Sep. 20, 20180168Groups band together to remove business obstacles
By Rudy Garcia
I just had the opportunity to witness the reason I do what I do in the county.
I attended the Tuesday (Sept. 11) Planning Commission meeting where the issue on the table was a restatement of the rules pertaining to home studios zoned A1 (agricultural). The motion to...
Sep. 17, 20180206By Heather Michon, correspondent
Almost 70 Fluvannians gathered at the 9/11 Memorial beside the Lake Monticello Volunteer Fire Department building on South Boston Road Tuesday (Sept. 11) to observe the 17th anniversary of the terrorist attacks on New York and Washington, D.C.
Richie Constantino, former New York City police...
Sep. 13, 20180668Author discusses John Singer Sargent
By Page H. Gifford, Correspondent
It took author Donna M. Lucey eight years write her book about master portrait painter John Singer Sargent and the high-society women of the gilded age he immortalized on canvas. Lucey discussed her latest book, Sargent’s Women: Four Lives Behind the Canvas,...
Sep. 13, 20180163By Ruthann Carr, Correspondent
Children who are read to, who are surrounded by adults who cherish books, have an advantage.
Unfortunately, many children come to school having rarely been read to.
Book Buddies at Central Elementary is on a mission to change that.
Carol O’Dell said Book Buddies is a school-based tutoring...
Sep. 13, 20180128By Duncan Nixon, Correspondent
One of the premiere events of the local cross country running season is the Ragged Mountain run held each year at Panorama Farms in Earlysville. This year the event was held Sept. 5.
Teams of four runners per squad compete in a two mile per runner relay. Times are also recorded on an individual basis...
Sep. 13, 20180158Contributed by University of Virginia news
The University of Virginia Center for Effective Lawmaking (CEL), College Republicans at U.Va., University Democrats at U.Va., and the Frank Batten School of Leadership and Public Policy will co-host a nonpartisan debate between the Democratic and Republican candidates vying for Virginia’s...
Sep. 13, 20180126By Madeline Otten, Correspondent
Fluvanna County High School students in grades 9-12 are eligible to embark on a school trip to Italy. Students will be able to explore Rome, Florence, Sienna, Pompeii, Sorrento, Isle of Capri and Monte Cassino. The tentative dates are scheduled for May 31 to June 10, 2019.
While the cost is subject...
Sep. 13, 20180810By Eric Paddock, Correspondent
When travel writers for USA Today got together to think about their best wine country experiences, both culinary and restful, they put together an impressive list that stretched across America.
Places like Napa, Calif., Geneva, N.Y., Paso Robles, Calif., and Eugene, Ore., were chosen.
But there was...