Tracking Evil Men: Jeff Tiegs’ Mission Continues
Jeff Tiegs spent a little time in the area in late February, and in his brief visit, he and his associates identified 30,000 local ads selling the sexual services of women, all in publicly-accessible...
View ArticleBusiness Briefs: March 2024
Jax’s Bar and Grill to Open in Clover Lawn In early March, Steve Lovern will open Jax’s Bar and Grill in the space recently vacated by Jalisco’s. Lovern, who has a long history with restaurant...
View ArticleKing Family Vineyard Takes Home the 2024 Governor’s Cup
Governor Glenn Youngkin awards the 2024 Governor’s Cup to Matthieu Finot, winemaker for King Family Vineyards. Finot’s 2019 Meritage was chosen as the top wine in Virginia, and the award is the fourth...
View ArticleCrozet Fish Market Opening
Crozet Seafood Supply opens March 19 at Clover Lawn Shopping Center. Owner Jayson Johnson promises the day’s catch from the waters of Virginia, Delaware and Maryland, plus readymade carry-out like...
View ArticleCrozet Farmers Market News
By Al Minutolo The Crozet Farmers Market will open on Saturday, May 4, in the grass field behind the Blue Goose Building, across from the Crozet Library. Thank you, Rod and Christy Phillips, for...
View ArticleBluebird & Co. Hosts Book Festival Preview
Book lovers eager for the start of the Virginia Festival of the Book crowded into the Bluebird & Company annex last month for a preview of the yearly event. They came away with an updated view of...
View ArticleCrozet Mobile Home Community Owners Hike Rent
It’s been a little more than two years since Crozet Mobile Village on Park Road—now known as the Crozet Mobile Home Community (MHC)—was sold for $4 million by Richard Hevener, a businessman who had...
View ArticleCrozet Small Businesses Sponsor Spring Fling
On April 20, you can munch on a thick sandwich or a European pastry, buy some spring seeds, pick up a beautiful bouquet, fill a prescription, and admire some original art. You’ll not only spend an...
View ArticleBusiness Briefs: King Family Wins Governor’s Cup
Early last month, Virginia Governor Glenn Youngkin awarded the prestigious Governor’s Cup to King Family Vineyards. It will take its place beside several others, as it’s the fourth time the giant...
View ArticleBusiness Briefs: May 2024
Spring Fling Draws Happy Shoppers Rose Guterbock, one of the organizers of the Spring Fling celebration and passport event for Crozet small businesses, said the inaugural event was encouraging and...
View ArticleWTON Becomes Local News and Talk Radio Covering the Valley and Crozet
Former WCHV radio personality Joe Thomas and his wife Elaine bought Staunton’s WTON-AM 1240 radio in April and are reformatting it to be a local news and talk station that will include coverage of...
View ArticleLoose Horse: Recycled Tack Goes Mobile
Their love of horses and people brought Judy Berger and Kim Eastep-Blaine together to start a mobile used-tack business. “Loose Horse,” a term familiar to horse people, is the name they chose for their...
View ArticleBusiness Briefs: June 2024
Brownsville Market Expands, Offers Pizza, Door Dash Ali Shah and his partner own a number of small convenience stores in Virginia, and Shah had his eye on the Brownsville Market for years as a possible...
View ArticleGreen Olive Tree Is Moving
by Janet Martin August 1 is fast approaching. That’s the date when we must be completely moved out of our current location, where we have been since 2010. We will be moving into space at Music Today....
View ArticleBusiness Briefs: July 2024
European Bread and Pastries Every Day at Praha There’s no need to go to Prague, Paris, Vienna, Italy or even Charlottesville to find European-style crusty bread, authentic bagels, or buttery pastries....
View ArticleThe Green Olive Tree Opens in New Location
Dozens of volunteers moved hundreds of pounds of clothing, kitchen items and small appliances from the Green Olive Tree’s old location to its new home in the Music Today building. Other volunteers took...
View ArticleScott’s Ivy Exxon Expansion Cleared to Launch
Scott’s Ivy Exxon has been the site of a gas station in one form or another for over 50 years, and owner Scott Ramm’s dream of expanding the service and repair side of his business has taken more than...
View ArticleBusiness Briefs: August 2024
Pop-up Thrift Shop Provides Comfort to Children in Crisis While the world’s adults try to figure out how to cope with poverty, trauma, earthquakes, floods and fires, children often turn to stuffed...
View ArticleNew Old Trail Store to Offer Groceries, Plants, Gifts and More
Sometime next month, Sarae Janes and Rick Lewis will open Wendell House on the ground level of the newly constructed mixed-use building at Old Trail Village Center. The couple, who moved to Greenwood...
View ArticleBusiness Briefs: Young Entrepreneurs Choose their Own Path
Green Crozet Encourages Sustainable Business Practices Some Crozet businesses were already using sound environmental practices: others have been inspired to start. Either way, Western Albemarle High...
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