Frances Elizabeth Eustace Ungemach was born Sept. 4, 1923, and died Feb. 8, 2019.
Frances lived a full and varied life. Born in the nation’s capital on Labor Day, she lived in the South and in the North, in the city, in suburbs, in small towns...
Feb. 12, 20190214Fluco girls top Monticello
Head to Regional tournament
By Duncan Nixon, correspondent
In the opening round of the Jefferson District’s year-end tournament, the Fluco girls’ basketball team hosted the Monticello Mustangs on Friday (Feb. 8). Early in the game, the Flucos had trouble pulling away from a team that they beat twice...
Feb. 11, 201901312By Christina Dimeo, editor
The Fluvanna County Board of Supervisors has agreed to pay $130,000 to settle a lawsuit against them.
Katie and Walker Ward filed suit Jan. 19, 2018, over the board’s December 2017 decision to rezone a 90-acre parcel of land off Route 250 in Troy from agricultural to industrial. LKQ Corporation, a...
Feb. 7, 20190387Suggests tax rate of 92.3 cents
By Christina Dimeo, editor
County Administrator Steve Nichols kicked off budget season by proposing a 3.36 percent tax increase.
The Fluvanna County Board of Supervisors held a work session Wednesday (Feb. 6) evening to hear Nichols present his recommended budget for fiscal year 2020 (FY20), which...
Feb. 7, 20190385Now includes Sweet Art Emporium
By Page H. Gifford
Correspondent
With the proposal of a new artisan trail, the growth of the Fluvanna Art Association (FAA), and the increase in local artists who exhibit across the U.S. and have their work in private collections, the profile of the arts is rising in Fluvanna County.
For two years...
Feb. 7, 20190411By Madeline Otten
Correspondent
From a young age, Fluvanna County Social Services Director Kim Mabe felt that helping people was what she was called to do in life.
When she was younger, she and her older brother were adopted by their grandparents. The social worker who visited her during the adoption process later became one of her...
Feb. 7, 20190174Press release
The Fluvanna Historical Society and Fluvanna County will dedicate a memorial recognizing the 150thanniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation and the end of the American Civil War on Tuesday, Feb. 12 at 3 p.m. in the memorial park in the Historic Village of Palmyra.
An estimated 5,000 enslaved persons were freed by the...
Feb. 7, 20190187Proposal prompted by Fluvanna crash
Press release
A Virginia House of Delegates Courts of Justice subcommittee on Feb. 2 endorsed a bill by Delegate Rob Bell (R-Albemarle) to increase penalties for drunk drivers who hurt someone. The bill would make it a felony when a drunk driver causes an accident that results in serious bodily...