Feb. 18, 20210354By Page H. Gifford
Correspondent
“Resilience, Recovery, and Rebirth: Sustaining Hope in Trying Times” is the title of an upcoming performance of Odyssey of Soul to celebrate Black History Month. The brainchild of Horace Scruggs in partnership with the Fluvanna County Arts Council and the NAACP, the program is a novel approach to...
Feb. 18, 20210214By Ruthann Carr
Correspondent
The Fluvanna County School Board approved a $44,347,268 budget on Wednesday (Feb. 10) by a 3-2 vote.
Chair Perrie Johnson (Fork Union), Vice Chair Shirley Stewart (Rivanna) and James Kelley (Palmyra) voted for the budget. Andrew Pullen (Columbia) and Charles Rittenhouse (Cunningham) voted...
David C Wirth (Dave) of Spring Creek, Zion Crossroads, VA went to be with his Lord January 26, 2021 at age 75.
Dave was born on November 12, 1945 in New York City to Virginia Wolf and Charles Wirth. At age 5 his family moved to Baldwin, Long Island, New York. Dave met the love of his life, his wife Lynn, in 1964 and they married in...
Feb. 11, 20210337By Ruthann Carr
Correspondent
Things got a bit tense between two School Board members during budget talks at Wednesday’s (Feb. 3) meeting.
As Superintendent Chuck Winkler laid out the different scenarios of raises, salary scale adjustments and step increases, Charles Rittenhouse (Cunningham) asked what Winkler...
Feb. 11, 20210223By Heather Michon
Correspondent
County Administrator Eric Dahl shared his proposed budget for Fiscal Year 2022 (FY22) at the Board of Supervisors meeting on Wednesday (Feb. 3).
Dahl proposed a total county budget of $85,277,429, an increase of 6.9 percent over FY21. He recommended a three-cent increase in the current equalized tax...
Feb. 11, 20210392By Page H. Gifford
Correspondent
When viewing Kathy Scott's landscape paintings, the onlooker is struck by its warmth and tranquility. Her work is a remedy for stress, drawing the viewer into a place of solitude and reflection. It is Scott's skillful handling of light that enhances her work and gives it that serene feeling.
Her work...
Feb. 11, 20210174By Duncan Nixon
Correspondent
Track and field teams from Albemarle high and Western Albemarle high came to Fluvanna County on Jan. 27 for the third Polar Bear meet to be hosted by the Flucos. The fourth Polar Bear meet was held on Feb. 3., with Louisa High and Orange County high competing.
Tre Smith Jr. for the boys, and...
Feb. 11, 20210132By Duncan Nixon
Correspondent
In the last regularly scheduled game of a shortened basketball season, the Fluco boys’ basketball team led throughout behind a bombardment of three point shots. The Mustangs from Monticello high could not keep up and they fell to the Flucos 73-58 on Feb. 5. It was senior night for the Flucos.
The...