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Demolition of Bremo Power Station to be completed by year’s end
Jun. 15, 202201358 By Heather Michon Correspondent By the end of 2022, all signs of the 90-year-old Bremo Power Station should be gone. The Fluvanna Planning Commission heard a presentation on the demolition project during their meeting on Tuesday night (June 7). Dominion representative Sarah Marshall said the demolition of the main...
Celebrating Juneteenth
Jun. 15, 20220410 By Page H. Gifford Correspondent On June 17, 2021, President Biden signed the first Juneteenth National Independence Day Act into law, establishing Juneteenth as a national holiday. “Now that it is a federal holiday, it has opened up for people to learn why this is an important celebration. Fluvanna is beginning to talk about a...
Fluco girls lose in state quarter final; win multiple honors for region play
Jun. 15, 20220177 By Duncan Nixon Correspondent The Fluco girls soccer team hosted a quarter final match in the State Class 3 tournament on June 7. Fluco Coach Kat Hinkle said that this is the first time a Fluco soccer team has ever made it into the state tournament. The Flucos took on the Cavaliers from Lord Botetourt High School in Daleville. It was...
School Board hears about security, summer school, surplus
Jun. 15, 20220288 By Ruthann Carr Correspondent School’s out for the summer and it shows. The school board meeting on Thurs. (June 9) was quiet and procedural. Instead of fire-breathing residents threatening school board members or a room packed full of people shouting their dissent, the seats were all but empty. There were no...
Residents want Fluvanna to stay rural
Jun. 15, 20220577 Comprehensive Plan evolves By Heather Michon Correspondent More than two dozen residents attended an open house at the Fluvanna Public Library on Thursday night (June 9) to learn more about the development of the county’s 2040 Comprehensive Plan. This was the final of four open houses sponsored by the county to give the...
Investigation confirms structure once home to enslaved people
Jun. 8, 202201554 Sandy Hill slave quarters linked to present day descendants Contributed by Tricia Johnson Correspondent Nadine Armstrong looked up from her laptop. “You know there’s a slave house just down the road.” Armstrong, fellow community historian Melissa Hill, and I, the director of the Fluvanna Historical Society, were at their...
Perry talks about future in art
Jun. 8, 20220194 By Page H. Gifford Correspondent When walking into Abrams School, one will notice an entire wall painted with bold and colorful sea life. The mural is the work of Amya Perry, who was recently featured among the four students accepted into special programs in the arts at college. Perry's exceptionalism landed her a spot at Virginia...