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Project Lifesaver Program keeping people safe
Jul. 29, 20210309 By Page H. Gifford Correspondent When Joyce McCollough's husband's illness left him with cognitive challenges, she joined the many caregivers whose loved ones' safety becomes a priority. When you are the only caregiver, you cannot turn your back for fear your charge may wander off somewhere. This fear creates a significant amount of...
Injured Laker recognized for bravery in deck collapse
Jul. 29, 20210470 Contributed by Judy Fish Nearly a month after a deck collapsed seriously injuring Laker Derrell Alexander and two others, Alexander was recognized by Lake Monticello Volunteer Fire & Rescue for his heroic actions, which were credited with saving a child. Alexander, another adult and a child were injured June 26 when a deck...
“Welcome to the fire”
Jul. 29, 20210778 School board deals with masks, transgender issues, critical race theory By Ruthann Carr Correspondent Fluvanna welcomed its newest superintendent with a rousing chorus of “No masks. No Critical Race Theory. No change to our policies for transgender students.” Only the mask issue was settled at the Fluvanna School Board...EDITH CAROL ROBERTS-GEER
Carol Geer, age 83, passed away peacefully at home on July 16, 2021 due to the inability to recover from a stroke sustained in June 2020. She was born July 18, 1938 in Washington, D.C. to Daniel and Helen Beattie, and the family eventually moved to Detroit, Michigan where, in her 20s, Carol met and married her Roy Roberts. Carol and...
Fluvanna Middle School welcomes Darren McCauley
Jul. 21, 20210921 By Madeline Otten Correspondent With less than a month left of summer, Fluvanna County Flucos are soaking up as much sun as possible before returning back to school. Changes will be made like every other year, and especially for Fluvanna County Middle School (FMS), which will be welcoming a new assistant principal, Darren...
Fluvanna Faces – Angela Green
Jul. 21, 20210257 By Madeline Otten Correspondent Where do you live? “Our home is in the Cunningham Meadows subdivision, and the Broody Hen Studio/Coop is next to our home.” How long have you lived in Fluvanna County? What brought you here? “We moved to Fluvanna in 2007 upon the purchase of our home. Fluvanna happened to have the quiet,...
Local club welcomes Institute for Political Innovation
Jul. 21, 20210219 By Page H. Gifford Correspondent For the first in-person meeting of the Progressive Club in over a year, Jeff James welcomed 37 attendees to the pub at the Lake Monticello golf course on July 13. “That is the most I have ever seen in the eight years since the club started,” he said. Perhaps it was the intriguing subject and...