by Chelsea Rose Moore As the oldest event of its kind in the country, the…
Barbara Roux checks email and sips coffee in her spacious, sparkling white kitchen as dawn breaks one chilly mid-April morning at St. Bride’s Farm near Upperville. Since moving to this area with her husband, David Roux, from Woodside, California six years ago, she’s embraced its rich tradition and history.
by Jim Wofford Second of Two Articles Middleburg’s Jim Wofford won a team silver medal…
David Lohmann, owner of Abernethy and Spencer Nursery and Greenhouse in Purcellville, is no doubt delighted that spring has arrived. Even more likely, he’s more than a little relieved that winter is finally gone.
In the center of Upperville, there’s a small stone building that was constructed around 1800. Originally a tavern and then cycled through a variety of other uses as a real estate and law office, an archery supply shop and an interpretive center, it recently was renovated for its current use as a wine shop.
Alexa Wiseman’s involvement with the Upperville Colt & Horse Show began as a spectator. Growing up in Washington, D.C., her family would make the drive to Upperville and sit on the grassy hill to watch the Grand Prix every year. She began riding at the Rock Creek Park Horse Center and as a pre-teen, switched from spectating to competing.
By Leonard Shapiro Gray Carr Griffin has done sales and marketing for major companies, once…
Journey Through Hallowed Ground (JTHG), a National Heritage Area spanning the 180 miles from Gettysburg battlefield to Jefferson’s Monticello, has been called “Where America Happened” and the “Cradle of Democracy.” Who else could be a better fit to oversee the Waterford-based nonprofit than Bill Sellers, a former college president and history enthusiast?
by Leonard Shapiro Memo to the track and cross country coaches at the University of…
Peter Hitchen always did have a penchant for moving dirt with those sturdy Tonka trucks and bulldozers as a little boy, perhaps a portent of things to come for a man who now makes his living with the same old playthings, only bigger.
