by Richard Hooper In 1868, Sanders DeWeese Bruce published the first volume of what would…
The writer recently completed his sophomore year at Middleburg Academy as an exchange student from Germany. This story was taken, with permission, from the school’s newsletter, The Dragon.
After I spent three weeks in the United States in the summer of 2014, I knew that I wanted to spend a whole year there.
The huge highways, cities, and free refills amazed me, especially since Germany is so very different. However, when I decided that I wanted to spend my year with Youth For Understanding (YFU), a non-profit exchange organization that helps to find the best host families around the world, I did not know where I was going to go.
It looks like a page right out of a picture book: the Middleburg Montessori
School. Plopped in the middle of Atoka—one of 23 villages in Fauquier County—the school has been a sanctuary of learning for over 35 years.
As part of the program at this year’s Upperville Colt & Horse Show, five distinguished individuals will be added to the Wall of Honor on Saturday, June 11. The inductees have participated in all facets of the show from making barbecue, competing, owning and serving on the board of directors.
The 163rd edition of the Upperville Colt & Horse Show, the oldest horse show in the United States, will take place at the Grafton and Salem show grounds off Route 50 from June 6-12.
Local equestrianSloane Coles expects to be among the top riders in the $216,000 Upperville Jumper Classic finals at 2 p.m. on Sunday, June 12. But she and many others agree that the most competitive event at the horse show is the lead line for very young riders. Highlights include:
by Leonard Shapiro Back in February of 2014 when the Great Meadow Foundation purchased theadjacent…
by Missy Janes There are many wild and cultivated plants that pose a threat to…
There was a time, nearly 75 years ago, when the Foxcroft School was on military footing, just like the rest of the country. Back in the 1940s, with World War II raging in the European and Pacific theaters, the girls of Foxcroft were regularly drilling and marching in formation on campus under the direction of school founder, Miss Charlotte Noland.
As the heat of summer ascends and spring crops wither and fade, tomato plants take off, and often become unruly garden residents.
Most heirloom tomatoes are indeterminate, meaning they keep growing and growing, sometimes reaching upwards of six feet high if trellised. Just as you would with fruit trees and bushes, these varieties of tomatoes can be pruned and trellised to yield a higher volume of better tasting fruits.
Twenty-plus years ago, Franny and Walter Kansteiner acquired three Merino sheep. Since then, their Gum Tree Farm near Middleburg has become home to a flock of 70, producing home-grown and hand-made organic wool luxury items.
