Dorothy Catherine Eggar Engler, 98, of Lake Monticello, Va., passed away at Westminster Canterbury of the Blue Ridge on Tuesday, June 5, 2018.
Born October 27, 1919, in Brooklyn, N.Y., she was the daughter of the late William George Eggar and...
Jun. 7, 20180190By Duncan Nixon, Correspondent
It was a big week for Coach Joel Gray’s Flying Fluco baseball team. They went 3-0 to capture the Region 3C title. On Memorial Day (May 28) they topped Rustburg High 9-0 in the Region quarterfinals. The next day, in the semifinal and State tournament qualifier, they bested the Spotswood High Blazers...
Jun. 7, 20180228Contributed by Robert Maher
Africa – no other continent invokes the imagination, mystery and fascination than Africa. Five of us from all walks of life departed Palmyra in the depths of winter’s bleakness and arrived in Uganda, a country dubbed by Winston Churchill as the Pearl of Africa, during the peak of its summer.
Our...
Jun. 7, 20180209By Page H. Gifford, Correspondent
During a talk on genealogy, Leontyne Clay Peck told residents of Lake Monticello Wednesday evening (May 30) about her genealogical journey, beginning with her father.
“I asked him about his relatives, and all he ever told me was ‘they’re all dead.’ ” Her pathway to her heritage began with...
Jun. 7, 20180486By Page H. Gifford, Correspondent
Tiny little tangled roots, fall leaves dried and curled with bits of faded color, peeling bark, are just a few a few things artist and illustrator Lara Call Gastinger finds in the natural world to draw. Her work is painstakingly meticulous and all done in pen and watercolor. She demonstrated her...
Jun. 7, 20180172Press release
A Mechanicsville man was arrested Sunday (June 3) by the Fluvanna County’s Sheriff’s Office and charged in connection with a fire that severely damaged a house on Miles Jackson Road just east of Palmyra.
Cole Spencer Augustus Carter, 26, was arrested by Fluvanna deputies and charged with one count of arson, three...
Too many outages
Dominion Virginia Power has customer service issues and no answers. My power went out Saturday, June 2, for about eight hours; again on Sunday, June 3 from 1 to 6 p.m., and again on Monday, June 4 from 10 a.m. to noon. I spoke with repairmen (three trucks working on outage) and they had no answers. This was told to me...