Joanne Lynne Harris, 70, of Palmyra, VA passed away at home surrounded by family on March 6, 2021 in the Lake Monticello community of Fluvanna County.
Joanne was born in the Panama Canal Zone to Elsa and Frank Roberts on September 1, 1950. She...
Mar. 4, 202101204By Heather Michon
Correspondent
The Fluvanna County Historical Society is embarking on a mission to uncover the lost stories laying within two historically Black cemeteries in the southeastern part of the county.
Oak Hill Cemetery in West Bottom and Free Hill Cemetery in Columbia both date back perhaps decades before the Civil War...
Mar. 4, 20210294Contributed by Evelyn Edson, president
Scottsville Museum
Scottsville boasts a number of large, beautiful houses, such as Old Hall, Cliffview, and The Shadows, but where did ordinary working people live?
There is a neighborhood of modest houses at the junction of Valley and Warren Streets. Some of these were built in the...
Mar. 4, 20210112Press release
Blue Ridge Outdoors, one of the premier environmental publications in the eastern U.S., recently recognized Ida Swenson of Lake Monticello, a 15-year Virginia Master Naturalist, as one of three individuals voted by over 62,000 readers as “Best in the Blue Ridge” in the “Environmentalist’ category. Among the many...
Mar. 4, 20210132By Page H. Gifford
Correspondent
The Friends of the Library made a comeback online on Feb. 24 after an absence of nearly a year with a program on black artists celebrating Black History Month. The speaker was Nancy Hirshbein, who is a docent with the Hirschhorn Museum and the Smithsonian Art Museum as well as a volunteer with the...
Feb. 24, 20210224Schools Seeking $788,000 More Than Last Year
By Heather Michon
Correspondent
The Fluvanna County School Board presented its $18.8 million budget to the Board of Supervisors at a budget work session on Wednesday (Feb. 17).
They anticipate that the county will need to pay an estimated $788,000 more than the previous fiscal...
Feb. 24, 20210127By Duncan Nixon
Correspondent
As we all know, due to COVID-19, there was no fall 2020 high school football season. Fluco head coach Mike Morris is preparing his team for a shortened 2020-21 football season which will be played in Feb.-Apr. of this year. Hopefully, the 2021-22 season will be played as usual in the fall of 2021. Hope...
Feb. 24, 20210508By Page H. Gifford
Correspondent
When viewing one of Jane Feild's many sculptures, one lingers for a while, soaking in the striking iridescent beauty and color. Her subjects cover almost anything from a dog to sea creatures and even an ice cream cone (commissioned for an ice cream shop) but mostly her fish and other sea creatures are...