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It’s a long way from his first physical therapy practice in Laguna Beach, California to Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, but Richard Jackson’s vision to help patients recover from all manner of medical problems clearly has no geographical boundaries these days, and apparently for many years to come.
In her sophomore year as an accounting student at Brockport State in New York, Pam Haefner heard a troubling news story on the radio one
day on her way to class. That report led her to change her major, and ultimately her life’s work.
When Colley Bell first took over as Head of School at Middleburg Academy three years ago, he posed three questions to his faculty, his students and the board of directors. He said he wanted to know “who are you, where are you going and who’s going with you?”
For heaven’s sake, the next time the Mt. Pisgah Baptist Church men’s choir is scheduled to perform, make it a point to go hear them sing their joyful repertoire of gospel music with a capital G. The highly-acclaimed and much-traveled choir at the landmark 138-year-old Upperville church has been in existence since the mid- 1970s. The only original member is church deacon Melvin Warner, now 95 but still making his presence felt with his mellifluous baritone voice that has only mellowed with age.
It’s a new year, a time to start fresh and list resolutions we’ll probably break by Valentine’s Day. Still, in the spirit of the season, we’d like to wish one and all a very happy new year and offer heart-felt appreciation to so many.
Any visitor to the Royal Mews adjacent to Buckingham Palace has surely marveled at the historical significance and majesty of the carriages on display. Their magnificence is undeniable.
Sheila Johnson’s love affair with Middleburg began in the mid-1990s when she regularly drove out to the area from Washington to ferry her daughter, Paige, to riding lessons. She’d pick her up at The Sidwell Friends School, try to beat the pre-rush hour traffic and somehow deliver her on time for her regular 4:15 sessions.
Written by Middleburg author Nicholas Nicastro in the same murderous genre as Sweeney Todd and The Assassination of Jesse James comes an unforgettable and bone-chilling historical taleabout the horrors hidden in American history.
Happy New Year: Stone Springs Hospital Center just east on Rt. 50, welcomed its first…
As a child, nothing seemed more beautiful to Sylvia McClain than the sounds of the harp. Growing up in Birmingham, Alabama, McClain attended Birmingham Symphony concerts several times a year with her school. She took piano lessons, but after her first visit to the symphony, something else caught her eye.
