Mar. 27, 20190362Fluvanna included among cleanup sites
By Adrian Teran-Tapia
Capital News Service
Environmental and consumer groups applauded Gov. Ralph Northam after he signed legislation this week that aims to protect water quality by cleaning up more than 27 million cubic yards of coal ash from unlined ponds in the Chesapeake Bay...
Mar. 27, 20190501By Madeline Otten
Correspondent
The Virginia General Assembly passed the Comprehensive Services Act in 1992 for at-risk youth and families, which was later renamed the Children’s Service Act (CSA) in 2015. CSA is a department of local government that facilitates services to meet the needs of families with children who have or are...
Mar. 27, 20190226By Page H. Gifford
Correspondent
They say that clothes make the man.
In her new book, Gaye Wilson, a historian and costume designer, focuses on how Thomas Jefferson dressed throughout his life and how that wardrobe related to larger political concerns.
Wilson explained that her inspiration for writing the book came from her...
Mar. 27, 20190128By Adrian Teran Tapia and Mario Sequeira Quesada
Capital News Service
Every state in America, and at least nine countries. That is how far the story of Tommie, a dog tied to a pole and set on fire, traveled as people rallied for his survival and donated money for his treatment. Tommie suffered burns on 40 percent of his body after he...
Mar. 25, 20190239By Duncan Nixon, correspondent
The Flying Fluco athletic schedule for Friday (March 22) was very full; however, it rained all day Thursday, so most of the activity had to be canceled. An exception was boys’ lacrosse, which was played on the artificial turf field at Phil Browning Stadium. One of the reasons for having an artificial...
Mar. 22, 201901096By Heather Michon, correspondent
Tensions over a potential paid fire chief to oversee Fluvanna’s volunteer corps of first responders came to the fore during a budget work session Wednesday (March 20).
Chiefs Richie Constantino (Lake Monticello), Mike Brent (Fluvanna), Dwayne Mayo (Palmyra), and Andrew Pullen (Kents Store) said they...
Mar. 20, 20190199By Ruthann Carr
Correspondent
The Fluvanna School Board approved the 2019-20 school calendar at its meeting Wednesday (March 13).
A committee of teachers who worked with the administration presented a draft to the board. One concern with the first draft was nine half days for students, which some thought was too many. The...
Mar. 20, 20190409By Page H. Gifford
Correspondent
Fluvanna County’s longest-running community theater group, The Persimmon Tree Players, is adding some new faces, both onstage and behind the scenes, to its spring production of Fred Carmichael's mystery comedy, Out of Sight… Out of Murder.
Among the newcomers behind the scenes is Jennifer...