Sep. 16, 20210160By Duncan Nixon
Correspondent
After two road losses, the Fluco football team needed a win, and they got it. The Knights from neighboring Buckingham County came to Browning Field on Friday Sept. 10 for the Flucos’ home opener. The Flucos sent them home on the losing side of a 24-18 score.
Relying almost entirely on their running...
Sep. 16, 2021091By Page H. Gifford
Correspondent
The 45-minute ceremony on Saturday, Sept. 11, was well attended and opened with LMFD Fire Chief Rich Constantino addressing the audience and reminding them why it was so important to remember those who perished on 9/11. It was a somber remembrance and tribute not only to those who lost their lives in...
Joseph Albert Arleth, 89, of Lake Monticello, Virginia, formerly of Staten Island, N.Y. passed away peacefully at home on August 24, 2021. Joseph was born to Mary and Joseph Arleth on August 11, 1932, in Richmond Hill, New York. He is survived by his wife of 60 years, Catherine “Betty” Arleth; son James and daughter in-law, Jennifer...
Sep. 8, 20210215By Heather Michon
Correspondent
Board of Supervisors met for its regular meeting at the Fluvanna County Library on Wednesday (Sept. 1) for a relatively brief session that focused heavily on the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) and how it might be used by the county.
Fork Union Sanitary District
The Morris and Omohundro wells in...
Sep. 8, 20210582By Page H. Gifford
Correspondent
Murray Buckner's farm rests on 35 plus acres in Palmyra and is home to over 800 hybrid hydrangeas as well as ducks, and chickens. The sprawling acreage is covered with standard white hydrangeas known as Limelight which begin as a lime color, turn to white, and age to an antique French pink. The farm...
Sep. 8, 20210460By Ruthann Carr
Correspondent
The beginning of the school year has been fraught with citizens urging Board members to listen to their views on masks, teaching history and transgender issues. Many of the Board meetings were heated with some parents vowing to pull their children from the schools if their demands weren’t met.
The...
Sep. 8, 20210215By Duncan Nixon
Correspondent
The Lake Monticello Ladies Golf Association (LMLGA) held a Golf for Life tournament at the Lake Monticello golf course on Tuesday, Aug. 31. The tournament was in memory of golfers Gunilla Moore, Cheryl Barresi, Kathryn Hunter and Joanne Harris, all of whom died from ovarian cancer.
All proceeds from...
Sep. 8, 20210181Contributed by Judy Fish
September 11 is not just a historic date for members of Lake Monticello Volunteer Fire & Rescue (LMVFR)—for them, it’s personal.
Each year LMVFR invites the community to a remembrance for all those who died and the “sacrifices that were made that day and all the days afterward” in a ceremony...