Jul. 5, 20180163Contributed by Karen Miller
A warm summer evening paved the way for the Lake Monticello Sharks (LMST) to meet up at the Farmington Country Club (FCC) pool Wednesday (June 27). The swimmers were excited and ready to go despite just coming off a meet against the City Swordfish Monday night.
The boys and girls age 13-14 and the boys and...
Jul. 5, 20180175Submitted by Amy Williams
Five Fluvanna Aquatic Sports Team (FAST) swimmers – an impressive 10 percent of the team – have already beaten Jefferson Swim League (JSL) established gold times after just the first two meets of the season. Gold times are goals set by JSL based on championship finishes.
Emma DiFazio, 16, leads the...
Jul. 2, 20180231Police may ticket speeders instead
By Heather Michon
Correspondent
Nearly six months after the Lake Monticello Board of Directors allowed Lake police to issue $50 policy violation citations instead of Fluvanna County speeding tickets, Board President Richard Barringer said: “It turns out we can’t do that.”
Barringer’s...
Jun. 28, 20182283By Christina Dimeo, Editor
The Fluvanna County Board of Supervisors is battling two lawsuits filed against it in connection with the Board’s decision to rezone land upon which LKQ Corporation, a Fortune 500 company, intends to build an auto reclamation facility.
Supervisors changed the zoning of a 90-acre parcel of land off Route...
Jun. 28, 20180563By Heather Michon, Correspondent
The longstanding crisis of medical care at Fluvanna Correctional Center for Women (FCCW) was the subject of a lengthy hearing in federal court in Charlottesville last week, the latest chapter in ongoing litigation between prisoners and state officials to improve care at the facility.
Representatives...
Jun. 28, 201801266By Heather Michon, Correspondent
A Palmyra woman was sentenced Friday (June 22) for her role in a sex crime against a member of her own family.
Janet M. Bollinger was arrested in August 2017 and pleaded guilty in March 2018 to two counts each of aggravated sexual battery by force or threat, sex trafficking of a minor, and cruelty...