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Fluco girls top Orange, boys fall to Orange in OT
Jan. 20, 20220218 By Duncan Nixon Correspondent This is what high school sports is all about. Two varsity basketball games played back-to-back with maximum intensity and close results. Usually, when the varsity boys are at home, the girls are away and vice versa. On Jan. 14 the Fluco girls’ varsity hosted the Orange County varsity at 6 p.m. and the...
Fluvanna Faces: Cyndi Hoffman
Jan. 20, 20220132 By Harvey Sorum Correspondent Tell us about your past before becoming the Fluvanna County Public Library director. I grew up on a dairy farm in up-state New York in the Finger Lakes – most of my family still lives up there. I have a very large extended family there. I went to undergraduate school for Russian and...
Fluvanna School Board changes
Jan. 20, 20220432 By Ruthann Carr Correspondent At its first meeting of 2022 (Jan. 12) the Fluvanna School Board: Welcomed new member Gequetta Murray-Key (Rivanna) Voted James Kelley (Palmyra) as Chair Voted Perrie Johnson (Fork Union) as Vice Chair Changed meetings to the second Thursday of each month Meetings will still be held in...
Supervisors organize for the year ahead
Jan. 20, 20220255 By Heather Michon Correspondent The Fluvanna County Board of Supervisors held its first meeting of 2022 on Wednesday (Jan. 12), delayed by a week due to the previous week’s snowstorm. This was the first meeting for Chris Fairchild, who was elected in November as supervisor for Cunningham District. He replaces Donald Weaver,...
Kents Store ARC gets facelift
Jan. 13, 20220764 By Page H. Gifford Correspondent The Kents Store Agriculture and Recreation Center (ARC) has been around for 60 years. Its original purpose related to the tobacco farming in that area of Fluvanna County. Things are much different now and families who have lived in the area for decades see the potential in using the center for other...
Snowstorm cripples Fluvanna
Jan. 13, 20220529 By Heather Michon Correspondent 2022 got off to an exciting start for Fluvanna County, as a week of unseasonably warm temperatures gave way early Monday morning (Jan. 3) to a crippling winter storm that dumped the better part of a season’s worth of snow on the area in the space of just a few hours. Up to a foot of wet, heavy...
Fire forces Lake family out, three pets lost
Jan. 13, 20220657 Contributed by Judy Fish, Lake Monticello News The Lake Monticello Volunteer Fire Department along with Palmyra and Fork Union Fire Companies were dispatched Jan. 5 to 15 Pinehurst Road at Lake Monticello to investigate a report of smoke inside a residence. “Lake Monticello fire personnel were met by the homeowner who reported...
Weathering the storm
Jan. 13, 20220234 By Ruthann Carr Correspondent It was more than a beautiful snowfall. On Jan. 3, as much as 12 inches of heavy, wet snow fell onto ice-laden branches toppling trees and taking out power to Fluvanna and much of Central Virginia. Some lost power for six to 12 hours, others for days Dominion Energy serves much of...