Fluvanna Review
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27 June 2012
Fluvanna’s Fourth of July festivities have come a long way in the last sixty years. When local realtor Adele Schaefer moved to Fluvanna in 1950 from Ridgewood, New Jersey, her father was disappointed in the rural area’s lack of celebratory activities.
“Ridgewood celebrated the Fourth of July in a major, major big way,” said Schaefer. “When we got down here to our farm in Bybee, the Fourth of July was practically nonexistent. There was nothing. The only thing – if they did anything – was to go fishing.”
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In an effort to better serve small businesses and find out what is uppermost in the minds of his constituency, Congressman Robert Hurt, toured areas in his district, meeting with business people and citizens.
After months of planning, music, BBQ and party lovers will gather from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. at Pleasant Grove on Saturday (June 23) for the Fluvanna Chamber of Commerce’s first-ever BBQ, Bands and Brews festival.
About 7,000 people streamed onto the grounds at Pleasant Grove Saturday (June 23) for Fluvanna’s First BBQ, Bands and Brews festival, sponsored by the Fluvanna Chamber of Commerce.
