Thomas Joseph Farruggio, 51, husband, father, son, brother, uncle, coach and teacher, died on Wednesday, July 11, 2018, due to complications from heart surgery. Although originally from Freeport, N.Y., he made a home for his family in Palmyra,...
Aug. 2, 20180149School may not start for another week, but teachers and staff have been busy getting ready for the big day.
That means prior to Aug. 9 nearly 300 teachers, including 31 new ones, are decorating classrooms, coming back from professional development seminars, boning up on the newest teaching tools and generally rolling out the welcome...
Aug. 2, 20180122A frightening scene played out Tuesday morning (July 24) when a 10-year-old Fluvanna boy and his 7-year-old brother were discovered driving down I-64 in Goochland County.
According to Capt. David Wells of the Fluvanna County Sheriff’s Office, the children’s custodians called 911 to report the boys and the family’s black Lexus...
Jul. 27, 20180885By Heather Michon, correspondent
Residents of Hardware Hills Circle in Scottsville were so accustomed to Joe Roach’s noisy rages that when he began blowing up during the late afternoon of April 29, 2017, neighbors barely reacted.
“Don’t pay any attention to it,” Michael Townsend recalled telling his grandson when the boy...
Jul. 26, 20180790By Heather Michon, Correspondent
The Fluvanna County Board of Supervisors recently approved a $438,000 contract with Appomattox-based Delta Response Team (DRT) to provide 24-7 emergency medical staffing for the Fluvanna rescue squad.
Like many rural localities, Fluvanna has to supplement volunteers with paid staff. “Obviously,...
Jul. 26, 20180260By Heather Michon, correspondent
“Are you familiar with the word ‘portage’?” a man called out to a group of kayakers carrying their boats to the banks of the Rivanna at the Crofton boat launch a couple weeks ago.
With a small mountain of storm debris piled up against the pillars of the bridge spanning almost the entire...
Jul. 26, 20180298By Duncan Nixon, Correspondent
The Fluvanna under age 8 (U8) boys’ baseball team recently finished second in the state competition to qualify for the South Region tournament in Ocala, Fla. Finishing in second place is an excellent result and required that the team beat out teams with much larger population bases, such as Glen Allen...
Jul. 26, 20180305By Page H. Gifford, Correspondent
Registered nurse Sarah Loving graduated from Fluvanna County High School in 2008 and worked as a nurse in North Carolina before embarking on a journey with a Mercy Ship in West Africa. She said she always used to help with mission work and fundraising through her church so what she is doing now is...