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Changing with the times: Fluvanna Review turns 40
Jul. 24, 20190382 By Christina Dimeo Editor From simple beginnings as a one-page monthly newsletter for Lake Monticello residents, the Fluvanna Reviewhas grown into a thriving weekly newspaper covering news throughout Fluvanna County. In the years since the first edition was printed in July 1979, the world has changed. While print once dominated...
Meet Meagan Tenia, new middle school principal
Jul. 24, 20190928 By Madeline Otten Correspondent Fluvanna Middle School (FMS) has a new principal: Meagan Tenia. Tenia comes from Short Pump Middle School in Henrico County, where she was the associate principal. There, in the absence of the principal, she served as acting principal, overseeing math, electives and physical education, and utilizing...
Fluvanna Faces: Father David Ssentamu
Jul. 24, 20190519 By Madeline Otten Correspondent What do you do for a living? I am a Catholic priest, but I don’t do it as earning a living in the strictest sense. If it were doing something to earn a living, I would be a psychologist. I therefore serve as a priest in the Catholic Church. Where do you live? I live at Lake...
Sharks fall to Key West 299-330 in final meet
Jul. 24, 20190116 By Duncan Nixon Correspondent The Lake Monticello Swim Team (LMST) hosted the Key West Swim Club at the new Lake Monticello pool Wednesday (July 17). First the meet was threatened by a need to drain and refill the pool. Then, at 4 p.m., it looked like the meet might be canceled as a significant cloudburst moved through Fluvanna...
FAST ends regular season 1-4
Jul. 24, 20190197 Submitted by Amy Williams The Fluvanna Aquatics Sports Team (FAST) met the Louisa Gators for the final dual meet of the Jefferson Swim League summer swim season Wednesday (July 17). Just as swimmers and families were making their way to the pool, a huge thunderstorm rolled through Louisa, bringing with it strong gusts of wind,...
Couple describes Croatian travels
Jul. 24, 2019087 By Page H. Gifford Correspondent Despite a bloody civil war that tore Yugoslavia apart, Croatia – which was once part of the former Yugoslavia and its communist regime – now stands with its own identity. Sue and Allan Mink took a three-month sojourn to Croatia from March to June of this year, to discover everything historical and...
Historians recognize Fluvanna’s last smithy
Jul. 23, 20190533 Submitted by Tricia Johnson The Fluvanna Historical Society presented a slate historical plaque to the descendants of Everette E. Black, a Cunningham-area blacksmith, at a June 3 ceremony recognizing the historical importance of the site of Black’s shop. The building is the last known blacksmith shop still in existence in Fluvanna...