Apr. 22, 20210387CONTRIBUTED BY CRAIG CONBOY
A total of 500 triathletes will be motivated to take the plunge into Lake Monticello early Sunday morning, May 2. Fluvanna County will welcome back the 2021 Cal Tri Lake Monticello Triathlon to the area again after two years due to COVID-19. Athletes from 20 states, the District of Columbia and U.S. Armed...
Apr. 22, 20210179By Duncan Nixon
Correspondent
Fluvanna County High School’s Competition Cheer Squad hosted the 3C Region meet on April 10. After finishing second in the Jefferson District meet, Coach Kenny Larios said that his team went into the Region competition with two goals. The first was to post a score of 215 or better and the second was to...
Apr. 22, 20210362By Duncan Nixon
Correspondent
Fluvanna County High School Athletic Director Scott Morris presided over one of a high schools’ happy events on April 15. Ten Fluco athlete committed to continue with their respective sports at the college or community college level.
Abbey Fuller committed to D-1 program. She will be swimming...
Apr. 22, 20210169By Ruthann Carr
Correspondent
The Fluvanna School Board voted unanimously in its Wednesday (April 14) meeting to give staff bonuses.
Full-time employees will get $500; permanent part-time employees will get $250. The bonuses will be issued as a separate check on April 22.
Superintendent Chuck Winkler advocated for the...
Apr. 22, 20210311By Page H. Gifford
Correspondent
Growing up in Minnesota, Susan Edginton started drawing horses and flowers on the sidewalk with chalk. Like many budding young artists, her parents got her a watercolor set and later she bought herself an oil painting set and canvases and made a creative studio under the stairs in the basement.
In high...
Apr. 22, 20210348By Heather Michon
Correspondent
The Board of Supervisors met on Wednesday night (April 14) for public hearings on the FY21 budget and the tax rates.
PUBLIC HEARINGS
“This year was a pretty amazing year for reassessments,” said management analyst Liz McIver. Real estate assessments rose 6.87 percent.
The real estate tax...
It is with much sadness to announce the passing of Walter C. Hartwell on April 15, 2021 in his home in Palmyra, VA (Lake Monticello) after a short but hard-fought battle with cancer. He is proceeded in death by his father Charles O. Hartwell and survived by his three boys: Justin Hartwell of Charlottesville, VA; Rhett (Ashton) Hartwell...