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BBB warns Central Virginians to beware of stimulus check scams
Jan. 6, 20210128 By Heather Michon Correspondent The US Treasury Department has begun sending out a new round of $600 stimulus checks, and the Better Business Bureau of Central Virginia (BBB) is warning residents to beware of scammers using it as an opportunity for fraud and identity theft. “BBB is getting reports of con artists claiming that...
In Scottsville, the mail came by boat, then train
Jan. 6, 20210253 Contributed by Evelyn Edson, president, Scottsville Museum Time was, the mail came by boat. Twice a day the packet boat arrived, one from Richmond heading west and one from Lynchburg going in the other direction. Then came the train. There was not so much mail in those days. Sometimes the day's haul would fit in the postmaster's...
Health District Unveils Vaccination Plans
Jan. 6, 20210327 Fluvanna currently averaging 11.7 new COVID cases per day By Heather Michon Correspondent The Blue Ridge Health District (BRHD) has announced its initial plans for delivering COVID vaccinations to frontline healthcare workers and vulnerable populations in the coming months. BRHD (formerly the Thomas Jefferson Health District)...
Fluco boys’ basketball team unbeaten
Jan. 6, 20210221 BY DUNCAN NIXON CORRESPONDENT High school sports have returned in the state of Virginia. An abbreviated Fluco basketball schedule kicked off on Dec. 23 when the Fluco boys’ team under Coach Heath Bralley traveled to Goochland. The Flucos rained three pointers down making 13 of 24 attempts from beyond the arch. Understandably,...
Looking forward in 2021
Jan. 6, 20210709 By Page H. Gifford Correspondent COVID, COVID, COVID was the word heard echoing throughout 2020. The pandemic was uppermost in our minds and influenced our thoughts and actions. It has affected us in many ways, prompting fear of the disease itself, economic instability, a growing political divide, and a belief by some that the...
Dr. Kinney talks of hope in 2021
Dec. 31, 20200221 By Page H. Gifford Correspondent Dr. John Kinney was not sure what his topic for the NAACP Prayer Breakfast would be on January 9. He's still pondering that. But what he does know is that it will reference our current cultural divide and political turmoil. Like many looking forward to a new decade, their hope guides them and their...