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School Board discusses funding support positions
Jan. 16, 2025035 Includes instructional assistants, reading and math specialists By Heather MichonCorrespondent In one of the first public comments of 2025, a citizen complained the members of the School Board do not engage enough during their monthly meetings. “I think a couple of you are athletic coaches, and I hope you're not bringing the...
Supervisors may consider meals tax
Jan. 16, 20250265 By Heather MichonCorrespondent A meal tax may be on the agenda for the Board of Supervisors in 2025. Fluvanna voters rejected a meals tax in a 2018 referendum, triggering a six-year cooling period before it could be revisited. In 2019, the state law changed to allow boards to implement the tax without a referendum. Whether or...
Mystery boom may have been explosive target
Jan. 16, 202501195 By Heather MichonCorrespondent The cause of the loud boom that rattled windows and jangled some nerves across a wide swath of Fluvanna and Albemarle counties at around 5 p.m. on Sunday (Jan. 12) is still unconfirmed, but the most likely explanation seems to be the detonation of a Tannerite target near the county line. Tannerite is...
Fluvanna Economic Development features new businesses; new additions
Jan. 16, 20250231 By Page H. GiffordCorrespondent Fluvanna Economic Development unveiled some new businesses and exciting new happenings at other businesses recently. Cunningham Creek Winery had added a new venture to its offerings, becoming Cunningham Creek Winery & Brewery. This expansion brings craft beer to its Fluvanna County location,...
Cifers wins 10th District state senate seat
Jan. 16, 2025090 By Heather MichonCorrespondent Republican Luther Cifers was successful in his bid to win the 10th District state senate seat recently vacated by Rep. John McGuire. McGuire, a Republican, is heading to Washington, D.C., after defeating his Democratic opponent, Gloria Witt, in the race for Virginia’s 5th Congressional...
Coal train derails near Bremo
Jan. 16, 20250260 No injuries reported By Heather MichonCorrespondent A coal train derailed in southeastern Fluvanna County at around 5 a.m. on Tuesday (Jan. 7). The Fluvanna County Sheriff’s Office and Fluvanna Volunteer Fire Department units from Palmyra and Fork Union were called to the scene at 4:53 a.m. No injuries were reported, “and...
Fluco boys outscored by Liberty Christian Academy
Jan. 9, 2025084 By Duncan NixonCorrespondent It was not a close game. LCA won the opening quarter 17-5 and the Flucos could never get close, even though they played their opponents evenly over the second half, only being outscored 30-28. Liberty led at the half-time 36-19, and that margin proved to be insurmountable. In the first quarter, the...