Jul. 29, 20210219By Duncan Nixon
Correspondent
The Lake Monticello golf course is friendlier to women golfers than is often the case. At the lake, women can choose between the eighteen-hole ladies golf group, the nine-hole ladies golf group or the Pink Flamingos. The women also have a team that plays against women from other courses around the area...
Jul. 29, 20210311By 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...
Jul. 29, 20210473Contributed 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...
Jul. 29, 20210782School 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...
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...
Jul. 21, 20210925By 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...
Jul. 21, 20210264By 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,...
Jul. 21, 20210220By 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...