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WEBThe Gazette features crisp news reporting and revealing interviews, all told with our distinctive local accents, plus calendar and classified services. The Gazette publishes on the first Thursday of the month and intends to publish biweekly when it has enough community and business support. If you want the neighborhood news around Western ...
What Crozet Stands to Gain (and Lose) as a Town
WEBMar 5, 2021 · Scottsville is Albemarle County’s only town, incorporated in 1818. With a population of about 500, the town’s staff is modest. There’s a mayor and town council, a police chief and three officers, a maintenance technician, an administrator, a clerk, and an attorney. The town’s $700,000 overall 2020 budget tightened to $540,000 in 2021 as ...
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WEBThe Gazette features crisp news reporting and revealing interviews, all told with our distinctive local accents, plus calendar and classified services. The Gazette publishes on the first Thursday of the month and intends to publish biweekly when it has enough community and business support. If you want the neighborhood news around Western ...
Crozet’s Blue Ridge Tunnel Now Open to the Public
WEBDec 7, 2020 · The Claudius Crozet Blue Ridge Tunnel Trail opened for the public Saturday, November 21. The 4,273-foot abandoned train tunnel lies below the Blue Ridge Mountains at Rockfish Gap in Afton. The trail is now open daily from sunrise to sunset, according to Claire Richardson, director of Nelson County Parks and Recreation.
To the Editor: On Meg Bryce - Crozet Gazette
WEBMay 5, 2023 · The Gazette further fails to note Dr. Bryce’s position as one of the wave of right- wing challengers recently seeking election to school boards nationwide. At least some of the issues Dr. Bryce cites as her reasons for running are the exact talking points candidates such as these have sought to exploit. In nearby Spotsylvania County, the new ...
County Demotes Eastern Avenue in Transportation Priorities
WEBNov 3, 2023 · Planning staff judged the worthiness of 127 distinct transportation-related construction projects currently proposed for Albemarle County and prioritized them into two tiers. Nine projects located in Crozet were among the 58 included in the first tier list. However, Crozet’s critical Eastern Avenue connector road tumbled from #8 on the county ...
Fiftieth Anniversary: The Final Flight of Piedmont Airlines 349
WEBOct 13, 2009 · A permanent memorial to the perished passengers and crew of Piedmont Flight #349 was erected in 1999 at Mint Springs Valley Park in western Albmarle County. It was designed by sole survivor E. Philip Bradley based on a vision that he had at the moment of impact on the mountainside. Photo by Phil James.
The Rothwell Family Cemetery in Old Trail | Crozet Gazette
WEBFeb 5, 2021 · Three of their children – Eliza J. Rothwell, Annie E. Rothwell Woods, and a son, Mannis R. Rothwell, are buried in the cemetery as is Ada Estell Wood Parrish, one of Fielding’s granddaughters. Fielding died from a fall at Greenwood in about 1855 and is also believed to be buried in the cemetery. Mannis Rothwell Gravestone.
In the Garden: Snowbell, Not to be Confused with Silverbell
WEBJun 5, 2014 · The former goes by Japanese snowbell, while the latter is known as Fragrant Snowbell. Japanese snowbell may grow to 20-25 feet and will flower in early to mid-May. It does not have any significant fall color, but the bark is an interesting, smooth gray with brown fissures. Some of the better cultivars: ‘Carillon,’ a small weeping tree ...
Why Crozet: Crozet Library is Community Hub | Crozet Gazette
WEBJul 3, 2020 · In a massive, years-long effort, area citizens, local government and an array of public servants, non-profits and civic organizations built and furnished the Crozet Public Library, soon to be seven years old. It’s a place that has become a community hub, with materials and programs that engage the people of Western Albemarle, whatever their ...