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Ashburn entrepreneur builds sweet bakery business
CHEESECAKE CHAMP By Chris Wadsworth The inspiration for Kalyani Vajre’s business came from – of all things – an episode of the TV show “Friends.” […]
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Ashburn Magazine interviews our area’s new congressman
MR. SUBRAMANYAM GOES TO WASHINGTON By Chris Wadsworth It was the name that people got stuck on. Suhas Subramanyam. Six syllables. “Foreign” sounding, perhaps to […]
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Ashburn teen creates prize-winning art
BEST IN SHOW By Chris Wadsworth In Callia Sun’s stunning oil painting “Let the Light In,” a boy stands wrapped in fabric, a sheer cloth […]
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Ashburn mom finds movie success in Tinsel Town
HOLLYWOOD CALLING By Chuck Cascio For M.J. Marino Stemp, the thing she remembers most about meeting Prince Harry was the hug and warm conversation. “He […]
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Ashburn man was a national leader during the Civil Rights Movement
ON THE FRONT LINE OF CHANGE By Chris Wadsworth The year was 1966. Dr. Robert L. Green was in the front passenger seat of a […]
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Construction of the railroad through Ashburn was arduous
FORGING AN IRON PATH By Mathew Annis Across Ashburn Road from the Carolina Brothers barbecue restaurant, there is a broken rock face – 15 feet […]
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A friend’s passing leads Ashburn couple to take a leap of faith
A PASSION FOR WINE By Chris Wadsworth Sean Malone loved being a wine shop owner. He bought the 8-year-old Ashburn Wine Shop in 2018 from […]
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Local residents have long-distance love for Spelunker’s
CUSTARD & CAVERN BURGERS By Chris Wadsworth Sixty miles or so southwest of Ashburn sits the town of Front Royal – famed as the gateway […]
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Local high schoolers work to prevent accidents between cars and animals
DEER DASH By Tracy Owens Proximity to nature is one of the amenities of Martins Chase, a neighborhood just west of Belmont Ridge Road. Surrounded […]
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Ashburn’s first female firefighter fought more than flames
TRAILBLAZER By Panchami Rangaraju September 17, 1990. Anne Marie Mason remembers it was a beautiful day. She was living with her family in a townhouse […]