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Historical Society returns artifacts to the Monacan
Sep. 2, 202101100 Contributed by Tricia Johnson The Fluvanna Historical Society traveled to the Monacan Ancestral Museum in Amherst County on Aug. 19 to deliver to the tribe a large collection of Monacan artifacts. From points to scrapers to pestles and a rare bannerstone, the collection is varied and deep. “The Fluvanna Historical Society is...
Palmyra Automotive changes hands
Sep. 2, 20210694 By Page H. Gifford Correspondent After owning Palmyra Automotive for 27 years, Wayne Davis retired and sold it to Ian and Ashley Muir in April of this year. Davis established the automotive repair business in 1994 in the town of Palmyra and relocated it to Sycamore Square ten years later. It had always been a family-run business and...
Preserving Fluvanna’s land and open space
Sep. 2, 20210299 Contributed by Marvin F. Moss One of the most remarkable achievements in 21st Century Fluvanna history has been ensuring that thousands of acres of agricultural land and open space would be protected in the future either in perpetuity or for periods of up to ten years. This was made possible by a combination of factors including the...
The Dew Drop Inn
Sep. 2, 20210654 Contributed by Evelyn Edson, president, Scottsville Museum The Dewdrop Inn at 440 Valley Street was a Scottsville landmark for many years. Nobody can remember exactly when the first version of it opened -- some time in the 1930s? The Inn went through a number of different owners. John Pearce remembers when it was a high...
John Geoffrey “Jeff” Henrietta
John Geoffrey “Jeff” Henrietta passed away peacefully on Friday, July 23, 2021 at the University of Virginia hospital ICU in Charlottesville, Va. He was born the only son of five children on July 7, 1937 to the late John and Eleanor Henrietta in Cleveland Ohio. He was preceded in death by his sister, Val and his granddaughters, Megan...
Lake holds its golf championships weekend
Aug. 25, 20210142 By Duncan Nixon Correspondent The club champions at the Lake Monticello golf course were decided on Aug. 14 and 15. On the men’s side there is now a 2021 open mens’ champion, a senior champion and a super senior champion. On the womens’ side only an open champion was decided. The men’s open champion is high school junior...
Events and activities are hopping at the library
Aug. 25, 20210149 By Page H. Gifford Correspondent The Friends of the Library Board met almost a month ago and decided to go ahead with in-person speakers, beginning with Nancy Parrish, on Sept. 1 at 10 a.m. “Nancy was originally going to present her latest book to us last April, but was canceled due to COVID-19 closure of in-person use of the...