Feb. 16, 20220341Residents are encouraged to participate in defining future county land use
By Heather Michon
Correspondent
Community Development Director Douglas Miles outlined the county’s plan to update the 2040 Comprehensive Plan before the Planning Commission at its meeting on Tuesday night (Feb. 8).
The Comprehensive Plan lays out a...
Winifred “Winnie” Browning, 88, of Lake Monticello, VA, passed away on February 4, 2022. She was born on February 10, 1933, in Richmond, VA to the late Robert Cleveland Perkins and Gertrude Rosson Perkins of Fork Union, VA. In addition to her parents, she was also preceded in death by her husband, Phillip Coleman Browning; infant...
Feb. 9, 20220317Dahl proposes $96 million budge;, tax rates to remain stable
By Heather Michon
Correspondent
County Administrator Eric Dahl unveiled his proposed budget for Fiscal Year 2023 (FY23) during a work session at the Board of Supervisors meeting on Wednesday night (Feb. 2).
Dahl is proposing a budget of $96,290,691, a decrease of 14.8...
Feb. 9, 20220272By Ruthann Carr
Correspondent
Fluvanna School Superintendent Peter Gretz presented a proposed Fiscal Year 2023 budget at Wednesday’s Feb. 2 budget meeting.
It included adding a half-time English language learner teacher, two school counselors (one at Carysbrook and one at the high school) and one more nurse at the high...
Feb. 9, 20220286By Ruthann Carr
Correspondent
Fluvanna welcomed two new businesses Saturday (Feb. 5) with ribbon-cutting celebrations for Lakelady Therapeutics and D’Mary Store and Deli.
About 30 people stopped by Lakelady Therapeutics, 6440 Thomas Jefferson Parkway to see owner Rachel Hartless and her massage/yoga space.
Hartless showed...
Feb. 9, 20220252By Page H. Gifford
Correspondent
“Libraries across the U.S. have been pressed into action,” according to a Jan. 18 Washington Post article. Library workers were compared with front-line workers handing out supplies of free COVID test kits and ending up exhausted and overwhelmed. Is Fluvanna any different?
Library Director...
Feb. 9, 20220159Contributed by Mike Feazel
The pile of debris generated by the Jan. 3 snowstorm at Lake Monticello is nearly overwhelming the Lake Monticello Owners Association maintenance yard, but a chipper has begun chipping away at the pile.
To date, the LMOA maintenance department has cleared debris from roadsides in three sections of the...
Feb. 9, 20220185By Duncan Nixon
Correspondent
It wasn’t a blowout, but the Fluvanna County High School girls basketball team gradually demonstrated its superior talent and topped the Monticello High Mustangs on Feb. 4.
The Flucos got virtually all their points from two standout juniors. Shooting guard Aniah Webb put on a very impressive...