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LM Fire Department celebrates Firehouse Subs restaurant
Sep. 2, 20210274 Big contributor Press release Because it has been such a big contributor to Lake Monticello Fire Department, department members participated in the 7th anniversary celebration of the Firehouse Subs restaurant in Charlottesville on Aug. 7. “Firehouse Subs has been an excellent community partner with all first responders in the...
Historical Society returns artifacts to the Monacan
Sep. 2, 202101015 Contributed by Tricia Johnson The Fluvanna Historical Society traveled to the Monacan Ancestral Museum in Amherst County on Aug. 19 to deliver to the tribe a large collection of Monacan artifacts. From points to scrapers to pestles and a rare bannerstone, the collection is varied and deep. “The Fluvanna Historical Society is...
Palmyra Automotive changes hands
Sep. 2, 20210632 By Page H. Gifford Correspondent After owning Palmyra Automotive for 27 years, Wayne Davis retired and sold it to Ian and Ashley Muir in April of this year. Davis established the automotive repair business in 1994 in the town of Palmyra and relocated it to Sycamore Square ten years later. It had always been a family-run business and...
Preserving Fluvanna’s land and open space
Sep. 2, 20210267 Contributed by Marvin F. Moss One of the most remarkable achievements in 21st Century Fluvanna history has been ensuring that thousands of acres of agricultural land and open space would be protected in the future either in perpetuity or for periods of up to ten years. This was made possible by a combination of factors including the...
The Dew Drop Inn
Sep. 2, 20210578 Contributed by Evelyn Edson, president, Scottsville Museum The Dewdrop Inn at 440 Valley Street was a Scottsville landmark for many years. Nobody can remember exactly when the first version of it opened -- some time in the 1930s? The Inn went through a number of different owners. John Pearce remembers when it was a high...
John Geoffrey “Jeff” Henrietta
John Geoffrey “Jeff” Henrietta passed away peacefully on Friday, July 23, 2021 at the University of Virginia hospital ICU in Charlottesville, Va. He was born the only son of five children on July 7, 1937 to the late John and Eleanor Henrietta in Cleveland Ohio. He was preceded in death by his sister, Val and his granddaughters, Megan...
Lake holds its golf championships weekend
Aug. 25, 20210123 By Duncan Nixon Correspondent The club champions at the Lake Monticello golf course were decided on Aug. 14 and 15. On the men’s side there is now a 2021 open mens’ champion, a senior champion and a super senior champion. On the womens’ side only an open champion was decided. The men’s open champion is high school junior...