Mar. 10, 20220614Contributed by Marieke Henry
A majority of registered speakers at the Security Town Hall meeting held on March 2, expressed the desire to do whatever it takes to maintain our private police force. Speaker Rick Roth (and Chair of the LMOA Finance Committee) offered the community a dose of reality. “The budget is tight,” he stated....
Mar. 10, 20220210By Page H. Gifford
Correspondent
Jane Kulow, director of the Virginia Center for the Book for the Virginia Humanities, spoke on March 2 with members of Friends of the Library about the fast-approaching annual Festival of the Book in Charlottesville. The festival will take place between March 16-20 with a series of pre-festival...
Mar. 10, 20220736Contributed by Judy Fish, Lake Monticello News
The Lake Monticello Fire Department and Palmyra and Fork Union Fire companies along with the Lake Monticello Rescue Squad were dispatched to 4 Campbell Court in Lake Monticello Tuesday (March 1) at approximately 9:28 p.m. for a reported structure fire with flames visible, Lake Monticello...
Mar. 3, 20220217By Duncan Nixon
Correspondent
The Class 3 Region C basketball play-offs concluded last week. The Fluco girls squad earned a first-round bye and were matched in the quarterfinals with the Black Knights of Charlottesville. The teams had split their regular season games, with Charlottesville winning the first encounter by three and the...
Mar. 3, 20220405By Harvey J. Sorum
Correspondent
Q: Tell us about Angell Husted before opening your dance studio.
A. I grew up in the ‘50s and ‘60s as both a tomboy and a ballerina on a small farm in the little town of Pleasant Valley, NY, near the Hudson River, 90 miles north of New York city. After graduating from Syracuse...
Mar. 3, 20220365By Page H. Gifford
Correspondent
Barbara Cary lost her son Adrian on November 2, 2019, due to complications during heart surgery. He was young, the father of two and though two years later Cary's grief is still strong, she sees it as a way to give to others.
“Grief is a horrible thing, and it never goes away. Michael and I...
Feb. 23, 20220390By Heather Michon
Correspondent
Two planning and zoning requests were deferred by the Board of Supervisors at their meeting on Wednesday (Feb. 16) after lengthy public hearings that, combined with a budget work session and closed session, stretched the meeting to well over seven hours.
Dominion substation
Dominion Energy...