By Duncan Nixon
Correspondent
It was the Flying Flucos’ Homecoming game. The crowd was large and the play on the field was spirited. Despite the fact that neither team scored in 48 minutes of regulation play, the game was entertaining and interesting. There were a number of big plays but both sides had some of their biggest plays...
Oct. 28, 20210189By Page H. Gifford
Correspondent
The Friends of the Library will welcome Fred Shackelford on Nov. 3 at 10 a.m. to discuss his book, “The Ticket,” a suspense novel about a lottery ticket and a lot of money. This will be FOL's last program of 2021. With COVID they were able to eke out two programs and the annual book sale and hope...
Oct. 28, 20210492By Heather Michon
Correspondent
The Board of Supervisors got its first look at potential new voting districts during a redistricting work session ahead of its regular meeting on Wednesday (Oct. 20).
County Administrator Eric Dahl presented a series of maps showing the county split into five, six, and seven districts, based on the...
Oct. 28, 20210173By Ruthann Carr
Correspondent
The Fluvanna School Board held its first budget seminar for Fiscal Year 2023 Wednesday (Oct. 20) at 8 a.m. and its first with new Superintendent Peter Gretz.
Two Board members, Andrew Pullen (Columbia) and Charles Rittenhouse (Cunningham) who are running for re-election, did not attend. The pair...
Oct. 20, 20210410By Ruthann Carr
Correspondent
More than 100 of Fluvanna’s business owners celebrated four women honored for their professional acumen and good deeds Thursday (Oct. 14).
At its annual meeting and silent auction, the Fluvanna Chamber of Commerce presented awards to the following:
Carolyn Herbert: Business of the Year,...
Oct. 20, 20210134Contributed by Evelyn Edson, president
Scottsville Museum
“Ah, good my dears; you are the strong ones; the brave, willing to come again and listen to an antiquarian’s tales. Quickly, close the door against the fretful wind; hear that rain thrown against the window panes. Put your feet up by the fire, and we’ll talk. You’re...
Oct. 20, 20210545Ruthann Carr
Correspondent
The Fluvanna School Board passed its state-mandated transgender policy at the meeting Wednesday (Oct. 13)
Fluvanna is complying with the law by adding the state code each current policy refers to. The motion passed 3-2 with Perrie Johnson (Fork Union), James Kelley (Palmyra) and Shirley Stewart (Rivanna)...
Oct. 20, 20210157By Duncan Nixon
Correspondent
As volleyball is now played, with a point awarded on every serve, a team with superior talent can often run off a series of points while on service and put a weaker team hopelessly behind early in a game. The Fluco volleyball team under Coach Christi Harlowe-Garrett did just that in its match with the...