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Writers delve into family history
Feb. 21, 20190106 By Page H. Gifford Correspondent New people showed up at the monthly meeting of the genealogical memoir writing group, curious to learn more about what these researchers and writers were up to. Group leader Warren Groeger, who has done extensive research on his family and written a memoir, asked others to begin with writing about a...
School Board passes smaller budget request
Feb. 19, 20190573 By Ruthann Carr, correspondent At an emergency work session Monday (Feb. 18), the Fluvanna County School Board approved a fiscal year 2020 (FY20) budget to take to the Board of Supervisors Wednesday (Feb. 20). They voted 4-1 with Charles Rittenhouse (Cunningham) voting against. The new budget proposal asks for $991,319 more in...
Elizabeth Alcorn challenges Rob Bell
Feb. 19, 20190239 By Ruthann Carr, correspondent Elizabeth Alcorn announced on Presidents Day (Feb. 18) that she is running for the 58th District seat in Virginia’s House of Delegates. The Greene County dentist said it’s about time the district had a representative who was for affordable health care, criminal justice reform, paid family leave...
Sheriff asks for six-figure budget increase
Feb. 19, 20190170 Constitutional officers present requests By Heather Michon, correspondent Some long-serving county employees remember when departmental operating funds were doled out by an administrator carrying a checkbook. Today, dividing up Fluvanna’s $80 million budget involves months of reports and meetings and a whole lot of...
Fluco girls headed to semifinals
Feb. 18, 20190108 Fluco girls run up big lead in Region quarterfinals Hold on to win 59-51 By Duncan Nixon, correspondent The Flying Flucos girls’ basketball team had to travel over an hour and a half for their quarterfinal match-up in the Class C Region 3 playoffs on Friday (Feb. 15). The long bus ride did not have any apparent adverse effect....
Leaders announce reelection bids
Feb. 15, 20190225 By Ruthann Carr, correspondent In the hallowed hall of Fluvanna’s historic courthouse, the commonwealth’s attorney, sheriff and commissioner of the revenue announced they are asking for another term. Commonwealth’s Attorney Jeff Haislip, who has held the job for 19 years, said when he first started practicing law he did it in...
School Board rejects superintendent's budget
Feb. 14, 20190660 By Ruthann Carr, correspondent It’s back to the drawing board for school Superintendent Chuck Winkler. For the first time in at least 10 years, the Fluvanna County School Board rejected a superintendent’s proposed budget. “It has passed even with a little opposition or amendments for the last 10 years,”...