Apr. 16, 20190288By Duncan Nixon, correspondent
It was the kind of game that can make you a baseball fan. Tension building as the game progresses, with a sudden ending.
On Thursday (April 11) the Flying Fluco baseball team rallied with three runs in the bottom of the sixth (in a seven inning game) to take a 4-2 lead. The Powhatan Indians then...
Apr. 15, 20190406By Ruthann Carr, correspondent
Palmyra District School Board member Brenda Pace formally announced her retirement at the board meeting Wednesday (April 10).
“It’s time to move on and address my bucket list,” Pace said. “I have 26 grandchildren I’d love to spend more time with… It’s bittersweet, but it’s time. I want...
Apr. 11, 201901388By Ruthann Carr
Correspondent
Weeks ago before the University of Virginia (U.Va.) men’s basketball team made it to the Final Four, James Kelley chose 6 p.m. Saturday to hold a party at his house to announce his run for the Palmyra District School Board seat.
Game day Saturday, April 6; tip-off time 6:05 p.m.
Kelley made it...
Apr. 11, 20190627Submitted by Darrell Baughan
I am the music teacher at Central Elementary and West Central Elementary. I live at Lake Monticello with my beautiful wife and three cats. As I finish out my 30thyear as a teacher with Fluvanna County schools, I want to share some of my thoughts and precious memories of the amazing years that I have been a...
Apr. 11, 20190247Submitted by Craig Edgerton
“I like dogs. You always know what a dog is thinking. It has four moods. Happy, sad, cross and concentrating. Also, dogs are faithful and they do not tell lies because they cannot talk.” Christopher is 15 years old. He is a math genius. He wants to be an astronaut. He likes dogs, and he has...
Our father, Lieutenant Colonel (Retired) William Frank Henson, died Saturday, April 6, 2019, at Westminster Canterbury of the Blue Ridge at the age of 91. He was the beloved husband of the late Jane Henson. Born in Knoxville, Tenn., son of the late Manley and Louise Henson, Bill lived in Lake Monticello and Charlottesville for the past...
May 17, 1926 – March 28, 2019
Mr. Howard E. Halfacre was a faithful husband, an adorable father, a magnificent grandfather and a gentle great-grandfather. He went home to be with the Lord from his home with his family present after a brief stay at Martha Jefferson Hospital. He was the oldest of 11 children. Halfacre is survived by...