Carlos Santos
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New superintendent, new teachers, new school year
Aug. 5, 20210580 By Ruthann Carr, Correspondent Even though students aren’t due back until Aug. 11, school started for new staff Monday (Aug. 2). More than 40 attended first day orientation at the Fluvanna County High School. They met new Superintendent Peter Gretz and many Fluvanna leaders. While they ate lunch, Executive Director of Human...
Palmyra woman wins $500,000 in Virginia lottery game
Jun. 3, 202102846 Press release Tiffany Bryant was getting discouraged. “I’m never going to win off these tickets. I don’t know why I play,” she remembers thinking. That was just before she won $500,000 playing the Virginia Lottery’s $500,000 Cash Scratcher game. “I was in complete shock!” the Palmyra woman told Lottery...
Stewart Tool Co. to bring 22 new jobs to Fluvanna
May. 25, 20210599 Press release Governor Ralph Northam today announced that Stewart Tool Company Inc., a California-based prototype to production manufacturer, will invest $9.1 million to establish its first East Coast manufacturing operation in Fluvanna County. The company will renovate the former Kloeckner Metals facility at 61 Edgecomb Road in...
Roundabout at intersection of Rts. 53 and 618 completed
Nov. 17, 20200453 Press release Photo courtesy of VDOT Construction of a roundabout at the intersection of Rt. 53 (Thomas Jefferson Parkway) and Rt. 618 (Lake Monticello Road) in Fluvanna County finished on-time Nov. 17. Under a $2.2 million construction contract, Chemung Contracting Corp. of Mitchells replaced the “T” intersection with a...
Fluvanna voters turn out
Nov. 4, 20200336 By Heather Michon, correspondent Photo by Sharen Montgomery Preliminary numbers from the Virginia Department of Elections show that 15,620 of Fluvanna’s 19,518 registered voters cast ballots in this year’s presidential race. This puts the total turnout at 80 percent, far exceeding 2016’s turnout rate of 74 percent. In the...
Almost 10,000 Fluvanna residents voted early
Nov. 1, 20200353 Photo by Sharen Montgomery The last day Virginians could vote early in person was Saturday (Oct. 31). Early votes will continue to arrive by mail so these numbers will change when the final tally is done. A total of 9,960 Fluvanna residents had already cast their ballots by Oct. 30. In our most recent presidential election in 2016,...
Silk City Printing to relocate to Fluvanna bringing 93 jobs
Oct. 20, 20200963 Press release Governor Ralph Northam today (Oct. 20) announced that Silk City Printing, LLC will relocate its corporate headquarters from Paterson, New Jersey, investing $5.7 million to establish a new silkscreened apparel production operation in the former Thomasville facility in Fluvanna County that has been vacant since 2007....
Update: Board chooses full virtual for Fluvanna schools
Aug. 15, 20200549 By Ruthann Carr, correspondent Just days before teachers are scheduled to report to the classroom they found out students won’t be in the same room with them when school starts Sept. 8. On Wednesday (Aug. 13), the School Board voted 3-2 to open with a full virtual schedule for the first nine weeks. School Board meetings are...