Carlos Santos
Author's Posts
Residents favor Second Amendment sanctuary status
Dec. 4, 20190951 Supervisors will hold special meeting By Heather Michon, correspondent More than two dozen people spoke to the Fluvanna Board of Supervisors Wednesday night (Dec. 4) in favor of making the county a Second Amendment sanctuary, but no action was taken during the meeting. More than 300 people signed comment cards in favor of an...
Details of Lake Monticello homicide emerge at bond hearing
Nov. 12, 201902913 By Heather Michon, correspondent The first details of events leading up to the shooting death of a man at Lake Monticello emerged during back-to-back bond hearings at Fluvanna County District Court on Tuesday (Nov. 12). Fluvanna County Commonwealth’s Attorney Jeffrey Haislip told Judge Theresa Carter that their evidence indicated...
Lenherr wins treasurer's race
Nov. 5, 20190776 By Heather Michon, correspondent Longtime Fluvanna County Treasurer Linda H. Lenherr defeated two rivals Tuesday night (Nov. 5), holding onto the seat she first won nearly four decades ago. Tristana Treadway, the clerk of the Fluvanna County Circuit Court, said the final unofficial tallies had Lenherr with 3,004 votes, challenger...
Two men arrested; one charged in connection with Lake homicide
Oct. 30, 20190936 By Heather Michon, correspondent The Fluvanna County Sheriff’s Office has released the first details on a homicide that occurred at Lake Monticello on Tuesday evening (Oct. 29). Dispatchers received a disturbance call for a residence on Axle Tree Road at 8:06 pm. When units arrived on the scene, they found three males at the...
Fire destroys Columbia home
Oct. 25, 20190716 By Heather Michon, correspondent Photo by Kents Store Volunteer Fire Company Fire destroyed a single-family home on Stage Junction Road near Columbia on Monday (Oct 21). Chief Andrew Pullen of the Kent’s Store Volunteer Fire Department said all four Fluvanna fire companies and units from Goochland responded to a call reporting...
Home-based artisans won’t need permit
Oct. 23, 20180291 By Heather Michon, correspondent The Fluvanna County Board of Supervisors approved Wednesday (Oct. 17) a zoning text amendment that adds fine arts studios to the list of home-based businesses permitted by right in the A-1 Agricultural District. This means that many home-based artisans won’t need a special use permit to operate in...
Attempted child abduction in Lake Monticello
Sep. 7, 201801363 By Carlos Santos, publisher A man attempted to abduct a child Friday (Sept. 7) at around 7 a.m. as the boy was walking toward a school bus stop, according to a press release from the Fluvanna County Sheriff’s Office. The Fluvanna County Emergency Communications Center received a call from a parent who said that an unknown white male...
Deputies investigate crash on Route 15
Sep. 5, 201801193 The Fluvanna County Sheriff’s Office is looking for information related to a vehicle crash with injuries that occurred Wednesday morning (Sept. 5) at about 7:25 a.m. Deputies responded to the scene on Route 15 (James Madison Highway) where they discovered “an injured individual…on the roadway and an unoccupied vehicle a few...