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FOL makes comeback with museum talk
Mar. 4, 20210176 By Page H. Gifford Correspondent The Friends of the Library made a comeback online on Feb. 24 after an absence of nearly a year with a program on black artists celebrating Black History Month. The speaker was Nancy Hirshbein, who is a docent with the Hirschhorn Museum and the Smithsonian Art Museum as well as a volunteer with the...
Supervisors Ponder School Board Budget
Feb. 24, 20210249 Schools Seeking $788,000 More Than Last Year By Heather Michon Correspondent The Fluvanna County School Board presented its $18.8 million budget to the Board of Supervisors at a budget work session on Wednesday (Feb. 17). They anticipate that the county will need to pay an estimated $788,000 more than the previous fiscal...
Fluco football team readies for first 2021 season
Feb. 24, 20210185 By Duncan Nixon Correspondent As we all know, due to COVID-19, there was no fall 2020 high school football season. Fluco head coach Mike Morris is preparing his team for a shortened 2020-21 football season which will be played in Feb.-Apr. of this year. Hopefully, the 2021-22 season will be played as usual in the fall of 2021. Hope...
Artist creates one-of-a-kind pieces
Feb. 24, 20210599 By Page H. Gifford Correspondent When viewing one of Jane Feild's many sculptures, one lingers for a while, soaking in the striking iridescent beauty and color. Her subjects cover almost anything from a dog to sea creatures and even an ice cream cone (commissioned for an ice cream shop) but mostly her fish and other sea creatures are...
Fluvanna golfers, it is 2021 contract time
Feb. 24, 20210234 By Duncan Nixon Correspondent We may still be in the throes of winter but it is now decision time for golfers in Fluvanna County. Annual contracts at the Lake Monticello course run from March 1 to the end of February. The Lake Monticello course is the only option in Fluvanna County for local golfers. The Lake Monticello Owners...
Sprucing up downtown Palmyra
Feb. 24, 20210991 Contributed by Mike Feazel Photos by Kris Krechoweckyj, Jackie Bland, and Jan Pavlacka There are many recent improvements in historic downtown Palmyra, and most of them are due to a group of volunteers who don’t even live there. Much of the work was done by the Palmyra Area Revitalization Committee (PARC), which recently...