CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA (CVILLE RIGHT NOW) – Jeff Crane, a retired Virginia State Trooper and a member of the town’s planning commission, will become Orange’s fifth council member, following his appointment by a judge Thursday.
“I look forward to serving all the citizens of my hometown while making Orange a safe and prosperous family oriented community,” Crane told Cville Right Now in an email.
Crane, who launched an unsuccessful bid for a council seat in November, finishing third in a four-person race for two open seats, will be sworn in Friday. He fills the seat created by Jeremiah Pent’s November resignation…