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Business: Not as usual
Sep. 20, 20180197 School Board addresses recent controversy By Ruthann Carr, Correspondent At Wednesday’s (Sept. 12) School Board meeting there was enough to keep anyone interested. Teachers praised Chair Perrie Johnson during public comment. The Board commended those involved in keeping students safe in the opening day bus fire. Starting...
Professor and author discusses book by deaf writers
Sep. 20, 20180172 By Page H. Gifford, Correspondent A deaf author will visit Fluvanna to speak about writing within the deaf community and to promote a recent compilation of works by deaf and hard of hearing writers. Christopher Jon Heuer is an English professor at Gallaudet University in Washington, D.C., and has been there for 20 years. He is...
The power of partnership
Sep. 20, 20180187 Groups 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...
Community gathers for 9/11 commemoration
Sep. 17, 20180215 By 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...
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The models behind the canvas
Sep. 13, 20180725 Author 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,...
Community volunteers make a difference for early readers
Sep. 13, 20180178 By 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...
Smeds leads girls’ cross country at Ragged Mountain run
Sep. 13, 20180134 By 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...