Jun. 11, 20200214We have faced several months of challenges in our lives, but nothing could have prepared us for the horrific video showing the heart-rending death of George Floyd thru acts committed by police officers of the Minneapolis Police Department. I am appalled and saddened by this needless and tragic death at the hands of these officers. There...
Jun. 11, 20200251By Page H. Gifford
Correspondent
There is a mask distribution campaign underway by a local aid group known as FluCares. Founder Sharon Harris, former sheriff Ryant Washington, and others are working with community groups to provide free masks to Fluvanna neighbors in an effort to keep everyone healthy.
Under Gov. Ralph Northam’s...
Jun. 11, 20200844FCHS valedictorian for the Class of 2020
Alexander Pellicane
Parents: Paul and Elizabeth Pellicane
Destination after High School: University of Virginia
Plan of Study: Pre Med/Political Science
Why did you choose the University of Virginia?
As I am planning to attend medical school after undergrad, I plan on spending much of my...
Jun. 11, 20200242By Heather Michon
Correspondent
The Board of Supervisors moved through a short agenda on the way to a long conversation at
its regular meeting on Wednesday (June 6). At issue was how to distribute the $2.3 million in
federal funds allocated to help localities reduce the financial burden of the COVID pandemic.
County...
Jun. 3, 20200277By Ruthann Carr
Correspondent
It was a perfect day for a parade.
On Saturday (May 30), more than 70 cars full of Fluvanna graduates drove around Lake Monticello then over to the high school.
Graduates Madison Crawford and Isaiah Jackson sat in the back of her bumble-bee yellow classic Ford pickup. Madison said she was there...
Jun. 3, 20200736By Heather Michon
Correspondent
In the aftermath of the Civil War, some former Confederates dreamed of starting a new life in a new land.
Few dreamed as big as Fluvanna County’s Henry M. Price.
Within weeks of the Confederate surrender at Appomattox, the 42-year old Cunningham farmer, physician, and land speculator began...