Crozet News

Matthew and Rebekah Amos announce the birth of their third son, Joel Matthew Amos, born Nov.

Former Virginia Governor Gerald Baliles will talk at the invitation of The Lodge at Old Trail as part of their monthly speakers series Feb.

The Albemarle Board of Supervisors and Planning Commission were briefed at a joint meeting Wednesday on the preliminary results of a study to identify specific types of industry that should be persuaded to relocate or grow in the community.

Construction for the senior community is almost complete, and now they're looking for medical staff, maintenance workers and chefs.

A new court date has been scheduled for a Crimora woman charged with driving under the influence and involuntary manslaughter.

Anyone 14 years or older may come and help Bob Kirchman and Meg West restore the mural under the railroad bridge.

The Crozet Elementary School Parent Teacher Organization formed a seven-person subcommittee in January to tackle the staffing cutbacks that will follow from the school's sagging enrollment.

The nonprofit Albemarle Housing Improvement Program, AHIP, is applying for a state grant to renovate a neighborhood and has selected Crozet's Orchard Acres as its candidate neighborhood.

The lion's share of the architectural documentation needed to qualify Crozet's older sections as a state and national historic district was finished in 2008 but the final application papers that would make the district official were never completed and submitted to state officials.

Sunday was the second day of an auction of the collection of the late Penny McGee of Crozet, and it drew a full house at KF Auctions in Radford.

Ban on Sunday hunting shouldn't be repealed, by Marlene A. Condon, a naturalist and author/photographer who lives in Crozet, Va.

The Jefferson-Madison Regional Library is lobbying lawmakers to send more state funds to buy new books.

Hours: 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Sunday; to 8 p.m. Monday through Thursday; to 9:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday Price: Moderate.