Feb. 18, 20210335By Madeline Otten
Correspondent
During times of uncertainty, people often find themselves faced with change. One of the biggest changes people experienced during the worldwide COVID-19 pandemic was having more spare time. With schools moving to virtual or hybrid learning styles and many offices shifting to remote work, people started...
Feb. 18, 20210389By Page H. Gifford
Correspondent
“Resilience, Recovery, and Rebirth: Sustaining Hope in Trying Times” is the title of an upcoming performance of Odyssey of Soul to celebrate Black History Month. The brainchild of Horace Scruggs in partnership with the Fluvanna County Arts Council and the NAACP, the program is a novel approach to...
Feb. 18, 20210242By Ruthann Carr
Correspondent
The Fluvanna County School Board approved a $44,347,268 budget on Wednesday (Feb. 10) by a 3-2 vote.
Chair Perrie Johnson (Fork Union), Vice Chair Shirley Stewart (Rivanna) and James Kelley (Palmyra) voted for the budget. Andrew Pullen (Columbia) and Charles Rittenhouse (Cunningham) voted...
David C Wirth (Dave) of Spring Creek, Zion Crossroads, VA went to be with his Lord January 26, 2021 at age 75.
Dave was born on November 12, 1945 in New York City to Virginia Wolf and Charles Wirth. At age 5 his family moved to Baldwin, Long Island, New York. Dave met the love of his life, his wife Lynn, in 1964 and they married in...
Feb. 11, 20210379By Ruthann Carr
Correspondent
Things got a bit tense between two School Board members during budget talks at Wednesday’s (Feb. 3) meeting.
As Superintendent Chuck Winkler laid out the different scenarios of raises, salary scale adjustments and step increases, Charles Rittenhouse (Cunningham) asked what Winkler...
Feb. 11, 20210241By Heather Michon
Correspondent
County Administrator Eric Dahl shared his proposed budget for Fiscal Year 2022 (FY22) at the Board of Supervisors meeting on Wednesday (Feb. 3).
Dahl proposed a total county budget of $85,277,429, an increase of 6.9 percent over FY21. He recommended a three-cent increase in the current equalized tax...
Feb. 11, 20210481By Page H. Gifford
Correspondent
When viewing Kathy Scott's landscape paintings, the onlooker is struck by its warmth and tranquility. Her work is a remedy for stress, drawing the viewer into a place of solitude and reflection. It is Scott's skillful handling of light that enhances her work and gives it that serene feeling.
Her work...
Feb. 11, 20210214By Duncan Nixon
Correspondent
Track and field teams from Albemarle high and Western Albemarle high came to Fluvanna County on Jan. 27 for the third Polar Bear meet to be hosted by the Flucos. The fourth Polar Bear meet was held on Feb. 3., with Louisa High and Orange County high competing.
Tre Smith Jr. for the boys, and...