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Prohibition in the Foothills of the Blue Ridge: Stills, Violence and Women’s Political Power

Prohibition in the Foothills of the Blue Ridge: Stills, Violence and Women’s Political Power

Introduction With this and similar posters the Women’s Christian Temperance Union (WCTU) hoped to usher in a noble new world of national sobriety. Of course, what the WCTU and their allies actually ushered in was a world of violence, corruption, and crime. Loudoun County, and...

February 15, 2021 Featured, Happenings Around the Mountain
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2020 State of the Mountains Address

2020 State of the Mountains Address

Our world has become very small over the past year. For many of us, our home has been our world.  We’ve probably hunkered down at home for days, maybe weeks or months, before venturing out for food and other necessities.  Perhaps we’ve been permitted to...

December 17, 2020 Happenings Around the Mountain, Uncategorized
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and yet Joy…

and yet Joy…

and yet Joy… We spend considerable time and energy worrying about the future of the Blue Ridge Mountains. Will the warming climate kill the trees we love? Will the zoning code changes bring more cul-de-sacs and shopping? Will our water be polluted? Will our conservation...

November 19, 2020 Happenings Around the Mountain
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You’re Invited – Say Yes!

You’re Invited – Say Yes!

November 17, 2020 Friends News & Updates
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The Zoning Re-Write Process; Part 2

The Zoning Re-Write Process; Part 2

Note to our ReadersThis is Part #2 of a 2-part series dealing with the zoning rewrite in Loudoun County. Part #1 – distributed 10/22/2020 – dealt with the current zoning process. Part #2 deals with the process for rewriting the ordinance and a few of...

November 6, 2020 Happenings Around the Mountain, Uncategorized
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Why the Zoning Rewrite Matters—Part #1

Why the Zoning Rewrite Matters—Part #1

Note to our readers:  This is part #1 of a two-part article. Part #1 deals with current Loudoun County zoning. Part #2 — that will be distributed 11/5/202 — will address the zoning rewrite process. Introduction This is a call to arms. The victories for...

October 22, 2020 Happenings Around the Mountain
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Changes in the Blue Ridge Forests:  heat, weather, bugs, and people

Changes in the Blue Ridge Forests: heat, weather, bugs, and people

Introduction Northern Virginia Magazine Over the past months several Happenings articles have delt with the benefits of trees for both the environment and for our human health. Trees are the major source of the oxygen we breath; absorb the carbon dioxide that is a big...

October 8, 2020 Happenings Around the Mountain
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Hate mowing your yard – Why do it?

Hate mowing your yard – Why do it?

Lawns are the single largest irrigated crop in the US. NASA led a study in 2005 that found there were approximately 63,000 square miles of turfgrass in the United States making it the nation’s largest irrigated crop by area. 63,000 square miles is about equal to the total land area...

September 29, 2020 Happenings Around the Mountain
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