Aug. 28, 20190126Tufton Pond at Lake Monticello has been cleared of blue-green algae after a treatment applied by Solitude Lake Management, a company that specializes in water quality management.
The algae can be harmful to humans and pets. Sign’s warning people to stay out of the water and to keep pets out of the water have been removed, according...
Aug. 22, 20190232By Heather Michon
Correspondent
For the second time in as many months, the Fluvanna School Board deferred a decision on whether to eliminate a standardized testing program known as Measures of Academic Progress, or MAP.
The issue was not originally on the agenda for the meeting on Tuesday (Aug 13), but Andrew Pullen (Columbia)...
Aug. 22, 20190630By Barbara Wimble
Correspondent
After attending the July meeting of the Dolley Madison Quilters Guild, I took out the flannel patchwork quilt I inherited from my Mennonite grandmother that I had stored for years in my cedar chest. (I am changing where I store my quilt because Guild members have informed me that cedar is bad for...
Aug. 22, 20190179By Page H. Gifford
Correspondent
Erik A. Otto's book “Detonation,” a dystopian novel reflecting society's worship of technology and chronic innovation is flagged with warning signs in reality. Many authors of this genre have expressed similar concerns, including George Orwell in his classic “1984” or...
Aug. 22, 20190110By Patrick Healy
Correspondent
Perhaps you have heard of the dog lover's prayer:
"Dear Lord, please make me into the person my dog thinks I am."
As with other forms of self-improvement, this prayer functions best at the personal level; ever reminding us to, in mom's words, "Be nice," Beyond the personal, small communities often...