring Horse Show.

The following are upcoming productions and auditions in the Loudoun-Fairfax area: Productions 'Crazy for You.' Pickwick Players presents the Gershwin musical comedy "Crazy for You" May 8-9, and May 15-16 at 7:30 p.m., and May 9 and May 16 at 2 p.m at Riverbend Middle School at 46240 Algonkian Parkway in Sterling.

Spring is festival and garden time in Virginia. If you are looking for an off-the-beaten-path road trip for this weekend, here are three possibilities for your consideration.