New Plantings Aim to Produce Blight-resistant Chestnut Trees (0)
5/03/12 •Some 160 sprouted American Chestnut nuts were planted in a deer-fenced field on the Fried Farm in Brown’s Cove April 7, part of a effort by the American Chestnut Foundation to breed an American Chestnut with the blight-resistance of a Chinese Chestnut. The American Chestnut was once t [...]
Former Batesville Store Location Reopens As Plank Road Exchange (1)
5/03/12 •By Kathy Johnson What do a Brontosaurus, a Buffalo Bird, a Fuhgeddaboudit and an Asian Persuasion have in common? They are all among the new signature sandwiches available at the Plank Road Exchange, a café/market, that opened on April 21 in downtown Batesville. The “soft openin [...]
Babe Ruth Baseball Holds Its Opening Day in Greenwood (0)
5/03/12 •Greenwood Baseball, the Babe Ruth division of the Peachtree League, held its opening at Greenwood Community Center April 21. The league fielded four teams of boys ages 13 to 15, who chose their team names from minor league teams across the country. On opening day the Grasshoppers played Th [...]
Storm Water Wetlands Serving Downtown Crozet Nears Completion (0)
5/03/12 •The project to detain and filter storm water falling in the 50-acre watershed that drains most of downtown Crozet is expected to be complete by July. The project on the south end of downtown, begun in December, is converting a triangular section of bottomland along Powell’s Creek into a [...]
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Henley Students Head to Destination ImagiNation Global Finals (0)
5/03/12 •
After winning honors in regional and state tournaments, three Henley Middle School teams have earned the right to travel to Destination ImagiNation’s Global Finals—the largest creative thinking and problem solving competition in the world—to be held May 23-26 at the University of Tennessee in Knoxville. Destination ImagiNation, Inc. is a non-profit organization that provides educational [...]
New Plantings Aim to Produce Blight-resistant Chestnut Trees (0)
5/03/12 •
Some 160 sprouted American Chestnut nuts were planted in a deer-fenced field on the Fried Farm in Brown’s Cove April 7, part of a effort by the American Chestnut Foundation to breed an American Chestnut with the blight-resistance of a Chinese Chestnut. The American Chestnut was once the dominant tree in America’s eastern forests, numbering [...]
Open House at Crozet Park May 5 Marks YMCA Debut (1)
5/03/12 •
The Crozet Park Aquatics and Recreation Center, alias Crozet P.A.R.C., a joint venture of The Piedmont Family Y.M.C.A. and Claudius Crozet Park, will showcase its programs for western Albemarle Saturday, May 5, when the YMCA hosts a special open house event at the park from 2 until 5 p.m. Tours of the renovated facility will [...]
Former Batesville Store Location Reopens As Plank Road Exchange (1)
5/03/12 •
By Kathy Johnson What do a Brontosaurus, a Buffalo Bird, a Fuhgeddaboudit and an Asian Persuasion have in common? They are all among the new signature sandwiches available at the Plank Road Exchange, a café/market, that opened on April 21 in downtown Batesville. The “soft opening” at the location of the old and popular Batesville [...]
Older Posts
- Letter to the Editor: Tea Party Defense
- Letter to the Editor: The Academics of Play
- From the Editor: U.S.A.: Under Surveillance Always
- Babe Ruth Baseball Holds Its Opening Day in Greenwood
- Storm Water Wetlands Serving Downtown Crozet Nears Completion
- Last Big Acreage in Eastern Crozet Slated for Development
In This Issue
May 2012»
5/03/12 •
Henley Students Head to Destination ImagiNation Global Finals5/03/12 •
New Plantings Aim to Produce Blight-resistant Chestnut Trees5/03/12 •
Open House at Crozet Park May 5 Marks YMCA Debut5/03/12 •
Former Batesville Store Location Reopens As Plank Road Exchange5/03/12 •
Letter to the Editor: Tea Party Defense5/03/12 •
Letter to the Editor: The Academics of Play5/03/12 •
From the Editor: U.S.A.: Under Surveillance Always5/03/12 •
Babe Ruth Baseball Holds Its Opening Day in Greenwood5/03/12 •
Storm Water Wetlands Serving Downtown Crozet Nears Completion5/03/12 •
Last Big Acreage in Eastern Crozet Slated for Development5/03/12 •
Hurt Tours Western Albemarle5/03/12 •
May Classifieds
