Nov. 19, 20200367By Ruthann Carr
Correspondent
The Fluvanna County School Board voted 4-1 to adopt an Antiracism and Equity Statement drafted by an Equity Task Force made up of community members, school staff and administration.
Voting for the measure at the meeting Wed. (Nov. 11) was James Kelley (Palmyra), Perrie Johnson (Fork Union), Andrew...
Nov. 19, 20200242By Page H. Gifford
Correspondent
Building on the online success of the play “The Niceties,” the Fluvanna County Arts Council continues its virtual season with world-class jazz musician Victor Haskins. The FCAC is excited to bring back jazz after its absence in the last few years.
Jazz is unique to the African-American culture and...
Nov. 11, 20200545By Heather Michon
Correspondent
Preliminary numbers from the Virginia Department of Elections show that 15,620 of Fluvanna’s 19,518 registered voters cast ballots in this year’s presidential race. This puts the total turnout at 80 percent, far exceeding 2016’s turnout rate of 74 percent.
In the one surprise of the evening,...
Nov. 11, 20200235By Heather Michon
Correspondent
Fluvanna will hold a local hiring event on Nov. 20 to help alleviate unemployment within the county. Economic Development Coordinator Bryan Rothamel asked the Board of Supervisors at its Wednesday (Nov. 4) meeting for $2,000 in CARES Act funding to publicize the event.
Rothamel noted that the...
Nov. 11, 20200159By Page H. Gifford
Correspondent
For an award-winning playwright and poet Roy Robbins, it is a different experience writing his first novel. He understands that novel writing is unlike any process he is familiar with but compared to plays it is a world that doesn't live in a box but can expand with varying experiences and adventures....
Nov. 11, 20200104By Duncan Nixon
Correspondent
The Gray Foxes nine-hole and 18-hole golf groups ended its season, as usual on the first week of November. The 18-hole group plays on Thursday mornings. The nine-hole group plays on Friday mornings. Due to the COVID-19 virus the season was shortened as the golf course closed for several weeks at the...
Nov. 11, 20200230Contributed by Evelyn Edson, president, Scottsville Museum
The Scottsville Museum is the proud proprietor of two bells, one that once served the town for both warning and celebration and one mounted on a passenger train's steam locomotive that rang to let everyone know the train was coming. Both are cast bronze, very heavy, and very...