Apr. 8, 20210429By Page H. Gifford
Correspondent
The art-centered businesses in Palmyra village are hosting an outdoor art market event to celebrate spring on April 11. The outdoor art market will be located on the green behind the Old Courthouse in the village of Palmyra. Its main feature will be local artisans and crafters but will also include...
Apr. 8, 20210290Road closed to through traffic near Bremo Bluff Road from April 5 until July 5
Press release
The Virginia Department of Transportation will rehabilitate two bridges on Rt. 656 (Bremo Road) in Fluvanna County.
Beginning April 5, Rt. 656 will be closed to through traffic. Weather permitting, the road will reopen on July 5...
Apr. 8, 20210176By Duncan Nixon
Correspondent
The Fluco field hockey team under Coach Karen Sible suffered a 9-0 defeat in their final home game of the season on March 30. In the post-game interview, Sible noted that she felt that her team played with a lot of heart.
Field hockey is a skill sport. Like lacrosse, it helps if a player is strong and...
Apr. 8, 20210163By Page H. Gifford
Correspondent
Author Susan Pepper Robbins loves writing so much she even has socks with a Jane Austin motif. A prolific writer of novels, short stories, and the trendy flash fiction, she teaches at Hampton-Sydney College and is married to novelist and playwright Roy Robbins.
Her newest books, titled “Nothing But...
Apr. 1, 20210309Money would build new administration building, buy fire and rescue vehicles
By Heather Michon
Correspondent
With planning for Fiscal Year 2022 (FY22) now in its final weeks, the Board of Supervisors is preparing to vote on a $25 million capital improvement package, including $16.5 million for a new administration building and over...
Apr. 1, 20210268By Duncan Nixon
Correspondent
It was not a happy night for the Fluvanna County High School football team on Friday, March 26. Orange County had six possessions in the first half and scored a touchdown on five of them. The Fluco offense was not bad as it scored twice in the first half, but the half time score was a one-sided 33-14....
Apr. 1, 20210288By Duncan Nixon
Correspondent
Alice Zou a high school junior from Potomac, MD brought the Lake Monticello course to its knees on Sunday March 2, when she carded a three under par 69. This very impressive score gave Zou a two-day total of 146, which was good enough for a two stroke win in the Annual Commonwealth Classic, which was...
Roy Alan, “Rocky” Lucado, age 66, of Palmyra, VA, passed away peacefully at Sentara Martha Jefferson Hospital on Monday, March 22, 2021 with family at his side. Rocky was born on June 25, 1954 in Princeton, WV to the late Virgil Walter Lucado and Mildred Wiley Lucado. He was a graduate of Princeton Senior High School in 1972 and went...