May. 17, 20190890By Heather Michon, correspondent
A public hearing on a special use permit for the construction of a new gun shop in Fork Union elicited vigorous questioning from Fluvanna County supervisors at their Wednesday (May 15) meeting.
The 10.5-acre parcel sits behind and to the side of the Fork Union Animal Clinic, near the intersection of...
May. 16, 20190239By Page H. Gifford
Correspondent
After 44 years of judged shows, the Fluvanna Art Association (FAA) has evolved into a creative force of varied artists, styles and mediums. Once a vehicle for a few local artists to display their paintings, it now features photography, 3D, drawing, mixed media and is still growing. The expanding...
May. 16, 201901550By Madeline Otten
Correspondent
How much do you know about Fluvanna County? Did you hear about the bulldozer at the bottom of the lake, or about the ghost that terrorized the Moon family back in the 1800s? While Fluvanna County may be small, it has its history, and with history comes myths, legends, facts and all sorts of...
May. 16, 20190739By Duncan Nixon
Correspondent
The prestigious Faulconer golf tournament at the Lake Monticello Golf Course is scheduled as a two-day event. This year’s day one, Saturday (May 11), was a perfect day for golf; day two, Sunday (May 12), not so much. Last year bad weather reduced the tournament to a one-day event. This year it rained...
May. 16, 2019090Submitted by Amy Williams
When the Fluvanna Aquatics Sports Team’s (FAST) year-round team competed in the Jim Frye Invitational Long Course Meet in Richmond May 5-6, every swimmer earned at least one personal best time in the races, according to Coach Nathan Johnson.
The Caruso family of swimmers – Anthony, 14, Josie, 9, and...
Beloved partner Eugene F. Deiner, 88, died Friday morning, May 3, 2019, at Hospice of the Piedmont following an extended illness. A resident of Palmyra, Va., he was born in Erie, Penn., on Sept. 7, 1930. He was the son of the late Charles Deiner and Winifred Schaefer Deiner Wingerter and stepson of the late Henry Wingerter. Having...
May. 14, 20190153By Duncan Nixon, correspondent
One bad inning was all it took for the Fluco softball team to fall seriously behind Thursday (May 9) against the Albemarle Patriots.
The game started with a scoreless first inning. The Flucos got a single by second baseman Loren Black and a walk by third baseman Lindsay Ward but failed to score. In the...