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School budget passed after parents rail against the Board
Feb. 16, 20220568 By Ruthann Carr Correspondent After listening to vitriol about a moot mask mandate issue, the Fluvanna County School Board passed a fiscal year 2023 budget Thursday (Feb.10). The nearly $52 million budget ($51,983,078) includes: 5 percent compensation increase for all employees; 7 percent compensation increase for the...
Planning director shares schedule to update 2040 Comprehensive Plan
Feb. 16, 20220348 Residents are encouraged to participate in defining future county land use By Heather Michon Correspondent Community Development Director Douglas Miles outlined the county’s plan to update the 2040 Comprehensive Plan before the Planning Commission at its meeting on Tuesday night (Feb. 8). The Comprehensive Plan lays out a...Winifred “Winnie” Browning
Winifred “Winnie” Browning, 88, of Lake Monticello, VA, passed away on February 4, 2022. She was born on February 10, 1933, in Richmond, VA to the late Robert Cleveland Perkins and Gertrude Rosson Perkins of Fork Union, VA. In addition to her parents, she was also preceded in death by her husband, Phillip Coleman Browning; infant...1-27-22
First look at proposed county budget
Feb. 9, 20220337 Dahl proposes $96 million budge;, tax rates to remain stable By Heather Michon Correspondent County Administrator Eric Dahl unveiled his proposed budget for Fiscal Year 2023 (FY23) during a work session at the Board of Supervisors meeting on Wednesday night (Feb. 2). Dahl is proposing a budget of $96,290,691, a decrease of 14.8...
School Board’s first look at proposed budget
Feb. 9, 20220289 By Ruthann Carr Correspondent Fluvanna School Superintendent Peter Gretz presented a proposed Fiscal Year 2023 budget at Wednesday’s Feb. 2 budget meeting. It included adding a half-time English language learner teacher, two school counselors (one at Carysbrook and one at the high school) and one more nurse at the high...
County growing businesses
Feb. 9, 20220304 By Ruthann Carr Correspondent Fluvanna welcomed two new businesses Saturday (Feb. 5) with ribbon-cutting celebrations for Lakelady Therapeutics and D’Mary Store and Deli. About 30 people stopped by Lakelady Therapeutics, 6440 Thomas Jefferson Parkway to see owner Rachel Hartless and her massage/yoga space. Hartless showed...
Library gives out test kits and more
Feb. 9, 20220262 By Page H. Gifford Correspondent “Libraries across the U.S. have been pressed into action,” according to a Jan. 18 Washington Post article. Library workers were compared with front-line workers handing out supplies of free COVID test kits and ending up exhausted and overwhelmed. Is Fluvanna any different? Library Director...