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Joanne Lynne Harris
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 married Robert Harris in July, 1970 in Miami, Florida where they resided until 1981. She...
Uncovering the stories within Fluvanna’s historically Black cemeteries
Mar. 4, 202101211 By 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...
Where did working people live in Scottsville?
Mar. 4, 20210296 Contributed 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...
Ida Swenson receives environmental honor
Mar. 4, 20210112 Press 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...
FOL makes comeback with museum talk
Mar. 4, 20210135 By 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...
Supervisors Ponder School Board Budget
Feb. 24, 20210229 Schools 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...