Feb. 24, 20210122By Duncan Nixon
Correspondent
As we all know, due to COVID-19, there was no fall 2020 high school football season. Fluco head coach Mike Morris is preparing his team for a shortened 2020-21 football season which will be played in Feb.-Apr. of this year. Hopefully, the 2021-22 season will be played as usual in the fall of 2021. Hope...
Feb. 24, 20210486By Page H. Gifford
Correspondent
When viewing one of Jane Feild's many sculptures, one lingers for a while, soaking in the striking iridescent beauty and color. Her subjects cover almost anything from a dog to sea creatures and even an ice cream cone (commissioned for an ice cream shop) but mostly her fish and other sea creatures are...
Feb. 24, 20210213By Duncan Nixon
Correspondent
We may still be in the throes of winter but it is now decision time for golfers in Fluvanna County. Annual contracts at the Lake Monticello course run from March 1 to the end of February. The Lake Monticello course is the only option in Fluvanna County for local golfers. The Lake Monticello Owners...
Feb. 24, 20210869Contributed by Mike Feazel
Photos by Kris Krechoweckyj, Jackie Bland, and Jan Pavlacka
There are many recent improvements in historic downtown Palmyra, and most of them are due to a group of volunteers who don’t even live there. Much of the work was done by the Palmyra Area Revitalization Committee (PARC), which recently...
Feb. 18, 20210296By Madeline Otten
Correspondent
During times of uncertainty, people often find themselves faced with change. One of the biggest changes people experienced during the worldwide COVID-19 pandemic was having more spare time. With schools moving to virtual or hybrid learning styles and many offices shifting to remote work, people started...
Feb. 18, 20210346By Page H. Gifford
Correspondent
“Resilience, Recovery, and Rebirth: Sustaining Hope in Trying Times” is the title of an upcoming performance of Odyssey of Soul to celebrate Black History Month. The brainchild of Horace Scruggs in partnership with the Fluvanna County Arts Council and the NAACP, the program is a novel approach to...
Feb. 18, 20210206By Ruthann Carr
Correspondent
The Fluvanna County School Board approved a $44,347,268 budget on Wednesday (Feb. 10) by a 3-2 vote.
Chair Perrie Johnson (Fork Union), Vice Chair Shirley Stewart (Rivanna) and James Kelley (Palmyra) voted for the budget. Andrew Pullen (Columbia) and Charles Rittenhouse (Cunningham) voted...
David C Wirth (Dave) of Spring Creek, Zion Crossroads, VA went to be with his Lord January 26, 2021 at age 75.
Dave was born on November 12, 1945 in New York City to Virginia Wolf and Charles Wirth. At age 5 his family moved to Baldwin, Long Island, New York. Dave met the love of his life, his wife Lynn, in 1964 and they married in...