Feb. 24, 20210901Contributed by Mike Feazel
Photos by Kris Krechoweckyj, Jackie Bland, and Jan Pavlacka
There are many recent improvements in historic downtown Palmyra, and most of them are due to a group of volunteers who don’t even live there. Much of the work was done by the Palmyra Area Revitalization Committee (PARC), which recently...
Feb. 18, 20210304By Madeline Otten
Correspondent
During times of uncertainty, people often find themselves faced with change. One of the biggest changes people experienced during the worldwide COVID-19 pandemic was having more spare time. With schools moving to virtual or hybrid learning styles and many offices shifting to remote work, people started...
Feb. 18, 20210357By 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, 20210217By 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, 20210340By 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, 20210224By 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...