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Mystique Returns to Middleburg

By Dulcy B. Hooper mys·tique (mĭ-stēk’) n. A quality of being special in a mysterious…

A view of Buchanan Hall in Upperville.
American Roots Revue: Digging up Roots Music of The Future

By Dulcy B. Hooper | Photo by Alexa Wolff Buchanan Hall has served as Upperville’s…

Head of School and Host, Beth Ann Slater with local artist Gail Guirreri-Maslyk and William Ley.
Art of the Piedmont

Written by Dulcy Hooper | Photos by Alexa Wolff The Middleburg Community Center was the…

Organic fare with flair

Trotters Perk brings new life to bistro cuisine By Dulcy B. Hooper Among the first…

They’re So Cooperative at Southern States

by Dulcy Hooper Southern States Cooperative has an impressive history, going back to 1923 when…

The Greenhouse Effect of Snowmageddon Is Now a Distant Memory

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.

Like Father Like Son at Marshall Post Office

It is very labor intensive around here in the morning,” said Blair Lear, postmaster in Marshall. Lear’s day had begun, as it often does, at 5 a.m. with a huge shipment of parcels arriving from Amazon.  “And wehaven’t even received the UPS shipment yet.” 

Lear has served as Marshall’s postmaster since 2005.

“I had been in Amissville,” he said. “And in 2004, my boss asked if I would help out briefly in Marshall as officer in charge.”

In the Country, Who Needs Big City Dog Grooming

Three years ago, our beloved pups, Sophie and Isabel, made the transition from city to country life with nary a woof of dismay.

They were seven years old and accustomed to a predictable regimen of leashed walks on urban sidewalks and occasional visits to the local dog park. Those visits were more for our benefit than theirs, as they clearly had an unabashed disdain for such contrivances.

Upperville Country Store Back in Business

by Dulcy Hooper

Just a few short months after opening The Local Taste in Upperville, Chris Patusky and Kiernan Slater Patusky were presented with an offer very close to home, one that made too much sense to pass up.

“Actually,” Chris said. “Kiernan and I were just finishing up the renovation of The Local Taste when we learned that there was an opportunity to lease the Up-perville Country Store business right next door.  It allows us to coordinate the op-erations, products, marketing and parking much better.”

Sheets Putting Her Stamp on Aldie Post Office

by Dulcy Hooper

Only a few weeks, ago Aldie’s new postmaster stepped in to take over the position when the previous postmaster, Lisa Taylam, moved to a larger headquarters facility. It didn’t take long for her to realize she was exactly where she wanted to be.

“This was the career for me,” says Aldie postmaster Stephanie Sheets. “And I knew it right from the start. The patrons of Aldie remind me all the time that I have big shoes to fill with Lisa gone. And they always tell me how much of a gem Stephanie Whitley, the clerk, is.  And, yes, her name is Stephanie, too!”