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...
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, 20190386Potential 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, 20190418By 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, 20190170Press 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...
Jul. 4, 20190145By Ruthann Carr
Correspondent
A newly retired chemistry professor moved with her husband to Lake Monticello in 1988.
While Nel Stofberg wasn’t a stranger to knitting and sewing, she wasn’t familiar with the art of quilting until she moved to the Lake.
She joined a group who call themselves the Piecemakers....
Jul. 4, 20190154By 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...