Nov. 6, 20180477By Christina Dimeo, editor
Fluvanna County voters gave the thumbs-down to the meals tax referendum.
Residents rejected the tax Tuesday (Nov. 6) by a vote of 70.0 percent (8,329 votes) to 29.0 percent (3,404 votes).
The ordinance would have instituted a 4 percent tax on food and drink sold “for immediate human consumption”...
Nov. 5, 20180821By Heather Michon, correspondent
Virginia State Police were called to the scene of a fatal plane crash in a Louisa County field at around 3 p.m. on Sunday (Nov. 4).
The single occupant was pronounced dead at the scene. He was later identified as Timothy P. Henson, 70, of Palmyra.
The experimental aircraft had taken off from the...
Nov. 1, 201801818“Most dangerous man in Fluvanna County” will likely serve life in prison
By Heather Michon, correspondent
More than a year after Joe Kain Roach, Jr., began firing a rifle into her parents’ Scottsville home, Sarah Townsend Williams continues to live with the trauma of that spring evening.
On the witness stand in Fluvanna...
Nov. 1, 20180112By Christina Dimeo, editor
When you were a kid, did you think you’d have it all figured out by the time you were a grown-up?
Third graders in Angela Davis’ language arts classes at Carysbrook Elementary aren’t so sanguine about adults these days. Asked to expound on grown-up life, these kids called it the way they see it –...
Nov. 1, 20180112By Madeline Otten, Correspondent
Lake Monticello resident Jean-Jacques Bevilacqua has been captivated by music ever since he was kid. Bevilacqua was born in the French Republic of Upper Volta in Africa. His father was a military colonel and the comptroller of the military hospital. A year after Bevilacqua was born, his family moved to...
Nov. 1, 20180155Voters decide Nov. 6
By Heather Michon, Correspondent
With just days until the polls open, the Fluvanna Chamber of Commerce and county officials held a series of informational sessions at the Historic Courthouse in Palmyra on Wednesday (Oct. 24) to tell local business owners what to expect if voters pass the proposed meal tax.
The...