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		<title>To the Editor: Western Bypass Update</title>
		<link>http://www.crozetgazette.com/2013/06/to-the-editor-western-bypass-update/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Jun 2013 20:18:27 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[June 2013]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Randy Salzman]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Western Bypass Update (Last month&#8217;s letter here) Revealing two “significantly more expensive” designs for the Southern Terminus of the Western “Bypass” of Charlottesville, VDOT subtly confirmed May 23 that the original Skanska-Branch design was never considered functional. Project manager Hal Jones pursed his lips and would say nothing when asked whether political pressure pushed VDOT [...]]]></description>
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		<title>From the Editor: Secretive Police</title>
		<link>http://www.crozetgazette.com/2013/06/from-the-editor-secretive-police/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Jun 2013 16:18:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[June 2013]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Albemarle County Police Department]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[editorial]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lt. Greg Jenkins]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Maggie Hollifield]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crozetgazette.com/?p=7399</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Secretive Police The Albemarle County Police Department’s decision to go for a “geo-policing” strategy, one where officers largely work in an area they get to know well, sort of like beat cops of old, is a good thing. Lt. Greg Jenkins, responsible for the Blue Ridge District, which covers western and southern sections of the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>From the Editor: Empire Builders</title>
		<link>http://www.crozetgazette.com/2013/05/from-the-editor-empire-builders/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 May 2013 17:44:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Editor</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[May 2013]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Albemarle County Board of Supervisors]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Crozet Volunteer Fire Department]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[CVFD]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[editorial]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[firefighters]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Opinion]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[rescue]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[volunteers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[WARS]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Western Albemarle Rescue Squad]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Empire Builders It is just silly of the county supervisors not to allow their paid firefighters to volunteer at their local firehouses in their off-duty hours if these are not the stations they are normally assigned to. The practice is common in nearby counties. This policy only make sense in the context of the county [...]]]></description>
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		<title>To the Editor: From a Loving Wife of 47 Years</title>
		<link>http://www.crozetgazette.com/2013/05/to-the-editor-from-a-loving-wife-of-47-years/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crozetgazette.com/2013/05/to-the-editor-from-a-loving-wife-of-47-years/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 04 May 2013 11:59:34 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[May 2013]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[To the Editor]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Carroll Herring]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[hit and run]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Judy Herring]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[letter]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Opinion]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Thank You]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[to the editor]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[From a Loving Wife of 47 Years On Friday, March 31 my life and the lives of my children and grandchildren forever changed when my husband Carroll Herring was killed. Since that day, the outpouring of support from family, friends, neighbors, co-workers and the community has been astounding. “Thank you” seems too small to express [...]]]></description>
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		<title>To the Editor: Midway Women&#8217;s Club</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 04 May 2013 11:59:31 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[May 2013]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Anna Rossberg]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Crozet]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[letter]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Midway Women's Club]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Opinion]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Midway Women’s Club The Midway Women’s Club is a non-profit, volunteer group of ladies who gather monthly in each other’s homes to discuss ideas for local philanthropic endeavors. The club focuses on community service projects and holds various fundraisers to support their efforts. At Thanksgiving and Christmas, the women in the club voted to help [...]]]></description>
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		<title>To the Editor: Bypass Boondoggle</title>
		<link>http://www.crozetgazette.com/2013/05/to-the-editor-bypass-boondoggle/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 04 May 2013 11:59:08 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[May 2013]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[To the Editor]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[29N]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jim Rich]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[letter]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mac Lafferty]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Opinion]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sean Connaughton]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[to the editor]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[VDOT]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[western bypass]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Bypass Boondoggle The so-called Western “Bypass” of Charlottesville will dry up future state money that will be needed for Crozet-area road improvements by tying up half of all state dollars coming to the Culpeper District of Virginia’s Commonwealth Transportation Board between now and 2050. In building the bypass, Albemarle will have gotten more than its [...]]]></description>
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		<title>To the Editor: Thanks from the Lions</title>
		<link>http://www.crozetgazette.com/2013/04/to-the-editor-thanks-from-the-lions/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Apr 2013 15:39:47 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[April 2013]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Crozet Lions Club]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fundraiser]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[On behalf of the Crozet Lions, I would like to thank all those who helped make our March 2 Pancake Dinner, a fundraiser for Crozet Library, such a success. The Lions thank all of our business partners for their donations of funds and for providing 55 raffle prizes. We thank all those community members—250—who joined [...]]]></description>
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		<title>From the Editor: The Capital of Western Albemarle</title>
		<link>http://www.crozetgazette.com/2013/04/from-the-editor-the-capital-of-western-albemarle/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crozetgazette.com/2013/04/from-the-editor-the-capital-of-western-albemarle/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Apr 2013 15:32:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Editor</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[April 2013]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[CBT]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[commerce]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Crozet Board of Trade]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[DCA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Downtown Crozet Association]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[editorial]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[local business]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crozetgazette.com/?p=7009</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The Capital of Western Albemarle To get something done in the public sphere you must have organization. And while citizen activism on various issues has done wonders for Crozet, nothing quite gets the traction that comes when businesses get together and build a consensus on goals. How many times at Board of Supervisors meetings have [...]]]></description>
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		<title>To the Editor: Thank for Coming to the Swing Dance!</title>
		<link>http://www.crozetgazette.com/2013/03/to-the-editor-thank-for-coming-to-the-swing-dance/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crozetgazette.com/2013/03/to-the-editor-thank-for-coming-to-the-swing-dance/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 09 Mar 2013 17:25:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[March 2013]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[To the Editor]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ann Mallek]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[build crozet library]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Crozet]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Crozet Community Association]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[CVFD]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[editorial]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fundraiser]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[swing dance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tim Tolson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[to the editor]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Valentine's]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[WARS]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The Crozet Community Association (CCA) thanks the community for their support and participation in the third annual Crozet Swing Dance on February 16 at the Field School. Because of your generous support we raised over $1,300 that was divided between the Crozet Volunteer Fire Department (CVFD), the Western Albemarle Rescue Squad (WARS) and the Build [...]]]></description>
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		<title>To the Editor: Regarding Redistricting</title>
		<link>http://www.crozetgazette.com/2013/02/to-the-editor-regarding-redistricting/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crozetgazette.com/2013/02/to-the-editor-regarding-redistricting/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Feb 2013 21:00:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[February 2013]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[To the Editor]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Albemarle County Schools]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Brownsville Elemetary]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Crozet Elementary School]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kelly Gobble]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Long Range Planning Advisory Committee]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Meriwether Lewis School]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[redistricting]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crozetgazette.com/?p=6746</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Regarding Redistricting I am writing as a member of the recent Redistricting Advisory Committee, as well as a parent of two Brownsville Elementary students, in response to the recent article regarding a potential expansion of Crozet Elementary (Redistricting Committee Recommends “Holding Pattern” for Elementary Schools, January 2013). First, I’d like to address the notion that [...]]]></description>
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