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by Dulcy Hooper The past few months have been a time of transition for Project…
by Dulcy Hooper Southern States Cooperative has an impressive history, going back to 1923 when…
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.
“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.”
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.
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.”
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!”
Millwood’s post office was once a gas station and service center, and apparently a very popular place to spend an afternoon.
“It had a wood stove and a pool room,” said Laura Rodgers, Millwood’s postmaster. “Locals would hang out and play pool and keep warm by the fire.”
Amy L. Vollmer knew she had some big shoes to fill when she stepped into the role of Philomont’s postmaster in March, 2015. After all, she was taking over the job formerly performed by Laura Pearson, who had retired in January after serving as postmaster for more than 50 years. And the post office had been in the Pearson family for over a century.