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Local election-related complaints aired
The Fluvanna County Electoral Board met today (Dec. 5) at the old courthouse in Palmyra to hear testimony from voters, candidates, and campaign workers about election elated problems. “The idea here is to get to the bottom of some of the irregularities that took place during the last election cycle and to see what we can do to improve it, correct it, or dismiss it if it is not found to be valid,” said Jerry Patchen, chairman of the electoral board.
Read more...Aqua contract withdrawn; New contract will take its place
Wednesday’s (Dec. 4) meeting of the Board of Supervisors had quite an unusual start. Before even the first item on the agenda, supervisors launched into a two-hour conversation about the surprise Aqua deal. Supervisor Bob Ullenbruch kicked it off by asking the Board to reverse its decision.
Earlier, at the Board’s Nov. 20 meeting, Supervisors Joe Chesser, Mozell Booker, and Shaun Kenney startled the public by voting to accept, with a few minor changes, an agreement with Aqua Virginia to provide up to 500,000 gallons per day (GPD) of water to the Zion Crossroads area.
Read more...Fluvanna students evacuated from high school because of possible fire
Students and teachers are standing outside the Fluvanna County High School this morning as firefighters check out the school for a possible fire.
Fluco girls lose to Waynesboro
The Flying Flucos girls' basketball team opened its season tonight at home against the Little Giants from Waynesboro High School. The Flucos played tough defense against a talented opponent, but were unable to keep up.
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One in an occasional series of articles on Columbia.
Two men have been arrested by Virginia State Police on multiple drug charges in Fluvanna County, according to authorities.
The Flying Fluco boys basketball program has been consistently successful over a long period of time, with Coach Munro Rateau at the helm. However, the prospects for this season are somewhat unclear. The Flucos do not have a single player returning from last year’s 18-6 squad which qualified for Region II play.
Lake Monticello’s Jean-Jacques Bevilacqua loves to sing.
She calls them Healing Memory Bears and has been sewing them for ten years. After retiring and living in Pennsylvania, prior to moving to Lake Monticello, Shirley Isenberg made 800 of her memory bears. These days she doesn’t come close to that number.
