Jul. 10, 20190195Submitted by Carol Tracy Carr
To many people, volunteering means finding an organization that is doing something for the community they think is important and then stepping forward to offer whatever time and energy they can afford. But what if you see a need you’d like to address but no such organization exists? Andre-A’Bryanna...
Ms. Arlene Manuel died peacefully at her home in Lake Monticello on July 4, 2019. She was 81 years old. Arlene was born in Calcutta, India, on Aug. 16, 1937, to Margaret and Eric Manuel.
Arlene was a great lover of music. She stepped onto the night club scene in Calcutta, singing lead, with only a true note, a keen ear for music, and...
Orion Lewis Birdsall Jr., 90, of Palmyra, passed away on Sunday, July 7, 2019, at Albemarle Health & Rehabilitation Center in Charlottesville.
He was born on Nov. 25, 1928, in Dinwiddie County, a son of the late Orion Lewis and Sarah Pauline (Hawkes) Birdsall.
Orion was a 1950 graduate of Virginia Tech and later...
Jul. 9, 20190380Potential legal action threatened over yard signs
Supervisors pause sign rule enforcement
By Heather Michon, correspondent
County Attorney Fred Payne addressed a potential First Amendment legal challenge to Fluvanna County’s ordinances on the display of yard signs at Tuesday’s (July 2) Board of Supervisors meeting.
The...
Jul. 4, 20190348By Duncan Nixon, correspondent
Fluvanna High boys’ track and field coach Steve Szarmach said that Jaden Ferguson finished his eighth grade track season by qualifying for a National outdoor track meet sponsored by New Balance. The meet was held June 13 at North Carolina A&T University in Greensboro, N.C.
Ferguson took part...
Jul. 4, 20190401By Madeline Otten
Correspondent
Recently, Fluvanna County’s former community development director, Jason Stewart, was hired by Transylvania County, N.C., as their planning and community development director. This left a vacancy in Fluvanna’s government office, and Prince George County resident Douglas Miles took the...
Jul. 4, 20190165Press release
Fresh off a state title win, Fluvanna County’s Jacob Critzer can add another accolade to his growing list of honors. The recent graduate, who helped boost the Flucos to the program’s first state championship in baseball, was named the VHSL’s Class 3 State Player of the Year on June 17. The 16-10 victory over...