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Harlowe honored with electric co-op leadership award
Aug. 23, 20180167 By Madeline Otten, Correspondent Hard work and dedication has paid off for Fluvanna resident Roberta Harlowe, who was awarded the 2018 Electric Cooperative Leadership Award from the Virginia, Maryland & Delaware Association of Electric Cooperatives (VMDAEC) on July 23 in Hot Springs. The recipient of this award is recognized as an...
Teacher defends School Board chair’s controversial comments
Aug. 23, 20180535 Guest Editorial by Jessica Jackson, Fluvanna County Public Schools teacher Editor’s note: The following editorial is in response to a story that ran in last week’s edition entitled, “Firestorm lit at School Board meeting.” I am a teacher in Fluvanna County Public Schools and have been for many years. I do not understand why...
High school educator reflects on teaching art
Aug. 23, 20180161 By Page H. Gifford, Correspondent Fluvanna County High School (FCHS) art teacher, Michelle Coleman, knew at the age of 13 in seventh grade that art would be her destiny. "I decided then that I wanted to be just like my art teacher when I grew up,” she said “I took every art class I could get my hands on in high school and even...
Fluco golfers start season strong
Aug. 23, 20180169 By Duncan Nixon, Correspondent The high school golf season starts and ends early in the fall. The Fluco football team has yet to play a regular season game. However, the golf team’s season is more than half over. Coach Bryan Searcy said that his team started the season with two warm-up multi-team tournaments over in the valley. On...Lynn Fairchild Martin
It is with great sadness that the family announces Lynn’s passing on Aug. 1, 2018, after a long battle with cancer at the age of 51. She lived in Lynchburg, but grew up as a teenager at Lake Monticello, and graduated from Fluvanna County High School in 1984. Lynn was born Sept. 8, 1966. Preceding her in death was her father, William...
Mother Stanton shines at 100 years old
Aug. 23, 20180156 By Sue A. Miles, Correspondent When you walk into Mother Stanton’s quaint home on a dead-end road in Buckingham’s Stanton Town, one of the first things you see is a wood stove. Resting for the summer, it represents a long-ago era when such stoves produced delicious food while heating the home. For Mother Stanton, that era still...
Man sentenced in unusual DUI case
Aug. 21, 201801528 By Heather Michon, correspondent A Greene County man was sentenced in Fluvanna County Circuit Court Friday afternoon (Aug. 17) after pleading guilty to an unusual DUI charge. Commonwealth’s Attorney Jeff Haislip told Judge Richard E. Moore that Jason Scott Breeden, 44, was pulled over by Sergeant Stephen Proffitt of the Fluvanna...
Supervisors approve Bremo substation
Aug. 18, 20180486 By Heather Michon, correspondent The Fluvanna County Board of Supervisors approved Wednesday evening (Aug. 15) a special use permit requested by Virginia Electric & Power to build an electric transmission substation near Bremo. The substation, which will be built on right of way property already owned by Dominion, is needed to...