Greene County News

July 2 Greene Library Book Discussion Group. 7pm. 'When We Were Orphans' By Kazuo Ishiguro.

The Town of Stanardsville's Fourth of July parade keeps getting bigger and better.

A new tourist center will open on Route 29 South in Ruckersville within weeks. The Greene County Visitors' Center, now located on Spotswood Trail in Stanardsville, will relocate to the bright yellow building next to the Blue Ridge Cafe by mid-July, confirms Margaret Ramsey, speaking for the county's tourism council.

Biggest shift in the local landscape: UVA President John Casteen announces he'll step down August 1, 2010, from the position he'll have held 20 years, one of the longest tenures at a top-rated university in the country.

The case - Joseph Mitchell Miller et al, vs. Dogwood Valley Citizens Association, Inc., et al.

June 18-20 During the week of June 16-20 there will be motocross racing, demolition derby & rock crawling demos, sand drag racing, truck and tracker pull and bull riding, all part of The Mid Atlantic Power Festival.

June 11 In recognition of Flag Day, American Legion Post 128 and Greene County Boy Scout Troup 74 will hold a ceremony at the Ruckersville Fire House at 6pm, to dispose of worn flags.

Friends and fellow law enforcement officers are remembering the life of Greene County deputy Chadwick "Chad" Alan Carr, killed in a collision with a tractor trailer on Route 230 near Greene Hills Country Club last Thursday.

Click here for more maps June 5, 2009 Update: The Greene County Sheriff's Office identifies the Sheriff's deputy killed in Thursday's crash.

Greene County's sheriff today applauded a tractor-trailer driver for his efforts to save a county investigator after the tractor-trailer and the investigator's car collided in a deadly accident.

A Greene County sheriff's investigator was killed in a fiery crash Thursday afternoon on Route 230 near the Greene Hills Golf Course.

Bishop Michael Jackson of the Emmanuel Christian Center in Ruckersville believes there are gangs in Greene County.

Have you ever wanted to learn how meteorologists predict storms? On Wednesday, June 3rd the National Weather Service will be teaching a SKYWARN storm spotter class here in Central Virginia.

Click here for more maps May 25, 2009 A Vietnam War Museum in Ruckersville held its grand opening on Memorial Day.

Culpeper Police arrest a Greene County man wanted in three other counties following a car crash, foot chase, and dog search Thursday morning.

When you walk inside The Little Shop on Main Street you see dozens of antiques. But if you make your way to the back of the building, you'll run into my favorite spot; the tea room.

"But I don't know if the schools can survive without him," Daniel quipped at the close of the ceremonies that recognized the achievements if William Monroe High School seniors who completed courses at the Tech Center.

Greene's Grand Jury convened April 13. Among those indicted were: Said F. Castillo-Cruz, 25, of 1320 Hampton Street in Charlottesville, for allegedly falsely identifying himself to a law enforcement officer, and assaulting a law enforcement officer engaged in the performance of his duties.

April 30 Pack Meeting CS Pack 174 at the Ruckersville Elementary School. 6:30-7:30pm. The Event: "The Amphibian Extinction Crisis," a save the frog's program for boys given by Dr.

Greene's supervisors unanimously approved an amendment to the county ordinance that raises lodging taxes on visitors from two percent to five percent at their regularly scheduled meeting Tuesday, April 14.