Joseph Albert Arleth, 89, of Lake Monticello, Virginia, formerly of Staten Island, N.Y. passed away peacefully at home on August 24, 2021. Joseph was born to Mary and Joseph Arleth on August 11, 1932, in Richmond Hill, New York. He is survived by...
Sep. 8, 20210260By Heather Michon
Correspondent
Board of Supervisors met for its regular meeting at the Fluvanna County Library on Wednesday (Sept. 1) for a relatively brief session that focused heavily on the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) and how it might be used by the county.
Fork Union Sanitary District
The Morris and Omohundro wells in...
Sep. 8, 20210676By Page H. Gifford
Correspondent
Murray Buckner's farm rests on 35 plus acres in Palmyra and is home to over 800 hybrid hydrangeas as well as ducks, and chickens. The sprawling acreage is covered with standard white hydrangeas known as Limelight which begin as a lime color, turn to white, and age to an antique French pink. The farm...
Sep. 8, 20210496By Ruthann Carr
Correspondent
The beginning of the school year has been fraught with citizens urging Board members to listen to their views on masks, teaching history and transgender issues. Many of the Board meetings were heated with some parents vowing to pull their children from the schools if their demands weren’t met.
The...
Sep. 8, 20210257By Duncan Nixon
Correspondent
The Lake Monticello Ladies Golf Association (LMLGA) held a Golf for Life tournament at the Lake Monticello golf course on Tuesday, Aug. 31. The tournament was in memory of golfers Gunilla Moore, Cheryl Barresi, Kathryn Hunter and Joanne Harris, all of whom died from ovarian cancer.
All proceeds from...
Sep. 8, 20210195Contributed by Judy Fish
September 11 is not just a historic date for members of Lake Monticello Volunteer Fire & Rescue (LMVFR)—for them, it’s personal.
Each year LMVFR invites the community to a remembrance for all those who died and the “sacrifices that were made that day and all the days afterward” in a ceremony...
Sep. 2, 20210287Big contributor
Press release
Because it has been such a big contributor to Lake Monticello Fire Department, department members participated in the 7th anniversary celebration of the Firehouse Subs restaurant in Charlottesville on Aug. 7.
“Firehouse Subs has been an excellent community partner with all first responders in the...
Sep. 2, 202101218Contributed by Tricia Johnson
The Fluvanna Historical Society traveled to the Monacan Ancestral Museum in Amherst County on Aug. 19 to deliver to the tribe a large collection of Monacan artifacts. From points to scrapers to pestles and a rare bannerstone, the collection is varied and deep. “The Fluvanna Historical Society is...
Sep. 2, 20210740By Page H. Gifford
Correspondent
After owning Palmyra Automotive for 27 years, Wayne Davis retired and sold it to Ian and Ashley Muir in April of this year. Davis established the automotive repair business in 1994 in the town of Palmyra and relocated it to Sycamore Square ten years later. It had always been a family-run business and...