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Carysbrook opens with Virginia Folklife film
Sep. 22, 20220339 By Page H. Gifford Correspondent Carysbrook Performing Arts Center opened Friday, Sept. 9, with its first show of the 2022-23 season and its first film. About 79 people attended the reception and film sponsored by the Fluvanna County Arts Council and Virginia Humanities. The film, In Good Keeping in 2022, is part of an ongoing...
Fluvanna Faces: Mary K. Birkholz
Sep. 22, 20220552 By Harvey J. Sorum, Correspondent Mary, tell us a little about your background prior to your starting Caring for Creatures. My love affair with animals began in childhood. I loved to walk and play with our neighborhood dogs and my heart went out to those who were neglected. One dog that lived behind us was chained and rarely...
School Board recognizes championship speech and debate team
Sep. 14, 20220381 By Heather Michon Correspondent As they did in August, the Fluvanna County School Board started its September meeting on a celebratory note. They honored the high school’s forensics team, which brought home their fourth state championship back in March. And – since forensics is the art of both speech and debate – they took...
Supervisors take first step to improving dangerous roads
Sep. 14, 20220474 By Heather Michon Correspondent Anyone who drives around the county knows Fluvanna has some dangerous intersections, narrow bridges, and blind turns – but making our roads safer can be a complicated and expensive proposition. The Board of Supervisors took a step toward identifying and remedying some of the major problem spots...
Mass shootings focus of Cariens' book
Sep. 14, 20220320 By Page H. Gifford Correspondent David Cariens understands what it is to lose someone in a mass shooting. His latest book, The Murder of Angela Dales, though written 21 years ago, is a revised and updated version with new information regarding the circumstances that surrounded her death. In it, Cariens examines in factual...
Latest inspection of prison medical unit shows signs of progress
Sep. 7, 20220821 Heather Michon Correspondent Medical services at the Fluvanna Correctional Center for Women (FCCW) are meeting most of the metrics established in settlement of a 2015 Federal lawsuit, according to a report filed by the court-appointed monitor in June. Dr. Homer Venters, an expert on medical care in correctional facilities, has...