Jan. 24, 20190579By Madeline Otten, correspondent, and Christina Dimeo, editor
People who think 2018 was remarkably rainy aren’t crazy – they’re right.
Last year had the dubious distinction of having the second-highest amount of rain in 118 years of records.
According to data from the McCormick Observatory in Charlottesville, 72.14 inches of...
Jan. 24, 20190682By Madeline Otten
Correspondent
Jason Stewart, Fluvanna County’s director of community development, has 13 years of experience behind him and plans to make changes within his new role.
Stewart’s first job with Fluvanna began when he was hired in December 2013 as the planning and zoning administrator. He is currently still...
Jan. 24, 20190360By Duncan Nixon
Correspondent
The Fluco wrestling team, under Coach Michael Gore, hosted the third annual Billy Wensel classic invitational Saturday (Jan. 19). The tournament is named for a long-time Fluvanna resident who was a wrestler and a wrestling coach and is suffering from ALS. Wensel and his family were in attendance for the...
Jan. 24, 2019092By Page H. Gifford
Correspondent
Writers approach their craft from varied perspectives. Writing may be guided by opinion, humor, logic, debate, emotion and memory. A picture emerges in the writer's mind, which may be fact or fiction.
For every writer, it is a personal journey; it connects with the spirit, awakening a curiosity to...
Jan. 22, 201901429By Heather Michon, correspondent
Residents along James Madison Highway and Route 6 say they recently found an unwelcome surprise at their homes on Martin Luther King Jr. Day: recruitment fliers from the Ku Klux Klan.
Images of one of the flyers were posted on a local social media group on Monday (Jan. 21). Headlined “African...