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News in 2021
Dec. 30, 20210339 By Heather Michon Correspondent 2021. What can we say? If COVID-19 wasn’t quite the all-encompassing story it was in 2020, it was still very much at the forefront of public life. Since the start of the pandemic in the spring of 2020, more than 3,000 Fluvanna residents have been diagnosed with the virus, almost 130 have been...
End of an Era – Weaver Retires After 32 Years as Supervisor
Dec. 23, 20210433 By Heather Michon Correspondent Wednesday’s meeting marked the end of an era: the last appearance of Donald W. Weaver as the supervisor from Cunningham. Weaver announced his retirement earlier this year. He was first elected to the Board of Supervisors in 1998 and went on to serve eight consecutive terms, for a total of 32...
Photographer to give talk on grizzly bears in Alaska
Dec. 23, 20210282 By Page H. Gifford Correspondent The Friends of the Library kick off their 2022 season with photographer Harriette Browning Fishburne. Fishburne will talk about her trip to Alaska and photographing grizzly bears in the wild. A retired pediatrician, she didn't get her medical degree from the University of Virginia until she was 40 --...
Fluco boys fall to Charlottesville in Jefferson District opener
Dec. 23, 20210298 By Duncan Nixon Correspondent The Fluco boys hosted the Black Knights from Charlottesville High on Dec. 14 and The Flucos came from behind early in the fourth quarter to take a 51-50 lead. However, the Black Knights rallied with back-to-back three point baskets and outscored the Flucos 28-10 in the rest of the final period. In the...
Supervisors chose to keep current districts
Dec. 23, 20210275 But boundaries of Columbia and Fork Union move west By Heather Michon Correspondent The Fluvanna County Board of Supervisors voted 3-2 on Wednesday night (Dec. 15) to adopt Redistricting Map 5, Scenario 2. This map keeps the current districts but moves the boundaries of Columbia and Fork Union west into the more populous areas...
Merry COVID Christmas, 2021
Dec. 23, 20210278 By Page H. Gifford Correspondent Because of the pandemic, Christmas was isolating and dismal for some last year. This year, many understand there is still a risk with the Delta and Omicron variants but are willing to take that risk if it means being with friends and family. But COVID still hangs over the holiday season. Writer Leslie...
Fluvanna Faces: Bradley N. Howdyshell
Dec. 23, 20210395 By Harvey J. Sorum Correspondent Prior to becoming a funeral director for Thacker Brothers Funeral Homes, what was your profession?? Emergency Services - 911 dispatcher and volunteer EMT Why did you decide to become a funeral director? When I was nine, my grandmother died at our home on Hospice care and my grandfather died...