Nov. 28, 20190133By Duncan Nixon
Correspondent
The leaves are mostly down, the days are getting shorter, and The Flying Fluco winter sports season is about to begin. Longtime girls’ basketball Coach Chad White and first year boys’ basketball Coach Heath Bralley both expect to play up-tempo basketball this year.
Coach White has a strong...
Nov. 28, 20190115By Page H. Gifford
Correspondent
Since its beginning, Thelma Stowell was at the forefront of local theater and one of the founders of the Persimmon Tree Players. Stowell was nothing less than enthusiastic and dedicated when it came to designing and sewing costumes and performing on stage. Members recalled that in the past few years,...
Nov. 28, 20190467By Heather Michon
Correspondent
If you live in Fluvanna County, you can’t avoid deer. In our fields, by our roadsides, in our yards, they are everywhere—a hazard for drivers, a nuisance for gardeners, a challenge for hunters, a delight for nature-watchers.
But for all their ubiquity, most of us know very little about our...
Nov. 28, 20190271By Madeline Otten
Correspondent
As fall festivities have come to an end, leaves have fallen, and the weather grows colder, the holiday season is already here. Houses throughout Fluvanna County are decorated in holiday lights to spread holiday cheer, radio stations have switched into holiday mode for listeners to sing-a-long to their...
Nov. 21, 20190128By Madeline Otten
Correspondent
Fluvanna County experienced chilling temperatures last week as it dropped into the low 20s. Community members had to scrape frost off car windshields and dig out winter coats. As December approaches, frost, freezing rain, and snow pose a threat to the county, which can impact those who are unable...
Nov. 21, 20190612By Heather Michon
Correspondent
The first details of events leading up to the shooting death of a man at Lake Monticello emerged during back-to-back bond hearings at Fluvanna County District Court on Tuesday (Nov. 12).
Fluvanna County Commonwealth’s Attorney Jeffrey Haislip told Judge Theresa Carter that their evidence...
Thelma Alice Belanger Stowell, 93, of Palmyra, passed away on Thursday, November 14, 2019. Born in Lowell, Massachusetts, she was the daughter the late Wilfred J. and Beatrice Caron Belanger. She was also preceded in death by her beloved husband, Matthew J. Stowell; a son, Mark J. Stowell, II.; twin sister, Theresa Larose (Morris);...
Francis John “Frank” Persico, 78, of Palmyra, passed away on Tuesday, November 12, 2019 at his residence under the care of Hospice of the Piedmont.
He was born on May 16, 1941 in Manhattan, New York, the only child of Italian Immigrants, Fernando and Giada (Gambera) Persico.
Survivors include his wife of 53 years, Rebecca...