Dec. 5, 20240109
By Page H. GiffordCorrespondent
Among the 52 diverse and creative pieces entered in the People's Choice Award Show, artist Linda Bethke won first in Masters for River Rain and for one of the two special categories, Best in Color for Chinoiserie. The winners were announced on Nov. 23.
This year the Fluvanna Art Association used...
Dec. 5, 2024080
Press Releasewear blue: run to remember, a national nonprofit honoring the service and sacrifice of the American military, has announced its first partnership with the Allianz Partners Richmond Marathon. Veterans, military members, their families, and runners were warmly invited to join in a moment of reflection to honor those who made...
Dec. 5, 2024074
By Duncan NixonCorrespondent
During December, more than 400 shelters nationwide will reduce adoption fees and find loving homes for pets by participating in Empty the Shelters Holiday Hope reduced-fee adoption event Dec. 1-17. BISSELL Pet Foundation a national animal welfare organization dedicated to ending pet homelessness, is...
Dec. 5, 20240233
By Heather MichonCorrespondent
Deep in the remote mountains of northern Haiti, roads are passable only by foot or by mule. Residents of the region have no electricity, no running water, and almost no access to the outside world by phone or internet.
It is about as different from Lake Monticello as a place can be.
But one Lake...
Dec. 5, 20240105
A quiet space for healing at Darden Towe ParkHospice of the Piedmont (HOP) is proud to announce the installation of the Telephone of the Wind. This unique space for community members to process grief and connect with lost loved ones is now open to the public in Darden Towe Park in Charlottesville.
Inspired by a concept originating...
Nov. 26, 2024092
Press ReleaseThe Lake Monticello Piecemakers are closing out the year by donating many of its creations to benefit local community service organizations, including Lake Monticello Fire & Rescue, the Lake Monticello Beautification Corps and the Lake Monticello Community Foundation.
The quilters sold many of their creations again...
Nov. 26, 20240829
By Heather MichonCorrespondent
Fluvanna County deputies were called to the scene of an apparent homicide in Fluvanna near Scottsville on Monday morning (Nov.18).
Investigators from the Virginia State Police’s Appomattox Field Office were alerted by Fluvanna authorities at around 11 a.m. that morning, VSP spokesperson Matthew...
Nov. 26, 20240437
By Heather MichonCorrespondent
In a major revision to county zoning, the Fluvanna Board of Supervisors voted to eliminate rural cluster subdivisions as a by-right use in A-1 zoning districts at its meeting on Wednesday night (Nov. 20).
Rural cluster subdivisions have become ubiquitous in the local landscape since they were first...