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Create a backyard wildlife habitat with native plants
Apr. 2, 2025075 By Page H. GiffordCorrespondent On March 23, the Lake Monticello Wildlife Committee presented Create Your Backyard Wildlife Habitat With Native Plants. Speaker Ellen Stuart Haentjens, executive director of the Virginia Wilderness Committee with a Ph.D in biochemistry, ecosystems and ecology and a Masters in forest ecology discussed...
Supervisors approve meals tax
Mar. 26, 20250541 By Heather MichonCorrespondentFluvanna County has a new tax. The Board of Supervisors voted 3-2 to establish a four-percent meals tax at its meeting on Wednesday (March 19). The tax, scheduled to go into effect on Aug. 1, will apply to ready-to-eat foods, including restaurant meals, grab-and-go prepared meals from grocery...
Commonwealth Girls Classic played at Lake Monticello golf course
Mar. 26, 2025068 By Duncan NixonCorrespondent Despite some very iffy weather, the Peggy Kirk Bell (PKB) two-day Commonwealth Girls’ Classic tournament was completed at the Lake Monticello golf course on March 15 and 16. The first round on Saturday was completed on a drizzly, dreary day. The Sunday round went off early in an attempt to finish 18...
As supervisors debate tax rates and school funding, residents speak out
Mar. 26, 20250241 By Heather MichonCorrespondentWith budget season underway, several county residents stepped up to the podium Wednesday night (March 19) to encourage the Board of Supervisors to fully fund Fluvanna County Public Schools. Public comments started off the meeting and extended for over an hour. The School Board has requested a local...
Gretz named 2026 Region V superintendent of the year
Mar. 26, 2025050 FCPS press releaseNow in his fourth year as the superintendent of Fluvanna County Public Schools, Dr. Peter M. Gretz has been named the 2026 Virginia Association of School Superintendents (VASS) Region V Superintendent of the Year. Dr. Gretz will formally be recognized during the annual VASS conference in April. "Dr. Gretz's...
Backyard organic gardening subject of next FOL meeting
Mar. 26, 2025071 By Page H. GiffordCorrespondent On April 2, at 10 am, the Friends of the Library will feature author Tanya Denkla Cobb, who will discuss her book The Backyard Homestead Guide to Growing Organic Food at its monthly meeting. The short version of a long story that spans nearly 36 years is that Cobb began writing the original book in...
After Covid halt, bingo is back
Mar. 26, 20250229 Contributed by Mike FeazelBingo is back at Lake Monticello Fire & Rescue, starting April 4, with a new day – every Friday evening – a new band of volunteers, a renovated bingo machine, new food options and updated systems, said Carol Sorber, one of the organizers. The doors will open at the fire house at 5 p.m. every...