Apr. 20, 20220369By Page H. Gifford
Correspondent
"In 1835, Alexis De Tocqueville wrote in Democracy in America that "… every citizen is taught the history of his country and the leading features of its Constitution. … it is extremely rare to find a man imperfectly acquainted with all these things, and a person wholly ignorant of them is sort of...
Contributed by Evelyn Edson, president, Scottsville Museum
At the March meeting of Scottsville's Town Council, its members voted to approve a new housing development on 20 acres of the land of the former tire cord plant west of town. The property, now owned by Charles Hurt, is zoned Village Residential and will be built on by the...
Apr. 13, 20220600By Heather Michon
Correspondent
More details about a potential dam breach near Bremo came to light during the Board of Supervisors meeting on Wednesday night (April 6).
County Administrator Eric Dahl said McIver Lake was estimated to contain 60 million gallons of water – enough to put Bremo Road and the CXR railroad tracks under...
Apr. 13, 2022096By Harvey J. Sorum
Correspondent
Tell us what SCORE stands for and what SCORE does.
The acronym came from name “Service Corps of Retired Executives”, it is now just SCORE, meaning you don’t have to be retired or an executive to join SCORE.
Small business success across America is SCORE's mission. Since 1964, SCORE...
Apr. 13, 20220272By Page H. Gifford
Correspondent
It was around the 6th grade when Diane Wilkin became interested in the visual arts after one of her drawings was featured on a bulletin board. After 10th grade, Wilkin spent the summer with her grandmother, helping her in her credit bureau business while painting on tabletop easels with her every...
Apr. 13, 20220393Sheriff’s office seeks help
Press Release
The Fluvanna County Sheriff's Office received a 911 call reporting that an unknown person or persons had discharged a firearm multiple times into an occupied apartment on April 9 at 3:13 a.m. The apartment is located at 44 Fawn Lake Road in the Cohasset area of Fluvanna County....
Apr. 7, 20220331Press release
Point of Fork Chapter, National Society of Daughters of the American Revolution (NSDAR), is honored to receive a Shining Our DAR Light Grant at the Virginia DAR State Conference, held March 25-27.
The Fluvanna chapter plans to share the award with the Fluvanna Historical Society (FHS) making it possible to acquire a...