Mar. 11, 20210379By Duncan Nixon
Correspondent
The Fluvanna County High School indoor track and field teams traveled to Liberty University in Lynchburg on March 2 to compete in the State Class 3 indoor track and field meet. The boy’s team, coached by Steve Szarmach, had two impressive performances. Jaden Ferguson placed 2nd in the triple jump...
Richard Louis Fagan, 77, of Palmyra, VA, passed away on Monday, March 1, 2021 at his home. Born August 31, 1943 in Brooklyn, NY, he was a son of the late William R. Fagan and Edna M. Fagan. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by a son, Kevin J. Fagan.
Richard is survived by his wife of 53 years, Patricia Anne Ryan...
Joanne Lynne Harris, 70, of Palmyra, VA passed away at home surrounded by family on March 6, 2021 in the Lake Monticello community of Fluvanna County.
Joanne was born in the Panama Canal Zone to Elsa and Frank Roberts on September 1, 1950. She married Robert Harris in July, 1970 in Miami, Florida where they resided until 1981.
She...
Mar. 4, 202101174By Heather Michon
Correspondent
The Fluvanna County Historical Society is embarking on a mission to uncover the lost stories laying within two historically Black cemeteries in the southeastern part of the county.
Oak Hill Cemetery in West Bottom and Free Hill Cemetery in Columbia both date back perhaps decades before the Civil War...
Mar. 4, 20210281Contributed by Evelyn Edson, president
Scottsville Museum
Scottsville boasts a number of large, beautiful houses, such as Old Hall, Cliffview, and The Shadows, but where did ordinary working people live?
There is a neighborhood of modest houses at the junction of Valley and Warren Streets. Some of these were built in the...
Mar. 4, 20210101Press release
Blue Ridge Outdoors, one of the premier environmental publications in the eastern U.S., recently recognized Ida Swenson of Lake Monticello, a 15-year Virginia Master Naturalist, as one of three individuals voted by over 62,000 readers as “Best in the Blue Ridge” in the “Environmentalist’ category. Among the many...
Mar. 4, 20210123By Page H. Gifford
Correspondent
The Friends of the Library made a comeback online on Feb. 24 after an absence of nearly a year with a program on black artists celebrating Black History Month. The speaker was Nancy Hirshbein, who is a docent with the Hirschhorn Museum and the Smithsonian Art Museum as well as a volunteer with the...