Sep. 10, 20200135By Heather Michon
Correspondent
Along with selecting three new board members, Lake Monticello residents will be asked to weigh in on two proposals aimed at securing long-term financial stability as they cast their ballots ahead of the Lake Monticello Owners Association’s Annual Meeting on Sept. 26.
Directors Jay Hinkle and Mike...
Sep. 10, 20200214By Heather Michon
Correspondent
Regional cases of COVID-19 are on a downward trend and the transmission rate is moderate, but Fluvanna residents need to remain vigilant, a health official told the Board of Supervisors during their regular meeting on Wednesday (Sept. 2).
Ryan McKay, senior health policy analyst with the Thomas...
Leonard “Len” Foster Gardner, 98, of Palmyra Virginia, beloved husband, father and grandfather, passed away on August 30, 2020. He was born in West Stephentown, NY on October 17, 1921. He is survived by his loving wife of 73 years, Doris Anderson Gardner; a son, Rim Gardner (Jenny) of Richmond, VA; 3 daughters, Carol Sherry (Jon)...
George Lissy, age 74, of Lake Monticello, VA, formerly of Schaumburg, IL, passed away on September 2, 2020, after a long battle with prostate cancer. George was born in Chicago to the late Marie Meister and Raymond Lissy and lived most of his life in Illinois. After retirement, he moved to Lake Monticello in 2011 with his wife,...
Sep. 3, 20200504Press release
“Running a political campaign office during a pandemic raises a whole new set of problems,” said Su Wolff, resident of the Lefty Lunch Ladies, which opened their campaign office to support Democratic candidates at 7 Centre Court, near the Dogwood Restaurant.
“In the past there were grand openings,...
Sep. 3, 20200488Press release
The Fluvanna County Republican Committee (FCRC) opened its 2020 campaign office at 106 Crofton Plaza in Palmyra on Saturday, Aug. 29.
Law enforcement officers, on hand for traffic control, estimated a turnout of 300 people who came by to show their support. Attendees were able to purchase Trump 2020 campaign materials...
Sep. 3, 20200403Press release
The Virginia Department of Health’s Thomas Jefferson Health District, which includes Fluvanna County, warned the public of a batch of heroin in the greater-Charlottesville area that could be laced with fentanyl, or fentanyl derivatives, and could be potentially fatal to people who use it.
Over the past 24 hours, UVA...
Sep. 3, 20200200By Page H. Gifford
Correspondent
Chris Tompkins, a recruiter for DePaul Community Resources, describes the private non-profit human services as a "social impact" organization because of the wide variety of positive ways in which they help impact the lives of the most vulnerable members of the communities they serve.
The agency...