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Fluvanna Faces: Edna Harris
Jan. 20, 20210259 By Madeline Otten Correspondent Where do you live? “I live in Palmyra.” How long have you lived in Fluvanna County? What brought you here? “I was born and raised in Fluvanna County, moved away after graduating from Saint Paul’s College and lived in Danville, Virginia for over 20 years. I returned to Fluvanna to be...
Budget, bonuses, SOLs and summer school
Jan. 20, 20210437 By Ruthann Carr Correspondent Superintendent Chuck Winkler laid out the need and plans for summer school at the Fluvanna School Board meeting Wednesday (Jan. 13). COVID-19 is wreaking havoc on student’s education: virtual school, hybrid schedules, outbreaks, quarantines, masks and distancing all make learning harder than...
Palmyra residents fear new development will deplete local water supply
Jan. 20, 20210802 By Heather Michon Correspondent Residents of Courthouse Road in Palmyra raised concerns about the impact of a proposed development during a public hearing at the Planning Commission meeting on Tuesday night (Jan 12). Developer Tim Miller of Meridian Planning Group submitted an application to build a housing...
Neo-Nazi Fliers Found in Scottsville
Jan. 13, 20210880 By Heather Michon Correspondent Several Scottsville residents on both sides of the Fluvanna and Albemarle county lines report receiving neo-Nazi literature outside their homes overnight on Friday. Images of the flyers, headlined “White and Proud!” circulated on social media over the weekend. The flyers were purportedly from...
Sheridan, O’Brien re-elected to BOS Leadership
Jan. 13, 20210265 By Heather Michon Correspondent Supervisors Mike Sheridan (Columbia) and Tony O’Brien (Rivanna) will serve another year as Chair and Vice-Chair of the Board of Supervisors, after each was unanimously re-elected by fellow supervisors during their first regular meeting of 2021 on Wednesday night (Jan. 6). Members also voted to...
Nantucket the subject of author's new book
Jan. 13, 202101031 By Page H. Gifford Correspondent Anyone who has ever visited Nantucket Island, recalls a picturesque fishing village steeped in history, clapboard or shingled houses, with widow walks and colorful manicured gardens and cobblestone streets lined with boutiques and restaurants with names reminiscent of its Quaker-Puritan roots...