Dec. 12, 2024076
By Duncan NixonCorrespondent
The Fluco boys basketball squad hosted the Wilson Memorial Hornets on Dec. 6. The Flucos and the Hornets both scored 29 points in the first and third quarters combined. Unfortunately, The Flucos were outscored by nine in the second quarter and by eleven in the fourth.
The game started with both teams...
Dec. 12, 2024064
By Page H. Gifford Correspondent
Volunteers do a lot for area shelters including walking dogs, socializing and playing with cats and dogs, grooming, training, attending adoption events, planning fundraisers, and pitching in when short-staffed. Yet, there is one volunteer job that is often not thought of but is crucial for the care...
Dec. 12, 2024072
By Page H. Gifford Correspondent
The Friends of the Library had their end-of-the-year potluck on Dec. 4, celebrating the holidays and looked back on a successful year. The Friends of the Library has been the main support and fundraiser for the Fluvanna County Public Library. They are mostly volunteers who are avid readers with a...
Dec. 5, 20240152
By Duncan NixonCorrespondentThe two big men that Coach Heath Bralley expected to have returning won’t be there for this season. He says he has good, highly coachable players for this season who are working hard, but only three returnees who had a reasonable amount of playing time last year.
Bralley expects his unit to play a fast,...
Dec. 5, 20240110
By Page H. GiffordCorrespondent
Among the 52 diverse and creative pieces entered in the People's Choice Award Show, artist Linda Bethke won first in Masters for River Rain and for one of the two special categories, Best in Color for Chinoiserie. The winners were announced on Nov. 23.
This year the Fluvanna Art Association used...
Dec. 5, 2024081
Press Releasewear blue: run to remember, a national nonprofit honoring the service and sacrifice of the American military, has announced its first partnership with the Allianz Partners Richmond Marathon. Veterans, military members, their families, and runners were warmly invited to join in a moment of reflection to honor those who made...
Dec. 5, 2024075
By Duncan NixonCorrespondent
During December, more than 400 shelters nationwide will reduce adoption fees and find loving homes for pets by participating in Empty the Shelters Holiday Hope reduced-fee adoption event Dec. 1-17. BISSELL Pet Foundation a national animal welfare organization dedicated to ending pet homelessness, is...
Dec. 5, 20240236
By Heather MichonCorrespondent
Deep in the remote mountains of northern Haiti, roads are passable only by foot or by mule. Residents of the region have no electricity, no running water, and almost no access to the outside world by phone or internet.
It is about as different from Lake Monticello as a place can be.
But one Lake...