Nov. 26, 2025020
County grapples with growth pressureBy Heather MichonCorrespondent
Tenaska’s proposal for a 1.5-gigawatt power plant wasn’t really on Wednesday’s Board of Supervisors agenda (Nov. 19), but it dominated the conversation nonetheless.
More than a dozen residents used the public comment periods that bracketed the meeting to...
Nov. 26, 2025021
Auto shop near Nahor denied
By Heather MichonCorrespondent
As counties across Virginia scramble to keep up with the fast-moving surge in data center proposals, Fluvanna County is taking a definite step back.
The Fluvanna County Planning Commission voted Tuesday night (Nov. 19) to strip data centers of their by-right...
Nov. 26, 2025031
By Heather MichonCorrespondent
Quentin Lamar Burgess pleaded guilty Thursday (Nov. 20) in Fluvanna County Circuit Court to one count of second-degree murder just over two years after the death of his aunt, Carolyn Grooms of Kents Store.
Burgess was scheduled to stand trial before Circuit Court Judge David M. Barredo, but he...
Mary Evelyn (Blalock) Styzle, 87 years old of Palmyra Virginia, went to be home with the Lord on October 28th, 2025, in Brick, NJ. Born July 15th, 1938, in Lenoir North Carolina, Mary adored her father Travis, loved the outdoors as a child catching fireflies with her sister at dusk, then having family picnics on Sundays at Boon...
Nov. 26, 2025010
By Page H. GiffordCorrespondent
Known as “nestors,” Al and Sue Mink spent three months in Krakow in 2017. They recently returned to Poland, living for three months in Gdansk.
“People often ask me where are favorite nests were, and after 16 nests, Krakow. nwas still one of my top three. When we were in Krakow, people we met...
Nov. 26, 2025013
By Heather MichonCorrespondent
The Lake Monticello Owners Association Board of Directors voted Thursday night (Nov. 20) to fund the repayment of a COVID-era federal loan using a mix of reserve funds and operating dollars.
The 6-0 decision capped a long and often frustrating debate over how the association should absorb the...
Nov. 26, 202509
By Duncan NixonCorrespondent
The Fluco regular basketball season begins on Dec. 3 when they travel to Chancellor High School. Their first home game will be the next day as they host Heritage High. Fluco Coach Heath Bralley said that his squad does not have much height, but that the team will play up-paced basketball with pressing and...