Dec. 6, 20180104By Madeline Otten, Correspondent
The holiday season came a little early this year with Thanksgiving falling sooner in November than in previous years. Radio stations, shopping malls, and grocery stores have all taken the opportunity to blast their festive playlists to get people in the mood for the holidays. As winter approaches,...
Dec. 3, 201801253By Heather Michon, correspondent
Lake Monticello households will soon be receiving the bill for their 2019 dues and fees, and it’s going to be noticeably larger than it was this time last year.
In 2018, dues and improved property fees totaled $996.
For 2019, the total will climb to $1,073.
Under the association’s rules,...
Nov. 29, 2018074Press Release
Charlottesville area residents who re-enroll at the Affordable Care Marketplace for 2019 are in for some big surprises given recent changes in health plan options.
Those who do not visit the Marketplace before the Dec. 15 deadline may be upset to learn that they have been “auto-enrolled” and locked into new plans...
Nov. 29, 20180256By Madeline Otten, Correspondent
Where do you live?
Fox Hollow
How long have you lived in Fluvanna? What brought you here?
16 years. I wanted to move away from Long Island. My husband and I looked for gated communities in central Virginia.
Tell us about your family.
I am married to Doug Nazar, and we have three daughters:...
Nov. 29, 20180304Submitted by Marlene A. Condon
The Monarch butterfly makes the longest insect migration in the world, even though it weighs, on average, less than a paper clip. Traveling to Mexico under its own wing power from Canada and the United States east of the Rocky Mountains, it might fly as many as 2,500 miles to get there.
Once taken for...
Nov. 29, 20180308Press Release
Central Virginia Services, Inc. (CVSI), which does business as Firefly Fiber Broadband, has been awarded $28 million in funding to be paid out over the next 10 years from the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to offset the cost of making available voice-over IP (VOIP) phone service and gigabit speed broadband to...
Nov. 29, 20180343By Syerra Milliman, Fluco Beat Editor
The 2018-19 school year opened with many changes, including new staff members and a new traffic pattern for parents and student drivers. A more recent change has come in the form of new staff member Mathias Varga, who has joined Officer Lacorie Steppe as an additional school resource officer (SRO)...
Nov. 29, 20180227By Page H. Gifford, Correspondent
“It’s really odd that I became an art teacher because I never studied art in high school. My life back then was all about the Thoroughly Modern Madrigals – a show choir directed by Jeff Suling,” said Carysbrook Elementary School art teacher Francesca Walker.
She has been teaching since...