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Supervisors debate allowing denser housing
Aug. 25, 20210371 Critics fear loss of county’s rural character By Heather Michon Correspondent A lengthy public meeting on a zoning amendment resulted in a deferred decision by the Fluvanna Board of Supervisors at its regular meeting on Wednesday night (Aug. 18). The current zoning ordinance allows a maximum density of 2.9 dwelling units per...
NAACP presents third forum on children and vaccinations
Aug. 20, 20210267 By Page H. Gifford Correspondent The Fluvanna NAACP is sponsoring a third virtual health forum on Thursday, Aug. 19, at 7 p.m. Their forums focus on current health issues and the previous two discussions centered on information regarding COVID-19. Medical experts answer questions and present important information on how we can keep...
Fluco football returns with a normal fall schedule
Aug. 20, 20210351 By Duncan Nixon Correspondent The Fluvanna County high school football team is preparing for a regular fall schedule in 2021. It will be the second football season of 2021, as the team played an abbreviated 2020-21 season in February and March, due to the pandemic caused cancellation of the regular 2020 fall football season. The...
School Board hears from residents on masks, transgender policies
Aug. 20, 20210634 By Heather Michon Correspondent The Fluvanna County School Board held its regular meeting on Wednesday (Aug. 11), a marathon five-and-a-half-hour session that covered the twin controversies of mask wearing and transgender policies, and even featured an unexpected cameo by Representative Bob Good (R-Va 5th). The meeting came just...
Fluvanna supervisors discuss outdated rescue equipment
Aug. 11, 20210324 Some have failed on emergency calls By Heather Michon Correspondent County rescue squads are operating with cardiac monitors and automatic external defibrillators (AEDs) that are themselves on life support. All have reached end-of-life, and some have failed on recent emergency calls. The replacement cost for all units is...
Local artist draws inspiration from nature
Aug. 11, 20210261 By Page H. Gifford Correspondent Like many artists who begin their artistic journey with a pencil at a young age, Joanne Braniff was no different. And as soon as she was able to hold a pencil she began drawing. “My first validation came from a sixth-grade teacher who asked me to draw the Statue of Liberty for a bulletin board - yes,...