May. 13, 20190582By Ruthann Carr, correspondent
At the same meeting the Fluvanna County School Board honored teachers and staff, it almost didn’t pass a budget to pay them.
Superintendent Chuck Winkler presented a fiscal year 2020 (FY20) budget of $41,896,842 broken down into the following categories:
Instruction: $31,785,413;
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May. 8, 20190458By Madeline Otten
Correspondent
For some Fluvanna County residents, May 1 is the beginning of a new month with warmer weather, while for others it begins the countdown to summer vacation. For Fluvanna County High School (FCHS) seniors, and seniors all around the world, it marked a day for a final decision about their next adventure...
May. 8, 20190186By Page H. Gifford
Correspondent
This year's crop of middle school art students produced some outstanding work for the annual Arts Festival held Saturday (May 4).
The students showed skill in execution and imagination in their projects. Many of the 3D pieces demonstrated the students’ abilities to construct complex forms and...
May. 8, 2019063By Duncan Nixon
Correspondent
Fluvanna County High School hosted the Jefferson District annual track and field meet April 30. The boys and girls teams both turned in solid performances. The boys took second place, while the girls finished in third.
Eli Hartzog took two first places for the boys, with the longest throws in both the...
May. 8, 2019090By Duncan Nixon
Correspondent
The Orange County Hornets were able to find the back of the net twice in the first half and that was enough. The Flying Flucos under Coach Earl Gibson actually dominated play most of the game, but soccer is a game where controlling the ball does not always result in goals. The Flucos fired off a number...
May. 8, 20190223By Duncan Nixon
Correspondent
Local sports stations confirm that Jalen Harrison, former standout athlete at Fluvanna County High School, has moved from the University of Virginia (U.Va.) baseball team to the football team.
Harrison played football, basketball and baseball in his freshman and sophomore years for the Flucos. He was...
Antoinette “Anty” Marie Wolowski, 91, originally from Plains, Penn., but who moved to Lake Monticello in Palmyra, Va., in 2007, went to be with her Lord and Savior on Easter Sunday, April 21, 2019, at the Hospice House in Charlottesville, Va. She was born Aug. 14, 1927, in Plains, Penn., a daughter of the late Benjamin Wolowski and...