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Fluvanna celebrates the holidays
Dec. 6, 20180114 By Madeline Otten, Correspondent The holiday season came a little early this year with Thanksgiving falling sooner in November than in previous years. Radio stations, shopping malls, and grocery stores have all taken the opportunity to blast their festive playlists to get people in the mood for the holidays. As winter approaches,...
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Lake fees on the rise
Dec. 3, 201801270 By Heather Michon, correspondent Lake Monticello households will soon be receiving the bill for their 2019 dues and fees, and it’s going to be noticeably larger than it was this time last year. In 2018, dues and improved property fees totaled $996. For 2019, the total will climb to $1,073. Under the association’s rules,...
Confusion in local health insurance market causes concern
Nov. 29, 2018076 Press Release Charlottesville area residents who re-enroll at the Affordable Care Marketplace for 2019 are in for some big surprises given recent changes in health plan options. Those who do not visit the Marketplace before the Dec. 15 deadline may be upset to learn that they have been “auto-enrolled” and locked into new plans...
Fluvanna Faces: Barbara Nazar
Nov. 29, 20180267 By Madeline Otten, Correspondent Where do you live? Fox Hollow How long have you lived in Fluvanna? What brought you here? 16 years. I wanted to move away from Long Island. My husband and I looked for gated communities in central Virginia. Tell us about your family. I am married to Doug Nazar, and we have three daughters:...
Monarch butterfly population responds to milkweed plantings
Nov. 29, 20180314 Submitted by Marlene A. Condon The Monarch butterfly makes the longest insect migration in the world, even though it weighs, on average, less than a paper clip. Traveling to Mexico under its own wing power from Canada and the United States east of the Rocky Mountains, it might fly as many as 2,500 miles to get there. Once taken for...
Firefly Fiber Broadband wins funding auction
Nov. 29, 20180317 Press Release Central Virginia Services, Inc. (CVSI), which does business as Firefly Fiber Broadband, has been awarded $28 million in funding to be paid out over the next 10 years from the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to offset the cost of making available voice-over IP (VOIP) phone service and gigabit speed broadband to...
High school welcomes second resource officer
Nov. 29, 20180353 By Syerra Milliman, Fluco Beat Editor The 2018-19 school year opened with many changes, including new staff members and a new traffic pattern for parents and student drivers. A more recent change has come in the form of new staff member Mathias Varga, who has joined Officer Lacorie Steppe as an additional school resource officer (SRO)...