Jul. 4, 20190150By Duncan Nixon
Correspondent
In its second scored meet of the season, the Fluvanna Aquatic Sports Team (FAST) overwhelmed the Charlottesville Elks squad 463-249.
Tuesday’s (June 25) contest was a home meet for FAST, but was held at the Elks’ pool at Pantops because FAST does not have a home pool for meets. FAST Coach...
Jul. 4, 20190124Submitted by Kari Waksmunski
The Lake Monticello Swim Team (LMST) hosted The City of Charlottesville Swordfish in its home opener Wednesday (June 26). The evening began with a celebration ceremony for the first meet at the new Lake Monticello pool. Devin Creamer, Jefferson Swim League (JSL) president and LMST parent, spoke to the...
Jul. 4, 2019084By Page H. Gifford
Correspondent
Artists live by their tools, and the quality of those tools can make or break a project. With watercolor painters, paper is the foundation of any creative endeavor. Whether you are a beginner or a professional, it makes all the difference.
Local artist and Fluvanna Art Association member...
Janet Lechner passed away peacefully at home in her sleep on June 23, 2019. Janet was born May 10, 1937, in Jersey City, N.J. She worked as a bookkeeper at the Holmdel Township municipal building for many years and retired from the Captains Insurance Agency in Belford New Jersey in 1997.
She relocated to Lake Monticello in...
Jul. 1, 20190404By Madeline Otten, correspondent
Two new K-9 officers completed their training in May at Fluvanna’s Rivanna K-9 Services and are now working with the Charlottesville Police.
Bono, who is two and a half, and Kai, almost two, are both Belgian Malinois dogs that came from the Netherlands. The dogs are half-brothers, sharing the...
Jun. 29, 20190646Hinkle and Williamson elected as directors
By Heather Michon, correspondent
Lake Monticello voters overwhelmingly rejected ballot proposals to raise annual dues and pay a $50 per household subsidy for the community’s two restaurants at the 47th annual meeting of members on Saturday (June 29).
Some members in the packed meeting...
Jun. 26, 20190337By Ruthann Carr
Correspondent
Jane Ford is retiring after 50 years of teaching; 46 of those in her home county of Fluvanna.
Ford, born Snead, said she’s been fascinated by history for as long as she can remember. She was a history teacher for many years and lived and breathed her subject.
The Snead family came...